Mule-ears, Mule's Ears, Northern Mule-ears, Northern Mule's Ears, Northern Wyethia, Smooth Dwarf Sunflower: Wyethia amplexicaulis (Synonym: Espeletia amplexicaulis) - A wildflower which could be confused as a balsamroot. It has large flower heads with yellow ray flowers surrounding a yellow-orange central disk. The leaves are long and elliptical and hairless. The leaves thus look very shiny.
California Compass-plant, Narrowleaf Wyethia, Narrow-leaved Mule's Ears: Wyethia angustifolia (Synonyms: Alarconia angustifolia, Wyethia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Wyethia angustifolia var. foliosa) -