Monolopia stricta
Crum's monolopia
Family: Asteraceae · Type: annual · Native
Crum's monolopia is a California native annual found in southern Sierra Nevada foothills, Tehachapi, western and southern San Joaquin Valley, south Coast Ranges, and northern Transverse Ranges in grasslands, bare clay areas, open chaparral, and woodland at elevations of 50 to 800 meters. Flowering from February to May, this plant produces yellow to white ray flowers 2 to 17 millimeters long, varying by region, with radiate flower heads. Growing with generally erect stems that are simple or branched throughout, it reaches a variable height with approximately erect branches. Its oblanceolate phyllaries and flower heads feature distinctive disk flowers with 5 lobes and a mix of glandular and glandless hairs. The fruit is a strigose disk fruit 2.5 to 3 millimeters long with 4 distinct angles.
Habitat: Grassland, bare clay, open chaparral, woodland
Bloom period: Feb-May
Elevation: 50-800 m
Bioregions: s SNF, Teh, w&s SnJV, SCoRI, n WTR.
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