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Dimeresia

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Dimeresia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Chaenactideae
Genus: Dimeresia
A.Gray
Species:
D. howellii
Binomial name
Dimeresia howellii
Synonyms[1]
  • Ereminula Greene
  • Ereminula howellii (A.Gray) Greene

Dimeresia is a monotypic genus in the sunflower family containing the single species Dimeresia howellii, known by the common name doublet.[2][3][4]

Distribution

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This uncommon plant is endemic to an area of the Great Basin region in the western United States, in northeastern California, southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, and northwestern Nevada.[2][5][6][7]

It grows in dry volcanic soils, primarily on the Modoc Plateau volcanic plain, at elevations of 1,500–2,400 metres (4,900–7,900 ft).[5]

Description

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Dimeresia howellii is a very tiny annual flowering plant rarely exceeding 4 centimeters in height or width. It forms a small tuft on the ground with several oval-shaped leaves, and is cobwebby at base and glandular above.[5]

The inflorescence has tiny white to purple bell-shaped flowers each a few millimeters long.[5] The flowering period is May to August.[2]

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