Monolopia lanceolata |
Monolopia major |
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common hillside daisy, common monolopia |
cupped monolopia |
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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 |
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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 |
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) | de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. L. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 74. (1838) |
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