Agnorhiza bolanderi

Agnorhiza bolanderi

Vulnerable (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Agnorhiza
Species:
A. bolanderi
Binomial name
Agnorhiza bolanderi
Synonyms
  • Balsamorhiza bolanderi A.Gray
  • Wyethia bolanderi (A.Gray) W.A.Weber

Agnorhiza bolanderi is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Bolander's mule's ears. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a narrow section of the Sierra Nevada foothills about 275 kilometers long from Shasta County to Mariposa County. It grows in chaparral and grassland habitat, usually on serpentine soils.