Hesperolinon adenophyllum

Hesperolinon adenophyllum

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Linaceae
Genus:	Hesperolinon
Species:	H. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its The Malpighiales are a large order of Flowering plants included in the group named Eurosids I in the recent APG classification The Linaceae is a family of Flowering plants mostly Herbaceous or rarely woody plants sometimes large Trees in the tropics Hesperolinon is a Genus in the family Linaceae, whose common genus name is dwarf flax. adenophyllum

Binomial name

Hesperolinon adenophyllum
(A. Gray) Small

Hesperolinon adenophyllum is a rare species of flowering plant in the flax family known by the common names glandular dwarf flax and glandular western flax. Asa Gray ( November 18, 1810 - January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century John Kunkel Small (January 31 1869- January 20 1938 was an American Botanist. The Linaceae is a family of Flowering plants mostly Herbaceous or rarely woody plants sometimes large Trees in the tropics It is endemic to California, where most known occurrences have been recorded in Lake and Mendocino Counties. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Lake County is a County located in the north central portion of the U Mendocino County is a County located on the north coast of the U It is generally found in chaparral ecosystems on serpentine soils. Chaparral is a Shrubland or heathland Plant community found primarily in the U Serpentine soils are soils derived from Ultramafic rocks in particular Serpentinite, an ultramafic rock formed by the hydration and metamorphic transformation This is an annual herb growing erect to heights between 10 and 50 centimeters. Its narrow, lance-shaped leaves are lined with rows of teeth with large knobby glandular points. The flower has small sepals speckled with glandular hairs and five thin yellow petals. A sepal (from Latin separatus "separate" + petalum "petal" is a part of the flower of Angiosperms or flower plants The stamens protrude from the face of the flower and hold large yellow anthers. The stamen ( Plural stamina or stamens, from Latin stamen meaning "thread of the warp " is the male

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