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|accepted_name=Micropus amphibolus
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=17: 214. 1882
|year=1882
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|common_names=Mount Diablo cottonseed
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Stylocline amphibola
|authority=(A. Gray) J. T. Howell
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|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae;Micropus;Micropus amphibolus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Micropus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Micropus amphibolus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 454, 456
|treatment_page=page 455
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>2–20 cm. <b>Heads</b> ± spheric, 3.5–5 mm diam. <b>Receptacles</b> obovoid, mostly 0.7–1 mm, heights 1.2–1.8 times diams. <b>Pistillate</b> paleae 8–12 in 2 series, longest 2–3 mm; wings prominent, not withering, subapical, inflexed, ± obovate, plane to concave; bodies somewhat galeate, mainly chartaceous, cartilaginous medially, ± lanuginose. <b>Staminate</b> paleae mostly 1–3. <b>Staminate</b> corollas 1.2–1.9 mm, lobes 4(–5). <b>Cypselae</b> 1–1.5 mm, corolla scars in distal 1/4; pappi: staminate of 1–5, ± barbellulate bristles 1.7–2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Slopes, ridges, on and near rock outcrops, shallow gravelly soils derived from shale, mudstone, sandstone, volcanic rocks (not recorded on serpentine), edges of or in clearings, grasslands, chaparral, woodlands
|elevation=40–900 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p><i>Micropus amphibolus</i> is relatively uncommon; it is known from mountains and hills of the San Francisco Bay area and northern Coast Ranges, plus populations in outer southern Coast Ranges and in foothills of the northern Sierra <i>Nevada</i>. It is superficially similar to and often confused with <i>M. californicus</i> (see discussion there). Relatively few recent collections of <i>M. amphibolus</i> are known, raising significant conservation concerns.</p><!--
--><p>Though consistently distinct, <i>Micropus amphibolus</i> combines some character states of <i>Stylocline</i> and <i>Micropus</i> (J. T. Howell 1948), suggesting that it may have descended from a hybrid between, or common ancestor of, the two genera. The best available morphologic evidence consistently places it basal within <i>Micropus</i>, with which it shares a majority of character states (J. D. Morefield 1992).</p>
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name=Micropus amphibolus
|author=
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Stylocline amphibola
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering and fruiting late Mar–Jun.
|habitat=Slopes, ridges, on and near rock outcrops, shallow gravelly soils derived from shale, mudstone, sandstone, volcanic rocks (not recorded on serpentine), edges of or in clearings, grasslands, chaparral, woodlands
|elevation=40–900 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1882
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Gnaphalieae
|genus=Micropus
|species=Micropus amphibolus
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