Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(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