Monolopia lanceolata |
Monolopia congdonii |
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common hillside daisy, common monolopia |
San Joaquin woollythread |
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Leaves | oblanceolate to lance-linear. |
narrowly oblong (10–45 mm, margins shallowly sinuate-dentate or entire, faces loosely woolly). |
Peduncles | 10–130 mm. |
2–20 mm. |
Involucres | 6–10 mm. |
± 4.5 mm. |
Ray florets | ± 8; corollas yellow, laminae 10–20 mm, ± equally 3-lobed. |
4–7; laminae 0.5 mm, ± equally 3-lobed (inconspicuous). |
Disc florets | 60–100. |
20–40 (corolla lobes 4, with glandular hairs; anther appendages widest at middles). |
Phyllaries | ± 8, usually distinct, sometimes connate to 1/2 their lengths, elliptic to oblanceolate, apices acuminate. |
4–7, distinct, elliptic to oblanceolate (reflexed in fruit), apices acute. |
Cypselae | obcompressed, 2–4 mm, 3-angled (ray), 4-angled (disc), uniformly gray-strigose. |
obcompressed, ± 3 mm, 3-angled (peripheral), 2-angled (disc), hairy on margins (pappi of 2–7 spatulate, erose to laciniate scales ± 1 mm). |
2n | = 20. |
= 22. |
Monolopia lanceolata |
Monolopia congdonii |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–Jun. | Flowering Feb–May. |
Habitat | Clayey areas in grasslands or openings in chaparral or oak or foothill woodlands | Sandy areas in grasslands or on alkali sinks |
Elevation | 50–1600 m (200–5200 ft) | 90–700 m (300–2300 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 350. | FNA vol. 21, p. 350. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Monolopia | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Monolopia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Eatonella congdonii, Lembertia congdonii | |
Name authority | Nuttall: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 21. (1848) | (A. Gray) B. G. Baldwin: Novon 9: 460. (1999) |
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