Holmgrenanthe

Holmgrenanthe

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Tribe: Antirrhineae
Genus: Holmgrenanthe
Elisens
Species:
H. petrophila
Binomial name
Holmgrenanthe petrophila
Synonyms[2]
  • Maurandya petrophila Coville & C.V.Morton
  • Asarina petrophila (Coville & C.V. Morton) Pennell
  • Maurandella petrophila (Coville & C.V. Morton) Rothm.

Holmgrenanthe petrophila (rocklady, formerly Maurandya petrophila) is a rare perennial desert plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae), and the sole species of the genus Holmgrenanthe. It forms low mats of branched stems growing from a woody base. The leaves have small spines along their edges. The solitary yellow flowers are tubular with five free lobes at the end, the upper two pointing backwards, the lower three projecting forwards. The species is known only from about ten locations, most in the Titus Canyon and the adjacent Fall Canyon, all within the Californian section of Death Valley National Park. It grows in limestone crevices on the canyon walls, often on the north face.

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