Mohavea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Mohavea confertiflora 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Mohavea confertiflora'' |taxon = Mohavea |authority = A.Gray |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = ''Mohavea breviflora''<br> ''Mohavea confertiflora'' }}

'''''Mohavea''''' is a plant genus consisting of two species native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. This genus is often included in the closely related snapdragon genus ''Antirrhinum''.<ref name=Oyama/>

== Taxonomy == Formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae, the genus is now included in Plantaginaceae. The two species are both notable annuals flowering in the spring: the lesser mohavea, ''Mohavea breviflora'', has small yellow flowers, while the ghost flower, ''Mohavea confertiflora'', features large pale flowers with a pattern of purple spots.

=== Etymology === The genus name is derived from the Mojave River, where specimens were first collected by John C. Fremont.<ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7454 Jepson Manual Treatment]</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=Oyama>{{cite journal | last1 = Oyama | first1 = R. K. | last2 = Baum | first2 = D. A. | year = 2004 | title = Phylogenetic relationships of North American ''Antirrhinum'' (Veronicaceae) | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 91 | issue = 6| pages = 918–925 | doi = 10.3732/ajb.91.6.918 | pmid = 21653448 }}</ref> }}

==External links== *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOHAV USDA Plants Profile for ''Mohavea'']

Category:Plantaginaceae Category:Plantaginaceae genera Category:Flora of the California desert regions Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert Category:Taxa named by Asa Gray