Monolopia lanceolata
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Monolopia lanceolata, the hillside daisy{{Cite web |url=https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/style/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/bakersfield/carrizo.Par.59974.File.dat/PlantList2012.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-04-03 |archive-date=2017-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404234233/https://www.blm.gov/nlcs_web/sites/style/medialib/blm/ca/pdf/bakersfield/carrizo.Par.59974.File.dat/PlantList2012.pdf |url-status=dead }} or common monolopia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the southern half of California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including coastal and valley grassland, chaparral, woodland, and desert.
Description
Monolopia lanceolata is an annual herb producing a slender, sometimes branching stem up to about 80 centimeters tall. It is usually somewhat woolly in texture.
The inflorescences at the ends of stem branches bear small hemispheric flower heads. The golden ray florets are 1 to 2 centimeters long and have three-lobed tips. They surround a center of many disc florets.
The fruit is a rough-haired achene 2 to 4 millimeters long.
File:Carizzo plain spring flowers in bloom 7.jpg, eastern San Luis Obispo County.]]
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1644,1646 Jepson Manual Treatment for Monolopia lanceolata]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOLA3 USDA Plants Profile of Monolopia lanceolata (common monolopia)]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067193 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Monolopia+lanceolata Monolopia lanceolata — U.C. Photo gallery]
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Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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