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Sculptured popcornflower

Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus

Also called Cedar Ridge Popcornflower, Sculptured Nut Popcornflower

Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Bulb, Annual
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name sculptured popcornflower. It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in moist woodland and grassland habitat. It is an annual herb growing mostly erect to a maximum height near half a meter. The leaves along the stem are 4 to 8 centimeters long and the herbage is coated in rough hairs. The inflorescence is a series of small white flowers with rounded five-lobed corollas 2 to 9 millimeters wide. The fruit is a nutlet about 2 millimeters wide with a rough, tubercled or ribbed surface visible on magnification.

Other Plagiobothrys plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus 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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