Biology:Centrostegia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Centrostegia
Centrostegia thurberi 3.jpg
Centrostegia thurberi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Eriogonoideae
Genus: Centrostegia
A.Gray ex Benth.
Species:
C. thurberi
Binomial name
Centrostegia thurberi
A.Gray

Centrostegia is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with a single species in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Centrostegia thurberi is known by the common names Thurber's spineflower and red triangles. It is a petite herb with a distinct red coloration.

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