About Kyhosia bolanderi (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin
Kyhosia bolanderi is a perennial herb that can grow over one meter in height. It has a slender bristly stem covered in dark-colored, stalked resin glands. Its bristly linear or lance-shaped leaves can reach up to 30 centimeters long. Leaves growing oppositely along the stem sometimes have fused bases, while leaves located further up the stem are much smaller and arranged alternately. The inflorescence consists of one or more flower heads at the top of the stem. Each flower head has a bell-shaped involucre made of bristly, glandular phyllaries at its base. The center of the head holds yellow disc florets with black tips, and it is edged with a fringe of 8 to 12 golden ray florets that are roughly 1 centimeter long. The fruit it produces is a club-shaped achene just under one centimeter long; achenes that develop from disc florets have a pappus made of scales. This species is native to mountain ranges of California, from the Sierra Nevada north to the Klamath Mountains, and its range extends into southern Oregon. It grows in mountain meadows and other moist habitats, including streambanks.
