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FNA | Family List | FNA Vol. 20 | Asteraceae | Monoptilon

1. Monoptilon bellidiforme Torrey & A. Gray, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 106, plate 13, figs. 1–6. 1845.

Daisy desertstar

Stems yellow-green. Phyllary margins herbaceous. Disc floret corollas loosely strigose proximally. Pappi scarious cups 0.1–0.4 mm plus 1 apically plumose bristle usually equaling disc corollas, rarely the bristle reduced or almost absent. 2n = 16.

Flowering Mar–May. Sandy or gravelly flats, pinyon pine or pine-juniper woodlands; 700–1500 m; Ariz., Calif., Nev., Utah.


 

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