| Taxon | Lasthenia californica subsp. californica |
| 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) | California lasthenia; Californian lasthenia; California goldfields; California gold-fields; California gold fields; California goldfield; California goldenfields; coast goldfields; coast gold-fields; coast gold fields; coast goldfield; dwarf goldfields |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | common goldfields, common gold-fields, common gold fields, valley goldfields, coastal goldfields, California baeria are applied to multiple Lasthenia taxa; slender goldfields, slender gold-fields, slender gold fields are more appropriately applied to Lasthenia gracilis; fly flower is 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; Baeria chrysostoma Fisch. & C.A. Mey.; Lasthenia chrysostoma (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Greene; Lasthenia hirsutula Greene |
