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Tarweed fiddleneck

Amsinckia lycopsoides

Also called Scarce Fiddleneck, Bugloss Fiddleneck, Loose Amsinckia, Yellow Burweed, Bugloss Flowered Fiddleneck

Tarweed fiddleneck
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY 4.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
W. Canada to W. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Amsinckia lycopsoides is a species of flowering plant, known by the common name tarweed fiddleneck or bugloss fiddleneck, in the family Boraginaceae. It is one of the more common species of fiddleneck. It is native to much of western North America from California to British Columbia. It can be found in a wide variety of areas.

Other Amsinckia plants

Hairy Fiddleneck · Malheur Valley fiddleneck · Douglas' fiddleneck · Eastwood's fiddleneck · Largeflowered fiddleneck · Bentflower fiddleneck · Amsinckia marginata · Menzies' fiddleneck · Woolly breeches · Bristly fiddleneck · Green fiddleneck · Fiddleneck

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amsinckia lycopsoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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