About Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray
Ancistrocarphus filagineus A.Gray is a North American flowering plant species in the family Asteraceae, commonly called woolly fishhooks and hooked groundstar. It is native to western North America, where it occurs in Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, California, and Baja California. This species grows in a wide range of habitat types, including bare, rocky areas with clay or serpentine soils, as well as recently burned sites. It is a small annual herb that rarely grows taller than 15 cm (6 inches). Its whole above-ground plant structure is covered in gray, woolly hairs. Its leaves, which are linear, lance-shaped, or oval, reach up to 3 centimeters in length and are arranged alternately along the short stems. Its inflorescence is a cluster of a few small, star-shaped flower heads that measure only a few millimeters across.
