California Goldfields, Slender Goldfields
Lasthenia californica ssp. californica
Synonyms: Baeria chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. gracilis, Baeria chrysostoma var. gracilis, Lasthenia chrysostoma
![California Goldfields, Slender Goldfields: Lasthenia californica ssp. californica (Synonyms: Baeria chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. gracilis, Baeria chrysostoma var. gracilis, Lasthenia chrysostoma)](californica/californica1d.jpg)
A mass of slender goldfields (hence leading to the name of "goldfields") as seen atop Upper Table Rock several miles to the north of Medford, OR...........April 4, 2009.
- ![California Goldfields, Slender Goldfields: Lasthenia californica ssp. californica (Synonyms: Baeria chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. gracilis, Baeria chrysostoma var. gracilis, Lasthenia chrysostoma)](californica/californica1b.jpg)
A close-up of the flower of slender goldfields as seen atop Upper Table Rock several miles to the north of Medford, OR...........April 4, 2009.
![California Goldfields, Slender Goldfields: Lasthenia californica ssp. californica (Synonyms: Baeria chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. gracilis, Baeria chrysostoma var. gracilis, Lasthenia chrysostoma)](californica/californica1a.jpg)
Slender goldfields as seen atop Upper Table Rock several miles to the north of Medford, OR...........April 4, 2009, Note the oppositely paired stem leaves and appressed hairs on the stems.
- ![California Goldfields, Slender Goldfields: Lasthenia californica ssp. californica (Synonyms: Baeria chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. chrysostoma, Baeria chrysostoma ssp. gracilis, Baeria chrysostoma var. gracilis, Lasthenia chrysostoma)](californica/californica2b.jpg)
A close-up of the flower of slender goldfields as seen atop Upper Table Rock several miles to the north of Medford, OR...........April 28, 2012.
Paul Slichter