El Dorado mule-ears

--Wyethia reticulata El Dorado mule-ears is a perennial sunflower that dies back to the ground's surface each year. The leaves grow along the stem and are large (up to six inches long) and triangular in shape. This clearly

El Dorado mule-ears grows only in the gabbro soil region of western El Dorado County; in other words, it is endemic to this soil formation. It occurs both in openings and beneath the canopies of trees and shrubs in both chaparral and oak woodland habitats, sometimes forming dense patches.

Species of concern.