Frostweed (Crocanthemum bicknellii)
Description
2 to 10 stalked flowers at the top of the plant, only 1 or 2 open at a time. Flowers are - to 1 inch across, with 5 yellow petals and 10 or more orange-tipped stamens fanning out around a small center column, the stamens often clustered together on one side. Behind the flower are 5 red-tinged sepals, the inner 3 broadly triangular, the outer 2 very narrow and usually about as long as the inner. Sepals are covered in short star-shaped hairs.Later in the season, tight clusters of petal-less, self-pollinating (cleistogamous) flowers develop in the axils and tips of the numerous branches.
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: Malvales
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Family: Cistaceae
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Genus: Crocanthemum
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