Mabrya geniculata

Mabrya geniculata is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial native to the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. It has pale yellow tubular flowers. It was first described in 1894 by Benjamin L. Robinson and Merritt L. Fernald in the genus Maurandya and transferred to Mabrya by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985.^[2]

Mabrya geniculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Genus:	Mabrya
Species:	M. geniculata
Binomial name
Mabrya geniculata (B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Elisens[1]
Subspecies
M. g. subsp. geniculata M. g. subsp. lanata Elisens[2]
Synonyms[1]
Maurandya geniculata B.L.Rob. & Fernald

Elisens divided M. geniculata into three subspecies, M. g. geniculata, M. g. flaviflora and M. g. lanata.^[2] M. g. flaviflora was separated off as a full species, Mabrya flaviflora, by David A. Sutton in 1988.^[3] M. g. lanata differs from the nominate subspecies in having its stems and leaves densely covered in wool-like hairs. It occurs only in the state of Sonora.^[2]