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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Mohavea confertiflora 1.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Mohavea confertiflora]]''
|taxon = Mohavea
|authority = [[Asa Gray|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==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOHAV USDA Plants Profile for ''Mohavea'']
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[[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]]