Oreonana is a small genus of flowering plants in the carrot family known generally as mountainparsleys. All three species are endemic to high mountain ranges in California. They are petite, cushionlike mat-forming perennial herbs.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Oreonana Jeps. |
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As of December 2022[update], the Germplasm Resources Information Network considered that it may be a synonym of Cymopterus.[1]
Species:
- Oreonana clementis - pygmy mountainparsley
- Oreonana purpurascens - purple mountainparsley
- Oreonana vestita - woolly mounainparsley
References
edit- ^ "Genus Oreonana Jeps." GRIN Taxonomy. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
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