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Whitemargin Oxytheca (Sidotheca emarginata)

Description

Oxytheca emarginata, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is endemic (limited) to California. Oxytheca is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with seven species found in dry and temperate parts of the Americas. The taxonomy of this genus is in flux, with some species often listed under tentative new names.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Polygonaceae

              • Genus: Sidotheca