Trixis californica

Common Name: American Threefold
Oˊodham Name: [unknown]
Group: Shrubs － Desert, Chaparral

Description

Trixis californica is a small shrub with unusually large, bright green leaves that appear in Spring and during the Monsoon. Yellow flowers appear in the late Spring. It grows in sandy and gravelly soils at elevations of 2000 to 5000 ft.

Classification

Kingdom Plantae － Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta － Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta － Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta － Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida － Dicotyledons

Subclass Asteridae

Order Asterales

Family Asteraceae － Aster family

Genus Trixis P. Br. － threefold

Species Trixis californica Kellogg － American threefold

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