Definition of Anemopsis californica

1. Noun. Stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone.

Exact synonyms: Yerba Mansa
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Anemopsis, Genus Anemopsis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anemopsis Californica

Anemia adiantifolia
Anemone Canadensis
Anemone cylindrica
Anemone ludoviciana
Anemone nemorosa
Anemone occidentalis
Anemone pulsatilla
Anemone quinquefolia
Anemone riparia
Anemone sylvestris
Anemone tetonensis
Anemone virginiana
Anemonella
Anemonella thalictroides
Anemopsis
Anemopsis californica (current term)
Anerley
Anethum
Anethum graveolens
Anfield
Angaataha
Angada
Angajala
Angami
Angara
Angas
Angave
Ange
Angel
Angel Falls

Literary usage of Anemopsis californica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and by Joseph Henry, Spencer Fullerton Baird, United States War Dept, United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1856)
"Anemopsis californica. Platanus Mexicana. Calochortus venustus. splendens. Sisyrinchium Bermudiana. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"Anemopsis californica, Yerba Mansa of the Mexicans.—The root of this plant is a great remedy among the Indians of Arizona, and Sonora in Mexico, ..."

3. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"... T. chinensis), and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angusti/olia) with a herbaceous understory of saltgrass, yerba mansa (Anemopsis californica), ..."

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