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Micropus californicus var. californicus
Photo is of parent taxon

cottontop, q-tips, slender cotton-seed, slender cottonweed
Habit Plants 1–50 cm.
Heads

mostly 3–4 × 4.5–6 mm.
Cypselae

1.8–2.6 mm;

pappi: staminate 1.3–1.5 mm.
Pistillate

paleae densely and loosely lanuginose, longest usually 3–4 mm.
Staminate

corollas 1.3–2 mm.

Micropus californicus var. californicus
Phenology Flowering and fruiting mid Mar–early Jul.
Habitat Slopes, flats, dry or seasonally moist soils of various substrates (including serpentine), often recently disturbed, in grasslands, chaparral, wooded areas, clearings, mostly inland from coastal fog belt
Elevation 10–1600 m (0–5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion

Variety californicus is known nearly throughout the west-draining portion of the Californian Floristic Province and the Willamette Valley, from western Oregon to northwestern Baja California, including the California Channel Islands and Isla Guadalupe.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 19, p. 456.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Gnaphalieae > Micropus > Micropus californicus
Sibling taxa
M. californicus var. subvestitus
Name authority unknown
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