Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2597)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2494)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2109)
Order: Asterales (219)
Family: Asteraceae (218)(family description)
Genus: Emilia (3)
Epithet: fosbergii Nicolson (1)
fosbergii => in honor of Francis Raymond Fosberg (1908-1993), US botanist specialized in the floras of California, South America and Polynesia