About Pseudobahia heermannii (Durand) Rydb.
Pseudobahia heermannii (Durand) Rydb. is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It has two common names: foothill sunburst and brittlestem. This plant is endemic to California, where it grows in grassland, chaparral, woodlands, and other habitats. It is found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and a portion of the Central Coast Ranges. It is an annual herb that grows 10 to 30 centimeters tall. Its stem is pale green to reddish, and covered in a woolly or cobwebby coating. Its leaves are divided into several narrow, toothed lobes. The inflorescence is a single solitary flower head. The flower head has a small, hard, cuplike involucre made up of approximately 8 fused phyllaries. Around 8 golden ray florets bloom from the involucre, surrounding a center of hairless disc florets.
