| Cevallia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Loasaceae |
| Genus: | Cevallia Lag. (1805) |
| Species: | C. sinuata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cevallia sinuata Lag. (1805) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cevallia sinuata or stinging serpent [2] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Loasaceae. It is a perennial or subshrub native to northern Mexico and the southern central United States from Arizona to Oklahoma. It is the sole species in genus Cevallia. [3]