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Stalked popcornflower

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

Also called Stipitate Forget Me Not, Great Valley Popcornflower

Stalked popcornflower
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0
Family
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Oregon to California
Climate
temperate

About

Plagiobothrys stipitatus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name stalked popcornflower and stipitate forget-me-not. It is native to Oregon and most of California, where it grows in vernal pools and similar wet habitat types. It is an annual herb producing a narrow, hollow, erect stem up to half a meter tall. It is coated in rough hairs. The pointed, hairy leaves along the stem are up to 11 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a series of five-lobed white flowers 2 millimeters to over one centimeter wide. The fruit is a narrow, ribbed nutlet.

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 · Sculptured popcornflower · Greene's popcornflower

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plagiobothrys stipitatus 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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