Holocarpha

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Holocarpha
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Holocarpha macradenia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Madieae
Subtribe: Madiinae
Genus: Holocarpha
Greene 1897

Holocarpha is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus contains four species of tarweeds, which are all endemic to California. [1]

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Description

Holocarpha are glandular, aromatic annual herbs bearing yellow flowers. [2]

Species [3] [1]

Other "tarweeds"

Plants with the same common name, but in a different genus include:

References

  1. 1 2 Calflora taxon report, University of California, genus Holocarpha
  2. Flora of North America, Holocarpha Greene, 1897.
  3. The Plant List search for Holocarpha
  4. "Santa Susana tarplant". www.calflora.net. Retrieved 2010-08-30.