Layia
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Layia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family
known generally as tidy tips. There are about fourteen species of tidytips, which are native to western North America. Several are California
endemics. These are erect daisylike annual herbs with dark glandular stems. The flower heads
usually contain white or yellow ray florets; some species have yellow florets tipped sharply in white which give the flowers their common name. The genus is named for naturalist George Tradescant Lay
, who was one of the discoverers of Layia gaillardioides
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Species:
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
known generally as tidy tips. There are about fourteen species of tidytips, which are native to western North America. Several are California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
endemics. These are erect daisylike annual herbs with dark glandular stems. The flower heads
Head (botany)
The capitulum is considered the most derived form of inflorescence. Flower heads found outside Asteraceae show lesser degrees of specialization....
usually contain white or yellow ray florets; some species have yellow florets tipped sharply in white which give the flowers their common name. The genus is named for naturalist George Tradescant Lay
George Tradescant Lay
George Tradescant Lay was a British naturalist, missionary and diplomat.Lay was a naturalist on the English sailing ship HMS Blossom under the command of Captain Frederick William Beechey from 1825 to 1828, where he collected specimens in the Pacific including California, Alaska, Kamchatka, China,...
, who was one of the discoverers of Layia gaillardioides
Layia gaillardioides
Layia gaillardioides is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name woodland tidytips.It is endemic to California, where it grows on the coastline and in the coastal mountain ranges in the northern and central parts of the state.-Description:This is an aromatic annual...
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Species:
- Layia carnosaLayia carnosaLayia carnosa is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name beach tidytips, or beach layia. It is endemic to California, where it lives in beach habitat...
- beach tidytips - Layia chrysanthemoidesLayia chrysanthemoidesLayia chrysanthemoides is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name smooth tidytips, or smooth layia....
- smooth tidytips - Layia discoideaLayia discoideaLayia discoidea is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name rayless tidytips, or rayless layia.-Distribution:...
- rayless tidytips - Layia fremontiiLayia fremontiiLayia fremontii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Frémont's tidytips. Both its common name, and its specific epithet are derived from John C...
- Frémont's tidytips - Layia gaillardioidesLayia gaillardioidesLayia gaillardioides is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name woodland tidytips.It is endemic to California, where it grows on the coastline and in the coastal mountain ranges in the northern and central parts of the state.-Description:This is an aromatic annual...
- woodland tidytips - Layia glandulosaLayia glandulosaLayia glandulosa is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names whitedaisy tidytips and white layia. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California to Utah, where it is common in a number of habitat types.-Description:This is an annual...
- white daisy tidytips - Layia heterotrichaLayia heterotrichaLayia heterotricha is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name pale yellow tidytips, or pale yellow layia.-Distribution:...
- pale yellow tidytips - Layia hieracioidesLayia hieracioidesLayia hieracioides is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name tall tidytips, or tall layia....
- tall tidytips - Layia jonesiiLayia jonesiiLayia jonesii is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Jones' tidytips, or Jones' layia.It is endemic to California, where it is known only from coastal San Luis Obispo County. It grows on clay and serpentine soils.-Description:This is an annual herb growing a...
- Jones' tidytips - Layia leucopappaLayia leucopappaLayia leucopappa is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Comanche Point tidytips, or Comanche Point layia.-Distribution:...
- Comanche Point tidytips - Layia munziiLayia munziiLayia munzii is a rare species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Munz' tidytips, or Munz' layia.-Distribution:...
- Munz' tidytips - Layia pentachaetaLayia pentachaetaLayia pentachaeta is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Sierra tidytips, or Sierra layia. It is endemic to California, where it grows in a number of habitats in the central part of the state from the Sierra Nevada to the Tehachapi Mountains.This is an annual...
- Sierra tidytips - Layia platyglossaLayia platyglossaThe annual wildflower Layia platyglossa is called coastal tidy tips. Tidy tips is found throughout California's low-elevation dry habitats, from the coast to the low foothills and desert edges, and into Nevada, Utah and Arizona. -Description:...
- coastal tidytips - Layia septentrionalisLayia septentrionalisLayia septentrionalis is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Colusa tidytips, or Colusa layia....
- Colusa tidytips