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Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Hornem. ex Spreng.) W.L.Wagner & Hoch

Beach primrose

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Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (beach primrose)

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, Cali­fornia · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm)

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (beach primrose)

2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, Cali­fornia · ≈ 2½ × 1½′ (77 × 51 cm)

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassMagnoliopsidaDicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
SubclassRosidaeRoses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
OrderMyrtalesIncludes myrtles, leadwoods, loosestrifes, pomegranates, evening primroses, many others
FamilyOnagraceaeWillowherb/evening primrose family
GenusCamissoniopsisFrom the generic name Camissonia and the Greek opsis, “aspect, view, appearance,” thus meaning “having the appearance of Camissonia”
SpeciescheiranthifoliaHaving leaves like that of Cheiranthus, an old name for a wallflower now renamed

About plant names...

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.

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