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five-eyes

Chamaesaracha

Chamaesaracha is a genus of perennial herbs in the nightshade family which are known commonly as five eyes. There are around nine species of five eyes, and they are native to the southwestern and western United States and parts of Mexico. These are hairy plants growing low to the ground and covered in crinkly dull green leaves. The flowers are star-shaped to wheel-shaped and their dried remnants can be found around the fruits, which are spherical...

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Edwards plateau five-eyes

speciesChamaesaracha edwardsiana

hairy five-eyes

speciesChamaesaracha sordida

gray five-eyes

speciesChamaesaracha coniodes

greenleaf five-eyes

speciesChamaesaracha coronopus

Trans-Pecos five-eyes

speciesChamaesaracha villosa

pale five-eyes

speciesChamaesaracha pallida

Chamaesaracha crenata

speciesChamaesaracha crenata

Darcy's five-eyes

speciesChamaesaracha darcyi

Chamaesaracha rzedowskiana

speciesChamaesaracha rzedowskiana

Chamaesaracha geohintonii

speciesChamaesaracha geohintonii

Chamaesaracha cernua

speciesChamaesaracha cernua

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72045.