Monolopia gracilens
Monolopia
woodland monolopia, woodland woollythreads
hillside daisy, monolopia
3–14 cm (bases woody).
none.
oblanceolate to lance-linear.
absent at flowering.
linear-lanceolate to cuneate-oblanceolate, 11–35 × 2–6 mm, acute, not flagged (apices acute), faces gray-pubescent.
20–120 mm.
5–7 mm.
staminate 6–8 mm; pistillate 6–8 mm.
7–11;
corollas yellow, laminae 5–10 mm, entire or obscurely 3-lobed (mid lobes shorter than outers).
20–40.
staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 5–6 mm.
7–11, distinct, elliptic to oblanceolate, apices acuminate.
distally red to pink, light brown, or white.
3–25 in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.
± prismatic (not obcompressed), ± 2 mm, 3-angled (ray) or 4-angled (disc), glabrate.
2–2.5 mm, pubescent and papillate;
pappi: staminate 6–7 mm (capillary); pistillate 6–7 mm.
= 26.
= 28.
Monolopia gracilens
Monolopia
Species 5 (5 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Ray lamina apices entire or obscurely to slightly lobed (mid lobes shorter than outers); disc cypselae ± prismatic (not obcompressed) | → 2 |
1. Ray lamina apices usually ± equally 3-lobed (laminae sometimes inconspicuous); disc cypselae obcompressed | → 3 |
2. Cypselae ca. 2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy (branches spreading, usually distal) | M. gracilens |
2. Cypselae 2.5–3 mm, uniformly gray-strigose (branches erect) | M. stricta |
3. Ray laminae ca. 0.5 mm (inconspicuous); disc cypselae 2-angled (pappi of 2–7 scales) | M. congdonii |
3. Ray laminae 8–20 mm; disc cypselae 4-angled (pappi 0) | → 4 |
4. Phyllaries distinct or connate (± 1/2 their lengths); cypselae uniformly gray-strigose | M. lanceolata |
4. Phyllaries connate (± 3/4 their lengths, forming cups with distinct triangular lobes); cypselae glabrous or apically hairy | M. major |
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