Monolopia
(from monos, one, and lopos, covering; referring to the structure of the involucre). ORD. Compositae. A small genus (two species have been described) of pretty, hardy, woolly, annual herbs, natives of California. Flower-heads yellow, radiating, solitary, terminal; involucral scales in a single row; receptacle convex, naked. Leaves alternate, sessile or amplexicaul, entire or dentate. The culture is very simple, any ordinary garden soil being suitable. Propagated by seeds, sown in April, in a light soil.
M. major (greater). fl.-heads yellow. July. l. narrow, entire, or scarcely toothed. H. 2ft. California, 1834. A very showy plant, white or whitish with floccose wool, but sometimes glabrate and green. (B. M. 3839.)