Vegetation is dominated by ephemeral (annual) and ephemeroid (perennial) grasses and forbs, with dominant species belonging to Poaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Caryophyllaceae, Boraginacaeae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Badkhiz-Karabil semi-desert] Reference

Additional species include the following: Thamnoseris-Sanctambrosia manicata (Caryophyllaceae); Nesocaryum stylosum (Boraginaceae) - Frankenia vidalii and Solanum brachyantherum (Solanaceae) - Lycapsus tenuifolius.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Félix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests] Reference

The most conspicuous species on San Ambrosio island are Thamnoseris lacerata and Sanctambrosia manicata (Caryophyllaceae), among woody species, and among grass species, Eragrostis peruviana and Eragrostis kuschelii (Poaceae), annuals that may reach as high as 50 cm.    From Wordnik.com.  [San Félix-San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests] Reference

Common weeds of cultivation are Fumaria parviflora, a near relation of the English fumitory, Silene conoidea, and two Spergulas (Caryophyllaceae), and Sisymbrium Irio.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference

Caryophyllales > Family: Caryophyllaceae > Genus: Dianthus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Qwaider Planet] Reference

Garden Bird is Among Species Most at Risk Clock Genes of Mammalian Cells: Practical Implications in Tissue Culture Evolution of a RNA Polymerase Gene Family in Silene (Caryophyllaceae) - Incomplete Concerted Evolution and Topological Congruence Among Paralogues Extrapair Paternity in Birds: Understanding Variation Among Species.    From Wordnik.com.  [RedOrbit News - Technology] Reference

Family: Caryophyllaceae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Whirling Frolic Of The Dianthus* « Fairegarden] Reference

(Caryophyllaceae).    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Plants other than grasses that predominate include Azorella, Baccharis, Daucus, Draba, Echinopsis, Gentiana, Geranium, Lupinus, Nototriche, Plettekea, Valeriana and Werneria (Asteracae); Carcadamine, Draba, and Weberbauera (Brassicaceae); Lysipomia (Campanulaceae); Arenaria, Cerstium, and Pycnophyllum (Caryophyllaceae); Acaena, Alchemilla, and Potentilla (Rosaceae); Arcytophyllum, and Galium (Rubiaceae); Agalinis, Bartsia, and Calceolaria (Scrophulariaceae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Andean wet puna] Reference