Polyctenium
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| Desert Combleaf flower | |
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| Genus: | Polyctenium |
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Polyctenium is a genus of flowering plants in the mustard family, native to the Great Basin region of the Western United States. [1]
The plants are known by the common name Combleaf, owing to the resemblance of their deeply lobed leaves to a comb.
Species
There are two species within the genus:
- Polyctenium williamsiae — Washoe combleaf; quite rare and is specially protected in Nevada. Found in the Washoe Valley playas of the Virginia Range. [2]
- Polyctenium fremontii — Desert combleaf; more common species, found in the Great Basin habitats of northeastern California, southeast Oregon, southwest Idaho, and northwest Nevada. [3]
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