Hemizonella
Hemizonella is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae belonging to the family Asteraceae.
The only known species is Hemizonella minima, native to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Nevada
The plant grows in many types of forest, scrub, and chaparral and woodlands|chaparral] habitats, from mountains to deserts. It is found in the Sierra [Nevada |Sierra Nevada] and Cascade Range, and Mojave Desert.
Hemizonella minima is a small annual herb producing a thin, fuzzy stem up to about in maximum height. The pointed, hairy leaves are no more than long. The inflorescence produces one or more tiny flower heads which are oblong or shaped like tops on close inspection. Each is a few millimeters wide, enclosed in phyllaries studded with stalked resin glands, and tipped with minute yellowish florets. The fruit is an achene a few millimeters long with no pappus.