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Johnny-tuck

Triphysaria eriantha

Also called Johnnytuck, Butter And Eggs

Johnny-tuck
Photo: tom hilton, CC BY 2.0
Family
Orobanchaceae (Orobanch family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Oregon to California
Climate
temperate

About

Triphysaria eriantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae, known by the common names johnny-tuck and butter-and-eggs.

It is native to California and southwestern Oregon, where it grows in many types of habitats including chaparral, becoming quite common in some areas.

Other Triphysaria plants

San Francisco owl's-clover · Purplebeak owl's-clover · Dwarf owl's-clover · Yellowbeak owl's-clover · Owl's Clover

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triphysaria eriantha 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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