Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllales. Aphanes: Gr, obscure, inconspicuous. Blitoides: resembling Blitum (of Amaranthaceae).
From genus on San Clemente Island: annual, not densely silky-hairy; leaves simple, thread-like to narrowly oblanceolate.
Eriogonoideae, Polygonaceae, Caryophyllales. Pterostegia: wing covering, for winged involucral bract. Drymaria: a similar-looking plant in Caryophyllaceae.
Only species in genus.