Anemopsis

This article is about Anemopsis. For Anemonopsis, see False anemone.

Anemopsis

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Piperales
Family: Saururaceae
Genus: Anemopsis
Hook. & Arn.
Species:
A. californica
Binomial name
Anemopsis californica
(Nutt.) Hook. & Arn.
Synonyms[2]
  • Anemia Nutt., 1838 (non Sw., 1806), nom. inval.. Type species: Anemia californica Nutt., 1838.
  • Anemia californica Nutt., 1838.
  • Anemia intermedia Copel. ex M.E.Jones
  • Anemopsis bolanderi C. DC., 1872
  • Anemopsis californica var. subglabra Kelso 1932
  • Anemopsis ludovici-salvatoris Willk., 1877
  • Houttuynia bolanderi Benth. & Hook.f., 1880
  • Houttuynia californica Benth. & Hook.f., 1880

The monotypic genus Anemopsis has only one species, Anemopsis californica, with the common names yerba mansa or lizard tail.

It is a perennial herb in the lizard tail family (Saururaceae) and prefers very wet soil or shallow water.[3]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2023). "Anemopsis californica". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ Flowering Plants of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale, 2nd Ed., 2000, p. 175