Common Name: Yellowray Goldfields

General Information

Lasthenia glabrata is an annual plant with an erect, branched stem; it can grow up to 60cm tall[].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is grown as an annual in gardens.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

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Range

South-western N. America - California, Baja California Norte.

Habitat

Heavy soils, vernal pools, low alkaline fields, hillsides etc, especially in grassland and alkaline marshes; at elevations up to 1,300 metres[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Habit	Annual
Height	0.30 m
Pollinators	Insects
Cultivation Status	Ornamental, Wild

Cultivation Details

An easily grown plant, succeeding in any well-drained soil, including nutritionally poor ones[]. It prefers a sunny position[]. Another report says that it requires a moderately good garden soil and a warm sheltered position[].
An annual plant, germinating in the autumn and growing through the winter in California[].
Plants usually produce seed profusely.
A second flowering can be obtained from plants if they are trimmed back after flowering and before setting seed[].

Edible Uses

Seed - raw or cooked. The seed can be parched and eaten dry or made into a powder and eaten dry or cooked like a porridge[, , ].

Leaves[]. No more details.

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed - sow early to mid spring in situ[, ].
Seed can also be sown in situ in early to mid autumn but this sowing will normally require some protection from winter cold[, ].