PLANTS Profile for Layia carnosa (beach tidytips)

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PLANTS Profile

Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray
beach tidytips

Symbol:

LACA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Marin Co., Point Reyes National Seashore. May 18, 2006. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Distribution:
Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 14 species in Layia

Classification:
Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Layia Hook. & Arn. ex DC. – tidytips
Species	Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray – beach tidytips

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
beach layia		Endangered
California:
beach layia		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37856.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 03:34 AM CDT