| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Wyethia helenioides (DC.) Nutt. trib. Heliantheae |
| Bibliography | Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 353 (1840) |
| Native Range | California |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 10-2000m |
| Description | leaves white-grey, oblong-ovate to lanceolate-elliptic, usually entire, densely tomentose, glabrescent, stem leaves similar, smaller, capitula solitary, ligules 2-5cm long |
| Size | 20-70cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alarconia helenioides DC. Melarhiza inuloides Kellogg |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |