Pseudobahia heermannii
Pseudobahia heermannii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names foothill sunburst and brittlestem. It is endemic to California, where it occurs in grassland, chaparral, woodlands, and other habitat in the Sierra Nevada foothills and a section of the Central Coast Ranges. It is an annual herb growing 10 to 30 centimeters tall with a pale green to reddish woolly or cobwebby stem. The leaves are divided into several narrow, toothed lobes. The inflorescence is a solitary flower head with a small, hard, cuplike involucre of about 8 fused phyllaries. From the involucre bloom about 8 golden ray florets around a center of hairless disc florets. References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
USDA Plants Profile
Flora of North America
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Madieae
Endemic flora of California
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Flora of the Cascade Range
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Flora without expected TNC conservation status