Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Hornem. ex Spreng.) W.L.Wagner & Hoch
Beach primrose
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2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) 
2/24/2010 · Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California · ≈ 2½ × 1½′ (77 × 51 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| 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 | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Myrtales | Includes myrtles, leadwoods, loosestrifes, pomegranates, evening primroses, many others |
| Family | Onagraceae | Willowherb/evening primrose family |
| Genus | Camissoniopsis | From the generic name Camissonia and the Greek opsis, “aspect, view, appearance,” thus meaning “having the appearance of Camissonia” |
| Species | cheiranthifolia | Having leaves like that of Cheiranthus, an old name for a wallflower now renamed |
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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