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common hillside daisy, common monolopia

cupped monolopia

Leaves

oblanceolate to lance-linear.

oblanceolate to lance-linear.

Peduncles

10–130 mm.

10–130 mm.

Involucres

6–10 mm.

8–13 mm.

Ray florets

± 8;

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

± 8;

corollas usually yellow, sometimes cream, laminae 8–20 mm, ± equally 3-lobed.

Disc florets

60–100.

60–100.

Phyllaries

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

± 8, connate ± 3/4 their lengths (forming cups with distinct, triangular lobes), oblanceolate, apices acute.

Cypselae

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

obcompressed, 2.5–4 mm, 3-angled (ray), 4-angled (disc), glabrous or apically hairy.

2n

= 20.

= 24.

Monolopia lanceolata

Monolopia major

Phenology Flowering Feb–Jun. Flowering Feb–Jul.
Habitat Clayey areas in grasslands or openings in chaparral or oak or foothill woodlands Clayey areas in grasslands
Elevation 50–1600 m (200–5200 ft) 10–1100 m (0–3600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
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. gracilens, M. lanceolata, M. stricta
Name authority Nuttall: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 21. (1848) de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. L. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 74. (1838)
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