Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn.
Yerba mansa
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
Subclass | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
Order | Piperales | Plants lacking petals and having simple leaves and minute flowers in spikes, with the perianth simple or lacking |
Family | Saururaceae | Sometimes called the “lizard’s tail family,” for the flower shape |
Genus | Anemopsis | Anem, for the genus Anemone, and -opsis, “resemblence,” because flowers resemble those of Anemone. |
Species | californica | “Of or from California” |
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4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
The white flowers are no longer present. · 8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 11″ (18 × 28 cm)
Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. var. subglabra L. Kelso
Anemopsis californica description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm)
4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (52 × 34 cm)
4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
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