About Jensia rammii (Greene) B.G.Baldwin
Jensia rammii, with the scientific name Jensia rammii (Greene) B.G.Baldwin, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Its common name is Ramm's madia. This plant is endemic to California, and it grows only on the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada and its foothills there. Jensia rammii is an annual herb. It has a hairy, glandular, branching stem that can grow up to 60 centimeters, or 2 feet, tall. Its inflorescence produces flower heads that grow on long peduncles. Each flower head holds 5 to 12 yellow ray florets. These ray florets are up to 1 centimeter, or 0.4 inches, long, and have lobed tips. At the center of the flower head, there are 16 to 65 yellow disc florets, which have black anthers. The plant produces an achene a few millimeters long as its fruit.
