🌿 Family

Polygonaceae

248 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Polygonaceae

Chorizanthe orcuttiana Parry is a prostrate annual coastal herb native to San Diego County, California.

Chorizanthe palmeri, or Palmer's spineflower, is an endemic California buckwheat-family flowering plant that grows on serpentine mountain slopes.

Chorizanthe spinosa, the Mojave spineflower, is an uncommon California-endemic flowering plant in the buckwheat family.

Mucronea californica is an endemic California ephemeral annual plant currently declining due to southern California urbanization.

Dodecahema leptoceras, or slender-horned spineflower, is the only species in its genus, an endangered annual plant restricted to southern California.

Goodmania luteola, commonly called yellow spinecape, is the only species in the Goodmania genus, native to California and Nevada.

Ruprechtia apetala Wedd. is a threatened deciduous tree found in Argentina and Bolivia.

Salta triflora is the only species in genus Salta, a shrub or tree flowering plant in Polygonaceae native to central South America.

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Cactaceae 482 species Amaranthaceae 240 species Caryophyllaceae 231 species Aizoaceae 87 species Droseraceae 70 species Montiaceae 49 species Nyctaginaceae 39 species Plumbaginaceae 32 species

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