Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn.
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Anemopsis californica (Nutt.) Hook. & Arn. var. subglabra L. Kelso
4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada 
The white flowers are no longer present. · 8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 6″ (18 × 16 cm) 
4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 15 × 10″ (39 × 26 cm) 
4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (44 × 34 cm) 
4/29/2018 · Red Spring Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| 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 | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
| Order | Piperales | Plants lacking petals and having simple leaves and minute flowers in spikes, with the perianth simple or lacking |
| Family | Saururaceae | Sometimes called the “lizard’s tail family,” for the flower shape |
| Genus | Anemopsis | Anem, for the genus Anemone, and -opsis, “resemblence,” because flowers resemble those of Anemone. |
| Species | californica | “Of or from California” |
Anemopsis californica description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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