[southwestdesertflora.com] Native Bees Attraction, Etymology: According to The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, California Goldfields, Lasthenia california, is recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of Native bees.
The genus “Lasthenia” (Lasthen'ia:) is named for the Athenian girl Lasthenia who dressed as a boy in order to attend Plato's classes, 4th century B.C.
Lasthenia was published by Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassinni, (1781-1832) in 1834.
The species epithet “california” means of or from California. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
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