Description: English: Monolopia lanceolata — Common monolopia; family Asteraceae. Taken on Cornell Road, in Paramount Ranch Park — Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California. Endemic to the southern third of California, from the coast into the Mojave Desert, San Joaquin Valley, and Southern Sierra Nevada foothills. NPS photo, no copyright. Date: April 2005. Source: http://researchlearningcenter.org/bloom/species/Monolopia_lanceolata.htm. Author: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service.