Asteraceae
Coastal tidytips
Layia platyglossa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Layia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 齐顶菊
- English
- Coastal tidytips
- Finnish
- Kehrätipsu, Tipsu
Synonyms
- Blepharipappus elegans (Nutt.) Greene
- Blepharipappus platyglossus (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Greene
- Callichroa angustifolia Walp.
- Callichroa hirsuta Walp.
- Callichroa platyglossa Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
- Layia elegans (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Layia platyglossa subsp. campestris D.D.Keck
- Layia platyglossa subsp. platyglossa
- Layia platyglossa var. breviseta A.Gray
- Layia platyglossa var. platyglossa
- Layia ziegleri Munz
- Madaroglossa elegans Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Seán A. O'Hara, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eugene Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Johnston, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Coastal tidytips: Coastal tidytips (Layia platyglossa) Family: Asteraceae Edgewood County Park San Mateo Co., CA ________ [Calflora]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Coastal_tidytips_%28Layia_platyglossa%29_%282156919843%29.jpg/1280px-Coastal_tidytips_%28Layia_platyglossa%29_%282156919843%29.jpg)
Photo: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Coastal tidytips: Coastal tidytips (Layia platyglossa) Family: Asteraceae Edgewood County Park San Mateo Co., CA ________ [Calflora]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Coastal_tidytips_%28Layia_platyglossa%29_%282157713840%29.jpg/1280px-Coastal_tidytips_%28Layia_platyglossa%29_%282157713840%29.jpg)
Photo: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Terry Lucas, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Coastal tidytips: 500px provided description: So Cal Wildflowers [#yellow ,#flowers ,#spring ,#flower ,#white ,#california ,#wildflowers ,#Layia platyglossa ,#tidy tips]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Layia_Platyglossa_Aka_Tidy_Tips_%28213328875%29.jpeg/1280px-Layia_Platyglossa_Aka_Tidy_Tips_%28213328875%29.jpeg)
Photo: Terry Lucas, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Layia
- Paleyellow tidytipsLayia heterotrichaAsteraceae
- Munz's tidytipsLayia munziiAsteraceae
- Beach tidytipsLayia carnosaAsteraceae
- Smooth tidytipsLayia chrysanthemoidesAsteraceae
- Rayless tidytipsLayia discoideaAsteraceae
- Fremont's tidytipsLayia fremontiiAsteraceae
- Whitedaisy tidytipsLayia glandulosaAsteraceae
- Sierra tidytipsLayia pentachaetaAsteraceae
- 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.