Holocarpha

Holocarpha
Holocarpha macradenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Madieae
Subtribe: Madiinae
Genus: Holocarpha
Greene 1897

Holocarpha is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus contains four species of tarweeds, which are all endemic to California.

Description

Holocarpha are glandular, aromatic annual herbs bearing yellow flowers.

Species

Other "tarweeds"

Plants with the same common name, but in a different genus include:

References

  1. 1 2 Calflora taxon report, University of California, genus Holocarpha
  2. ↑ Flora of North America, Holocarpha Greene, 1897.
  3. ↑ The Plant List search for Holocarpha
  4. ↑ "Santa Susana tarplant". www.calflora.net. Retrieved 2010-08-30.