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Definition of Layia platyglossa
1. Noun. California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Layia Platyglossa
Literary usage of Layia platyglossa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"Layia platyglossa, Gray. Composite Family. Stems.—A foot or so high; loosely
branching. ... It has not the clean, natty appearance of Layia platyglossa; ..."
2. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"(Layia platyglossa Gray.) ramento and San Joaquín Valleys. Apr.-May. Valleys and
plains, common in the Coast Ranges and in the ..."
3. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Layia platyglossa, A. Gray. Achene obovate or spathulate, ribbed and covered with
numerous hairs ; pappus short ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"The great yellow daisy-like Layia platyglossa, with its ray-florets tipped with
cream-color, from which it has earned the name of " tidy-tips," is to be ..."
5. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"Of the Compositae mentioned in the Supplement to Chapter IX, the tidy-tips, Layia
platyglossa, Gray, is nearly related to the sunflower and has the same ..."
6. California of the South: Its Physical Geography, Climate, Resources, Routes by Walter Lindley, Joseph Pomeroy Widney (1888)
"... through the months of March, April, and May, plants of Layia platyglossa are
scattered over the ground ..."
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