Ancistrocarphus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Ancistrocarphus
Species: A. filagineus – A. keilii
Name

Ancistrocarphus A.Gray

Type species: Ancistrocarphus filagineus A. Gray.

References

A.Gray, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 7(2): 355–356.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ancistrocarphus. Published online. Accessed: January 09 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Ancistrocarphus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 09.
Tropicos.org 2018. Ancistrocarphus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 09.
Hassler, M. 2018. Ancistrocarphus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 09. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: woolly fishhooks, neststraw

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]

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

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