Hollisteria

Hollisteria lanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Hollisteria
S.Wats.
Species: H. lanata
Binomial name
Hollisteria lanata
S.Wats.

Hollisteria is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae with a single species, Hollisteria lanata. It is endemic to California. It is known by the common name false spikeflower.

The genus was named for California rancher William Welles Hollister.

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