Hartweg’s golden sunburst

Monolopia bahiifolia Bentham, Pl. Hartweg., 317. 1849 (as bahiaefolia)

Plants to 20 cm. Leaves 8–25 mm (linear to oblanceolate), usually 3-lobed. Peduncles 20–50 mm. Phyllaries 3–8, connate at bases, elliptic to lanceolate. Ray florets 3–8. Disc florets 8–25+; tubes cylindric, abruptly dilated (throats broadly funnelform), lobes glabrous. Cypselae 1.5–2.5 mm. 2n = 8.

Flowering Mar–May. Grasslands or openings in foothill woodlands; of conservation concern; 100–200 m; Calif.