Baeria Fischer & C. A. Meyer sect. Platycarpha H. M. Hall in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 34: 76. 1914

Annuals. Leaves usually with 1–2 pairs of linear lobes, sometimes entire. Involucres obconic. Phyllaries persistent, distinct. Receptacles conic, muricate, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Ray corollas yellow, laminae 7–8 mm, floral pigments remaining yellow in dilute aqueous alkali. Disc corolla lobes 5; anther appendages deltate; style apices deltate with apical tufts of hairs and subapical fringes of shorter hairs. Cypselae 1.5–3.5 mm; pappose. 2n = 8.

Species 1: California.

Lower Taxon

• Lasthenia platycarpha (A. Gray) Greene