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|accepted_name=Acourtia microcephala
|accepted_authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=7: 66. 1838
|year=1838
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Perezia microcephala
|authority=(de Candolle) A. Gray
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Mutisieae;Acourtia;Acourtia microcephala
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Mutisieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Acourtia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Acourtia microcephala]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 73
|treatment_page=page 74
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>60–120 cm. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; sessile; blades oblong-ovate to elliptic, 5–15 cm, bases cordate, clasping, auriculate, margins spinulose-denticulate, faces densely glandular-scabrid. <b>Heads</b> in paniculiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> turbinate to campanulate, 6–8(–10+) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–4 series, linear to oblanceolate, apices acute to acuminate or mucronate, margins and abaxial faces glandular-hairy. <b>Receptacles</b> alveolate, glandular-hairy. <b>Florets</b> 10–20; corollas lavender-pink, 6–12 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> cylindric, 1.5–6 mm, bristly glandular-puberulent; pappi tawny, 6–10 mm. <b>2n</b> = 54.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Gravel and caliche soils in scrub oak, oak woodlands, and chaparral
|elevation=60–1300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>In the flora, <i>Acourtia microcephala</i> is restricted to the dry areas of California from Monterey to San Diego counties and on the Channel Islands.</p>
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name=Acourtia microcephala
|author=
|authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Perezia microcephala
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Gravel and caliche soils in scrub oak, oak woodlands, and chaparral
|elevation=60–1300 m
|distribution=Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1838
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Mutisieae
|genus=Acourtia
|species=Acourtia microcephala
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