Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; southern British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Coastal islands, headlands, and seabird nesting sites.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
Pollination: Bees, flies, butterflies
Low, slender annual.
Leaves opposite, sessile, narrowly oblong, entire or with slender pinnate lobes.
Heads radiate, the rays yellow, short, pistillate and fertile; involucre of a few separate, equal, herbaceous bracts; disk flowers yellow, perfect and fertile; pappus of 3-7 awns and as many alternating, divided scales; receptacle naked.
Achenes
Publication: Madroño. 32: 139. 1985.
Baeria minor (DC.) Ferris ssp. maritima (A. Gray) Ferris
Lasthenia minor (DC.) Ornduff var. maritima (A. Gray) Cronquist [HC]
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Lasthenia maritima in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Lasthenia maritima checklist entry
OregonFlora: Lasthenia maritima information
E-Flora BC: Lasthenia maritima atlas page
CalPhotos: Lasthenia maritima photos
