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common hillside daisy, common monolopia

woodland monolopia, woodland woollythreads

Leaves

oblanceolate to lance-linear.

oblanceolate to lance-linear.

Peduncles

10–130 mm.

20–120 mm.

Involucres

6–10 mm.

5–7 mm.

Ray florets

± 8;

corollas yellow, laminae 10–20 mm, ± equally 3-lobed.

7–11;

corollas yellow, laminae 5–10 mm, entire or obscurely 3-lobed (mid lobes shorter than outers).

Disc florets

60–100.

20–40.

Phyllaries

± 8, usually distinct, sometimes connate to 1/2 their lengths, elliptic to oblanceolate, apices acuminate.

7–11, distinct, elliptic to oblanceolate, apices acuminate.

Cypselae

obcompressed, 2–4 mm, 3-angled (ray), 4-angled (disc), uniformly gray-strigose.

± prismatic (not obcompressed), ± 2 mm, 3-angled (ray) or 4-angled (disc), glabrate.

2n

= 20.

= 26.

Monolopia lanceolata

Monolopia gracilens

Phenology Flowering Feb–Jun. Flowering Mar–Jul.
Habitat Clayey areas in grasslands or openings in chaparral or oak or foothill woodlands Serpentinitic areas in grasslands or openings in chaparral or oak woodlands
Elevation 50–1600 m (200–5200 ft) 100–1200 m (300–3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
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CA
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 350. FNA vol. 21, p. 351.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Monolopia Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Baeriinae > Monolopia
Sibling taxa
M. congdonii, M. gracilens, M. major, M. stricta
M. congdonii, M. lanceolata, M. major, M. stricta
Name authority Nuttall: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 21. (1848) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 20. (1883)
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