Tetraclea coulteri, or Coulter's wrinklefruit,[1] is a perennial plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) that grows on sandy flats and coarse gravelly slopes of the Sonoran Desert, from southern Arizona to western Texas and northern Mexico.[2]: 57 Its white flowers open at night and close with the warmth of day.[2]: 57
Tetraclea coulteri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Tetraclea |
Species: | T. coulteri
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Binomial name | |
Tetraclea coulteri |
References
edit- ^ NRCS. "Tetraclea coulteri". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ a b Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688