General: Netvein Goldeneye (Bahiopsis reticulata) is a rounded, upright shrub with yellow sunflowers that stand on stalks held above the leafy mass. The leaves are opposite with a rounded base and pointed tip; have three major veins that start from the base of the leaf; and have a prominent network of veins on the underside. The leaves are hairy: the upper surface can be densely hairy, while the under-surface is lightly covered with woolly hairs.
Netvein Goldeneye is an uncommon component of vegetation communities on well-drained sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils in washes
and on upper bajadas and into the lower mountains in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave
Desert Scrub) life zone.
Family: Sunflower (Asteraceae).
Other Names: desert sunflower. Viguiera reticulata. |