Monolopia lanceolata |
Monolopia gracilens |
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common hillside daisy, common monolopia |
woodland monolopia, woodland woollythreads |
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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 |
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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 |
CA
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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 | ||
Name authority | Nuttall: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 21. (1848) | A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 20. (1883) |
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