About Wyethia helenioides (DC.) Nutt.
Wyethia helenioides is a short, low-growing golden-rayed wildflower that resembles sunflowers. In sunny clearings of mixed oak forests in coastal California, its typical understory associates are Mimulus aurantiacus and Calochortus luteus. This species occurs primarily in the California Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and some areas of the Sierra Nevada foothills within California.