Asteraceae
Sierra tidytips
Layia pentachaeta
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Layia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sierra tidytips
Synonyms
- Blepharipappus pentachaetus (A.Gray) Greene
- Layia pentachaeta var. pentachaeta
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: chrismo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: chrismo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Winchell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Winchell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Winchell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Winchell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zack Abbey, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Smooth tidytipsLayia chrysanthemoidesAsteraceae
- Rayless tidytipsLayia discoideaAsteraceae
- Fremont's tidytipsLayia fremontiiAsteraceae
- Whitedaisy tidytipsLayia glandulosaAsteraceae
- Woodland tidytipsLayia gaillaroioidesAsteraceae
- Tall tidytipsLayia hieracioidesAsteraceae
- Jones' tidytipsLayia jonesiiAsteraceae
- Comanche Point tidytipsLayia leucopappaAsteraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.