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Gymnosteris

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Gymnosteris

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Gymnosteris is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family. These are small annual herbs which are native to the western United States. They generally lack leaves, but the bracts are large, fleshy, and leaflike.

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It sits within the topics Flora of Northern America, Polemoniaceae and Polemoniaceae genera.

Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

dwarf starcup

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyPolemoniaceae
Observations117

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
4
Family
Polemoniaceae
Collections
UT, BRIT
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Polemoniaceae
Image
Gymnosteris nudicaulis (5886441467).jpg
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Commons category
Gymnosteris
taxon name
Gymnosteris
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Gymnosteris
taxon common name
gymnosteris
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Gymnosteris is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family. These are small annual herbs which are native to the western United States. They generally lack leaves, but the bracts are large, fleshy, and leaflike.

There are two species: Gymnosteris nudicaulis - nakedstem gymnosteris Gymnosteris parvula - smallflower gymnosteris

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gymnosteris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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