Deinandra clementina

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Deinandra clementina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Deinandra
Species:
D. clementina
Binomial name
Deinandra clementina
(Brandegee) B.G.Baldwin
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemizonia clementina Brandegee
  • Zonanthemis clementina Davidson & Moxley

Deinandra clementina, known by the common name island tarplant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to the Channel Islands of California.

Range

Deinandra clementina is found in all of the Channel Islands except San Miguel and Santa Rosa.

Description

Deinandra clementina is a sprawling shrub with a woody base, thick leaves and small yellow flowers. It forms thick mats scattered in coastal sage shrub on east and middle Anacapa Island where its acid-green foliage is conspicuous from a distance.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Deinandra clementina (Brandegee) B.G.Baldwin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ Natural History of the Islands of California, Allan A. Schoenherr, C. Robert Feldmeth, and Michael J. Emerson, California Natural History Guides, University of California Press, Berkeley 94720, 1999, ISBN 0-520-21197-9

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