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Monolopia major
DC.
Family:
Asteraceae
Cupped False Turtleback
FNA
Resources
Dale E. Johnson in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Leaves
oblanceolate to lance-linear.
Peduncles
10-130 mm.
Involucres
8-13 mm.
Phyllaries
± 8, connate ±
3
/4 their lengths (forming cups with distinct, triangular lobes), oblanceolate, apices acute.
Ray florets
± 8; corollas usually yellow, sometimes cream, laminae 8-20 mm, ± equally 3-lobed.
Disc florets
60-100.
Cypselae
obcompressed, 2.5-4 mm, 3-angled (ray), 4-angled (disc), glabrous or apically hairy.
2
n
= 24.
Flowering Feb-Jul. Clayey areas in grasslands; 10-1100 m; Calif.
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