Ancistrocarphus

Ancistrocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. It contains two known species, both native to western North America. These plants are often treated as members of genus Stylocline, but they are not as closely related to Stylocline species as they are to plants of other genera, especially Hesperevax.[2]

Ancistrocarphus
Ancistrocarphus filagineus (small tufted plants)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Ancistrocarphus

Synonyms[1]

Stylocline sect. Ancistrocarphus (A. Gray) A. Gray

The better-known species in this genus is Ancistrocarphus filagineus, which is known by the common names woolly fishhooks and false neststraw. It is found in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, and Baja California. It is a woolly annual herb growing in a squat patch on the ground. The other species is Ancistrocarphus keilii, a rare and poorly known California endemic not described until 2004.[2][3][4]

References
  1. Tropicos search for Stylocline
  2. Flora of North America. Ancistrocarphus
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution maps
  4. Calflora plant search results, University of California, Ancistrocarphus


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