Jump to content

Deinandra clementina

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Island tarplant)

Deinandra clementina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Deinandra
Species:
D. clementina
Binomial name
Deinandra clementina
(Brandegee) B.G.Baldwin
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemizonia clementina Brandegee
  • Zonanthemis clementina Davidson & Moxley

Deinandra clementina, known by the common name island tarplant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to the Channel Islands of California.

Range

[edit]

Deinandra clementina is found in all of the Channel Islands except San Miguel and Santa Rosa.

Description

[edit]

Deinandra 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 its acid-green foliage is conspicuous from a distance.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Deinandra clementina (Brandegee) B.G.Baldwin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. ^ 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
[edit]