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Adobe popcornflower

Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus

Adobe popcornflower
Photo: Anthony Valois and the National Park Service, Public domain
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
C. California to Mexico (Baja California Norte)
Climate
subtropical

About

Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name adobe popcornflower. It is native to California and northwestern sections of Mexico, where it can be found in moist areas on clay soil, such as vernal pools. It is an annual herb with a spreading or erect stem 10 to 40 centimeters in length. The leaves are linear or lance-shaped to oblong and several centimeters in length. The plant is coated in rough hairs. The inflorescence is a series of tiny flowers, each with a yellow-throated, five-lobed white corolla less than 3 millimeters wide. The nutlets are covered in long prickles with some bristles between.

Other Plagiobothrys plants

Arizona popcornflower · Austin's popcornflower · Bracted popcornflower · Valley popcornflower · Artist's popcornflower · Cooper's popcornflower · California popcornflower · Fragrant popcornflower · Fulvous popcornflower · Sculptured popcornflower · Greene's popcornflower · Rough popcornflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus 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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