Desmarestia herbacea
| Desmarestia herbacea | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Clade: | Sar | 
| Clade: | Stramenopiles | 
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta | 
| Class: | Phaeophyceae | 
| Order: | Desmarestiales | 
| Family: | Desmarestiaceae | 
| Genus: | Desmarestia | 
| Species: | D. herbacea 
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| Binomial name | |
| Desmarestia herbacea (Turner) J.V.Lamouroux 
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Desmarestia herbacea is a species of brown algae found worldwide. Its common names include color changer, Desmarest's flattened weed, and sea sorrel, though the last name can also refer to other species of Desmarestia.[1]

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Photo illustration from Puget Sound Marine Station publications 
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Desmarestia herbacea.
- ^ "Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
 
