Polyctenium

Polyctenium
Desert Combleaf flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Polyctenium
Greene
Species

Polyctenium fremontii
Polyctenium williamsiae

Polyctenium is a genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, native to the Great Basin region of the Western United States. [1]

The plants are known by the common name combleaf,[2] owing to the resemblance of their deeply lobed leaves to a comb.

Species

There are two species within the genus:

References


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