Monolopia lanceolata |
Monolopia stricta |
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common hillside daisy, common monolopia |
Crum's monolopia |
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Leaves | oblanceolate to lance-linear. |
oblanceolate to lance-linear. |
Peduncles | 10–130 mm. |
30–50 mm. |
Involucres | 6–10 mm. |
5–7 mm. |
Ray florets | ± 8; corollas yellow, laminae 10–20 mm, ± equally 3-lobed. |
8; corollas yellow, laminae 2–7 mm (w San Joaquin Valley) or 9–17 mm (se San Joaquin Valley), entire or slightly 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. |
± 8, distinct, oblanceolate, apices acute. |
Cypselae | obcompressed, 2–4 mm, 3-angled (ray), 4-angled (disc), uniformly gray-strigose. |
± prismatic, not obcompressed, 2.5–3 mm, 3-angled (ray) or 4-angled (disc), uniformly gray-strigose. |
2n | = 20. |
= 26. |
Monolopia lanceolata |
Monolopia stricta |
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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 | Clayey areas in grasslands or openings in chaparral or oak woodlands |
Elevation | 50–1600 m (200–5200 ft) | 50–800 m (200–2600 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) | Crum: Madroño 5: 258. (1940) |
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