Simpsonanthus

Simpsonanthus

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Simpsonanthus
Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin (2020)
Species:
S. jonesii
Binomial name
Simpsonanthus jonesii
(A.Gray) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin (2020)
Synonyms[1]
  • Plagiobothrys jonesii A.Gray (1886)
  • Sonnea jonesii (A.Gray) Greene (1887)

Simpsonanthus jonesii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Mojave popcornflower. It is the sole species in genus Simpsonanthus.[2] It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in desert mountains and flats in scrub and woodland habitat.