Nicolletia
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Nicolletia is a small genus of flowering plant
s in the sunflower family, Asteraceae
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Species include:
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 sunflower 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...
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Species include:
- Nicolletia edwardsii A.Gray
- Nicolletia occidentalisNicolletia occidentalisNicolletia occidentalis is a flowering plant in the marigold tribe of the daisy family which is known by the common name Mojave hole-in-the-sand plant. This flower is native to California, especially the Mojave Desert, and northern Baja California. This is a desert-adapted perennial herb with a...
A.Gray - Mojave hole-in-the-sand plant - Nicolletia trifida Rydb.