Chaenactis fremontii (Fremont’s pincushion)

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	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Chaenactis	From the Greek chaino, “to gape,” and aktis, “a ray,” thus meaning a gaping ray, and given because in many species the outer florets are enlarged into a wide-open flaring raylike mouth
Species	fremontii	For John Charles Fremont (1813-1890), “the Pathfinder,” Army officer and presidential candidate who collected plants on four hazardous journeys exploring the western United States