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|accepted_name=Malacothrix californica
|accepted_authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=7: 192. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|common_names=California desertdandelion
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae;Malacothrix;Malacothrix californica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malacothrix]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malacothrix californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 310, 311
|treatment_page=page 313
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals,</b> 4–45 cm. <b>Stems</b> 1 (scapiform), erect or arcuate-ascending, mostly glabrous (shaggily piloso-hirsute proximally and at bases of heads). <b>Cauline</b> leaves: proximal oblanceolate to linear, pinnately lobed (lobes usually linear to filiform, sometimes broader), not fleshy, ultimate margins entire or dentate, faces usually shaggily piloso-hirsute (at least proximally), glabrescent; distal usually 0. <b>Calyculi</b> of 12–20, lanceolate to linear bractlets, hyaline margins 0.05–0.2 mm, abaxial faces shaggily piloso-hirsute to arachnose. <b>Involucres</b> (8–)10–15 × 5–6 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> usually 20–26+ in 2-3+ series, (midstripes often reddish) lanceolate to lance-linear or subulate, unequal, hyaline margins 0.1–0.5 mm wide, abaxial faces (of outermost, at least) shaggily piloso-hirsute to arachnose (at least proximally). <b>Receptacles</b> sparsely bristly or glabrous. <b>Florets</b> 40–250; corollas usually yellow to pale yellow (often with abaxial reddish stripes), sometimes white, 16–20 mm; outer ligules exserted 11–13 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> ± prismatic, 2–3.4 mm, ribs extending to apices, 5 more prominent than others; persistent pappi of 12–15+, irregular, lance-deltate teeth plus (1–)2 bristles. <b>Pollen</b> 70–100% 3-porate. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Open sandy soil in grasslands, oak woodlands, chaparral, or desert margins
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p><i>Malacothrix californica</i> grows in the San Joaquin Valley, central western California, southwestern California, and the Mojave Desert.</p>
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name=Malacothrix californica
|author=
|authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Open sandy soil in grasslands, oak woodlands, chaparral, or desert margins
|elevation=0–1700 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Cichorieae
|genus=Malacothrix
|species=Malacothrix californica
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