Trixis californica Kellogg
Trixis californica Kellogg var. californica
|Kingdom||Plantae||Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae|
|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||Trixis||From the Greek trixos, “three-fold,” referring to the three-cleft outer corolla lip|
|Species||californica||“Of or from California”|
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Trixis californica description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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2/28/2010 · Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
≈ 31 × 21" (78 × 52 cm)
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