Lorandersonia
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Lorandersonia is a genus of flowering plant
s in the daisy family, Asteraceae
.
Tonestus peirsonii
is sometimes included in this genus.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the daisy family, Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
.
Tonestus peirsonii
Tonestus peirsonii
Tonestus peirsonii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Peirson's serpentweed. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the High Sierra Nevada and adjacent mountain ranges to the east. It grows in mountain habitat in subalpine and alpine...
is sometimes included in this genus.