Ancistrocarphus filagineus

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: Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Name

Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray
Synonyms

Stylocline filaginea (A. Gray) A. Gray
Stylocline filaginea var. depressa Jeps.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
USA (California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon)
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Northwest (Baja California Norte)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

A.Gray, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 7(2): 356 (1868).
USDA, NRCS (2006). The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Links

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ancistrocarphus filagineus. Published online. Accessed: January 09 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Ancistrocarphus filagineus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 January 09.
Tropicos.org 2018. Ancistrocarphus filagineus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 January 2018.
Hassler, M. 2018. Ancistrocarphus filagineus. 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 online. Accessed: 2018 January 09. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: false neststraw, Hooked groundstar, woolly fishhooks

Ancistrocarphus filagineus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names woolly fishhooks and hooked groundstar. It is native to western North America, including Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, and Baja California.[3][4]

Ancistrocarphus filagineus grows in many types of habitat, including bare, rocky habitat with clay or serpentine soils and recently burned areas. It is a petite annual herb rarely more than 15 cm (6 inches) tall. It has gray, woolly-haired herbage. The linear, lance-shaped, or oval leaves are up to 3 centimeters long and are alternately arranged on the short stems. The inflorescence is a cluster of a few small star-shaped flower heads a few millimeters wide.[5][6]
References

"NatureServe Explorer - Ancistrocarphus filagineus". NatureServe Explorer Ancistrocarphus filagineus. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
The Plant List Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Calflora taxon report, University of California, Ancistrocarphus filagineus A. Gray, false neststraw, woolly fishhooks
Flora of North America, Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Jepson Manual Treatment