Monolopia gracilens

Woodland woollythreads, Woodland Woollythreads

Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Woodland woollythreads is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native annual found in the San Francisco Bay Area and south Coast Ranges in serpentine grassland, open chaparral, and oak woodland at elevations of 100 to 1,200 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces white to pale yellow ray flowers 5 to 10 millimeters long with delicate radiate heads. Growing with erect stems that branch mostly toward the tip and spread outward, reaching up to 30 to 40 centimeters tall. Its leaves are variable, with elliptic to oblanceolate shapes that spread along the branching stems. The small disk fruits are approximately 2 millimeters long, with four distinct angles and nearly smooth surfaces.

Habitat: Serpentine grassland, open chaparral, oak woodland

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: 100-1200 m

Bioregions: SnFrB, SCoR.

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.