| Taxon | Lasthenia gracilis |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Family common name(s) | composite; composita; comp; aster; asterwort; asterworts; sunflower; daisy; dandelion |
| Genus common name(s) | lasthenia; goldfields; gold-fields; gold fields; goldfield; goldenfields; golden fields |
| Species common name(s) | needle goldfields; slender goldfields; slender gold-fields; slender gold fields; slender baeria; slender burrielia; sunshine baeria; sunshine fly-flower; golden baeria |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | si me quieres [Lasthenia chrysostoma]; no me quieres [Lasthenia chrysostoma] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common goldfields, common gold-fields, common gold fields, valley goldfields are applied to multiple Lasthenia taxa; fly flower, fly-flower are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lasthenia californica DC. ex Lindl., in part |
