Holocarpha

Holocarpha
Holocarpha macradenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Holocarpha
Greene 1897

Holocarpha is a small genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. The genus contains four species of tarweeds, which are all endemic to California.[1]

Description

Holocarpha are glandular, aromatic annual herbs bearing yellow flowers.[2]

Species[3][1]

Other "tarweeds"

Plants with the same common name, but in a different genus include:

References

  1. 1 2 Calflora taxon report, University of California, genus Holocarpha
  2. ↑ Flora of North America, Holocarpha Greene, 1897.
  3. ↑ The Plant List search for Holocarpha
  4. ↑ http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/santasusanatarplant.html . accessed 8/30/2010


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