Leucophyllum frutescens (Berl.) I.M. Johnst.
Texas ranger, Texas barometer bush
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5/25/2009 · Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Arizona · ≈ 4½ × 4′ (1.4 × 1.2 m) 
| 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 | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Scrophulariaceae | The figwort family (named for the resemblence of root nodes of some species to tubercular human lymph nodes, or scrophula) |
| Genus | Leucophyllum | White-leaved |
| Species | frutescens | “Shrubby” |
Leucophyllum frutescens description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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