Species

Wyethia longicaulis (Humboldt county wyethia)

Wyethia longicaulis. Photo: (c) callmebrown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Wyethia longicaulis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Humboldt mule’s ears. It is endemic to California, where it occurs in the North Coast Ranges and the Klamath Mountains. It grows in mountain and foothill habitat such as grassland and forests. It is a perennial herb growing from a tough taproot and caudex unit and producing a stem up to half a meter tall. It is hairless to…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
        Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
        Subfamily: Asteroideae
        Tribe: Heliantheae (Sunflowers and allies)
        Subtribe: Engelmanniinae
        Genus: Wyethia (Mule’s ears)
        Species: Wyethia longicaulis (Humboldt county wyethia)

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