Palafoxia arida (Spanish needle)

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	Palafoxia	Named after José Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi (1776-1847), Duke of Saragossa, Spanish government official, general, defender against the armies of Napoleon, briefly Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain, book collector and author
Species	arida	Growing in dry places