''Ancistrocarphus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It contains two known species, both native to western

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. These plants are often treated as members of genus '' Stylocline'', but they are not as closely related to ''Stylocline'' species as they are to plants of other genera, especially '' Hesperevax''.Flora of North America. ''Ancistrocarphus''
/ref> The better-known species in this genus is '' Ancistrocarphus filagineus'', which is known by the common names woolly fishhooks and false neststraw. It is found in

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, and

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. It is a woolly annual herb growing in a squat patch on the ground. The other species is '' Ancistrocarphus keilii'', a rare and poorly known California

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not described until 2004.Calflora plant search results, University of California, ''Ancistrocarphus''
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External links

Jepson Manual Treatment: ''A. filagineus''United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Gnaphalieae Asteraceae genera Flora of Northern America {{Gnaphalieae-stub