Gymnosteris

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Gymnosteris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Gymnosteris
Greene
Species

2 - See text.

Gymnosteris is a small genus of flowering plants in the phlox family. These are small annual herbs which are native to the western United States. They generally lack leaves, but the bracts are large, fleshy, and leaflike.

There are two species:

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