Lasthenia minor is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name coastal goldfields. It is endemic to California, where it is a resident of coastal and inland grassland habitat.
| Lasthenia minor | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Lasthenia |
| Species: | L. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Lasthenia minor (DC.) Ornduff
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Description
editLasthenia minor is an annual herb growing erect to a maximum height near 35 centimeters. The woolly stem may be branched or not and has oppositely-arranged pairs of linear leaves.
The flower heads are under a centimeter wide and have hairy phyllaries and golden yellow ray and disc florets.
The fruit is an achene up to about two millimeters long with a pappus of scales.
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