Stephanomeria parryi (Parry’s wirelettuce)

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Stephanomeria parryi A. Gray

Parry’s wirelettuce

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	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Stephanomeria	Derived from the Greek stephane, “wreath or crown,” and meros, “division”
Species	parryi	Named for Dr. Charles Christopher Parry (1823-1890), an English-born American botanist and botanical collector with the Pacific Railway Survey who visited the Southwestern mountains and deserts many times and is remembered in the names of more than a score of California native plants

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Stephanomeria parryi description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

5/3/2018 · Barker Dam, Joshua Tree National Park, California
≈ 6 × 7" (15 × 17 cm)

5/3/2018 · Barker Dam, Joshua Tree National Park, California
≈ 6 × 7" (16 × 18 cm)

5/3/2018 · Barker Dam, Joshua Tree National Park, California
≈ 8 × 6" (20 × 16 cm)

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