California Manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum depressum)
Description
Polycarpon depressum-is a species of flowering plant in the-pink family-known by the common name-California manyseed. It is native to southern-California-and-Baja California, where it grows in sandy habitat such as coastal bluffs and disturbed habitat types such as fields and roadsides. It is a small annual herb producing a spreading, branching stem just a few centimeters long that lies prostrate on the ground. A few pairs of oppositely arranged leaves line the stems, each oval in shape narrowing to a-petiole-and measuring about a centimeter long. The-inflorescence-is a cluster of rounded flowers with minute petals tucked inside a calyx of pointed-sepals.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Caryophyllaceae
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Genus: Polycarpon
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