About Harmonia nutans (Greene) B.G.Baldwin
Harmonia nutans is an annual herb that grows a bristly, glandular stem that reaches up to approximately 25 centimeters in height. Its inflorescence produces one or more flower heads that bend and nod during blooming, and especially as the fruit develops. Each flower head contains yellow ray florets that are several millimeters long, lobed at the tips, and sometimes have a red tinge near their bases, alongside yellow disc florets. The fruit produced is an achene a few millimeters long; achenes that develop from disc florets are tipped with pappi. This species is endemic to California, where it is restricted to the Coast Ranges in the San Francisco Bay Area and the slopes north of this region. It has only been recorded from Solano, Napa, Lake and Sonoma Counties, and grows in common mountain habitats including chaparral and woodland, often occurring on volcanic soils.
