| Dithyrea | |
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| Dithyrea californica near Baker, CA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Dithyrea Harv. |
| Species | |
1 or 2; see text | |
Dithyrea (shieldpod) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae containing only one or two species. [1] The California shieldpod or spectacle-pod, Dithyrea californica , is an abundant and unique-looking herb native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The beach shieldpod, Dithyrea maritima , a rare plant found only on the coast of California and Baja California, is sometimes considered a subspecies of D. californica. [2]
