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Ehrendorferia

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Ehrendorferia

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Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRanunculales
  5. FamilyPapaveraceae
Native toCalifornia, Mexico Northwest

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2
With media
1
Family
Papaveraceae
Collections
SBBG, MO
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

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Ehrendorferia (eardrops) is a genus of two species of biennial or perennial herbaceous plants native to wildfire-prone areas of California and the Baja California peninsula. It was named after the Austrian botanist Friedrich Ehrendorfer on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

==Species== There are two species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Ehrendorferia chrysantha (W. J. Hooker & G. Arnott) J. Rylander ||Golden Eardrops || California, and in Baja California. |- |120px ||Ehrendorferia ochroleuca (G. Engelmann) T. Fukuhara ||white eardrops or yellow bleeding-heart || California (Peninsular, Transverse, and southern Coast Ranges) and in Baja California. |- |}

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