Anemopsis californica (Yerba mansa)

Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn.

Yerba mansa

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
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	Magnoliidae	Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others
Order	Piperales	Plants lacking petals and having simple leaves and minute flowers in spikes, with the perianth simple or lacking
Family	Saururaceae	Sometimes called the “lizard’s tail family,” for the flower shape
Genus	Anemopsis	Anem, for the genus Anemone, and -opsis, “resemblence,” because flowers resemble those of Anemone.
Species	californica	“Of or from California”

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4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

The white flowers are no longer present. · 8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico
≈ 7 × 6" (18 × 16 cm)

Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. var. subglabra L. Kelso

Anemopsis californica description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
≈ 15 × 10" (39 × 26 cm)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
≈ 18 × 14" (44 × 34 cm)

4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada

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