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Mt. Diablo cottonseed

Micropus amphibolus

Mt. Diablo cottonseed
Photo: (c) Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Micropus amphibolus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Mount Diablo cottonseed.

It is endemic to California, where it is known from the San Francisco Bay Area and nearby mountains, growing in open, rocky habitat. It is an annual herb similar in appearance to its relative, Micropus californicus, called the "Q-tips".

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micropus amphibolus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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