Lagophylla is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 390–391 in EnglishTropicos, Lagophylla Nutt. The genus is native to western North America, especially California.
These are annual plants with small yellow flowers which open during the night. The leaves are covered with dense hairs, hence the common name, hareleaf, and the scientific name, Lagophylla, which is derived from the Greek terms (; 'hare') and (; 'leaf').Flora of North America, 21 Page 260 Lagophylla NuttallLiddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon. Revised and augmented throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones with the assistance of Roderick McKenzie.Oxford: Clarendon Press. Thomas Nuttall describes the leaves with their "abundant, soft, white, silky hairs" as resembling the foot of a hare, and says he named the genus "from the leaves being clad with long, soft hairs."
SpeciesFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist The Plant List search for LagophyllaBiota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps Lagophylla diabolensis B.G. Baldwin, Jepson eFlora Lagophylla diabolensis - California (Diablo Range) Lagophylla dichotoma - forked hareleaf - California (San Benito, Fresno, + Monterey Cos) Lagophylla glandulosa - glandular hareleaf - California Lagophylla minor - lesser hareleaf - northern California Lagophylla ramosissima - branched hareleaf - from San Diego County to Montana + Washington
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External links USDA Plants Profile Jepson eFlora treatment Jepson Manual (1993) treatment Genus account