About Monolopia gracilens A.Gray
Monolopia gracilens A.Gray is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, commonly known as woodland monolopia. This species is endemic to California, found in the mountains of the San Francisco Bay Area and the ranges immediately to the south. It grows in grassland, chaparral, woodland, and other types of habitat, and it often occurs on serpentine soils. It is an annual herb that grows a slender, branching stem reaching up to approximately 80 centimeters tall. The plant's texture is typically somewhat woolly. Inflorescences located at the tips of the stem branches hold small hemispheric flower heads. The golden ray florets are up to one centimeter long, and they surround a center filled with many disc florets. The fruit produced by this plant is an achene that measures about 2 millimeters in length.
