| Ancistrocarphus | |
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| Ancistrocarphus filagineus (small tufted plants) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Gnaphalieae |
| Genus: | Ancistrocarphus A.Gray |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Stylocline sect. Ancistrocarphus(A. Gray) A. Gray | |
Ancistrocarphus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains two known species, both 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 . [2]
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 in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, and Baja 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 not described until 2004. [2] [3] [4]