Hollisteria

Hollisteria is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with a single species, Hollisteria lanata. It is endemic to California. It is known by the common name false spikeflower.

Hollisteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Eriogonoideae
Genus: Hollisteria
S.Wats.
Species:
H. lanata
Binomial name
Hollisteria lanata
S.Wats.

The genus was named for California rancher William Welles Hollister.

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