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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
Ancistrocarphus filagineus (small tufted plants)
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Ancistrocarphus
Species:	A. filagineus
Binomial name
Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray
Synonyms[2]
Stylocline filaginea (A.Gray) A.Gray Stylocline filaginea var. depressa Jeps.

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

External links

• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
• Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California photos
• Natural History of Orange County, California, University of California, Irvine, Woolly Fishhooks (False Neststraw), Ancistrocarphus filagineus photos

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