Dioecious. Plants 3–14 cm (bases woody). Stolons none. Basal leaves absent at flowering. Cauline leaves linear-lanceolate to cuneate-oblanceolate, 11–35 × 2–6 mm, acute, not flagged (apices acute), faces gray-pubescent. Heads 3–25 in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays. Involucres: staminate 6–8 mm; pistillate 6–8 mm. Phyllaries distally red to pink, light brown, or white. Corollas: staminate 3–4.5 mm; pistillate 5–6 mm. Cypselae 2–2.5 mm, pubescent and papillate; pappi: staminate 6–7 mm (capillary); pistillate 6–7 mm. 2n = 28.

Distribution

Calif.

Discussion

Species 5 (5 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Monolopia congdonii, Monolopia gracilens, Monolopia lanceolata, Monolopia major, Monolopia stricta

Key

1	Ray lamina apices entire or obscurely to slightly lobed (mid lobes shorter than outers); disc cypselae ± prismatic (not obcompressed)	> 2
1	Ray lamina apices usually ± equally 3-lobed (laminae sometimes inconspicuous); disc cypselae obcompressed	> 3
2	Cypselae ca. 2 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy (branches spreading, usually distal)	Monolopia gracilens
2	Cypselae 2.5–3 mm, uniformly gray-strigose (branches erect)	Monolopia stricta
3	Ray laminae ca. 0.5 mm (inconspicuous); disc cypselae 2-angled (pappi of 2–7 scales)	Monolopia congdonii
3	Ray laminae 8–20 mm; disc cypselae 4-angled (pappi 0)	> 4
4	Phyllaries distinct or connate (± 1/2 their lengths); cypselae uniformly gray-strigose	Monolopia lanceolata
4	Phyllaries connate (± 3/4 their lengths, forming cups with distinct triangular lobes); cypselae glabrous or apically hairy	Monolopia major