Monolopia stricta is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Crum's monolopia.

It open grasslands and chaparral, often in clay soils.

It is an annual herb producing a slender, sometimes branching stem up to about 80 centimeters tall.

The inflorescences at the ends of stem branches bear small hemispheric flower heads.

The golden ray florets are usually about 1 to 2 centimeters long, but specimens from the western San Joaquin Valley have smaller florets.