Deinandra clementina
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| Hemizonia clementina Brandegee
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Hemizonia clementina, known by the common name Island Tarweed, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, endemic to the Channel Islands of California.
Range
Hemizonia clementina is found in all of the Channel Islands except San Miguel and Santa Rosa.
Description
Hemizonia clementina is a sprawling shrub with a woody base, thick leaves and small yellow flowers. It forms thick mats scattered in coastal sage shrub on east and middle Anacapa Island where it's acid-green foliage is conspicuous from a disdance.[1]
References
- ^ Natural History of the Islands of California, Allan A. Schoenherr, C. Robert Feldmeth, and Michael J. Emerson, California Natural History Guides, University of California Press, Berkeley 94720, 1999, ISBN 0-520-21197-9
- C.Michael Hogan, ed; 2010; Encyclopedia of Life; Hemizonia congesta overview.
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External links
- "CalPhotos". calphotos.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
- "Hemizonia clementina Brandegee — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
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