- Ancistrocarphus
Taxobox
name = "Ancistrocarphus"
image_width = 250px
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regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
genus = "Ancistrocarphus"
genus_authority = A.Gray
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = 1 or 2 - see text"Ancistrocarphus" is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family. It contains one or two species 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 ". [ [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101629 Flora of North America: "Ancistrocarphus"] ] .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 throughout the western United States as far north as
Idaho , as well as inBaja 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.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,667,668 Jepson Manual Treatment: "A. filagineus"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANCIS2 USDA Plants Profile]References
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