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Plagiobothrys scouleri penicillatus

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Description

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Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings , prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.[1]

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Plagiobothrys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 72 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

P. acanthocarpus (Adobe Popcornflower) · P. arizonicus (Arizona Popcornflower) · P. austiniae (Austin's Popcornflower) · P. bracteatus (Bracted Popcornflower) · P. bracteatus var. aculeolatus (Bracted Popcornflower) · P. bracteatus var. bracteatus (Bracted Popcornflower) · P. canescens (Valley Popcornflower) · P. canescens var. canescens (Valley Popcornflower) · P. canescens var. catalinensis (Catalina Popcornflower) · P. chorisianus (Artist's Popcornflower) · P. chorisianus var. chorisianus (Artist's Popcornflower) · P. chorisianus var. hickmanii (Hickman's Popcornflower) · P. chorisianus var. undulatus (Artist's Popcornflower) · P. collinus (Cooper's Popcorn-Flower) · P. collinus (Phil.) I.M.Johnst. var. ursinus (Gray) Higgins (Cooper's Popcornflower) · P. collinus var. californicus (Cooper's Popcornflower) · P. collinus var. fulvescens (Cooper's Popcorn-Flower) · P. collinus var. gracilis (Cooper's Popcornflower) · P. collinus var. ursinus (Cooper's Popcornflower) · P. distantiflorus (California Popcornflower) · P. figuratus corallicarpus (Fragrant Popcorn Flower) · P. figuratus subsp. corallicarpus (Fragrant Popcornflower) · P. fulvus (Fulvous Popcornflower) · P. fulvus var. campestris (Fulvous Popcornflower) · P. fulvus var. fulvus (Fulvous Popcornflower) · P. glaber (Hairless Popcornflower) · P. glomeratus (Cluster Popcornflower) · P. glyptocarpus (Sculptured Popcornflower) · P. glyptocarpus var. glyptocarpus (Sculptured Popcornflower) · P. glyptocarpus var. modestus (Sculptured Popcornflower) · P. greenei (Greene's Popcornflower) · P. hirtus (Rough Popcornflower) · P. hispidus (Cascade Popcornflower) · P. humistratus (Dwarf Popcornflower) · P. hystriculus (Bearded Popcornflower) · P. infectivus (Dye Popcornflower) · P. jonesii (Jones' Popcornflower) · P. kingii (Great Basin Popcornflower) · P. kingii var. harknessii (Harness' Popcornflower) · P. kingii var. kingii (Great Basin Popcornflower) · P. lamprocarpus (Shinyfruit Popcornflower) · P. leptocladus (Alkali Popcorn-Flower) · P. lithocaryus (Mayacamas Popcornflower) · P. mollis (Creeping Popcornflower) · P. mollis var. mollis (Soft Popcornflower) · P. mollis var. vestitus (Soft Popcornflower) · P. myosotoides (Forget-Me-Not Popcornflower) · P. nothofulvus (Rusty Popcornflower) · P. orientalis (Oriental Popcornflower) · P. parishii (Parish's Popcornflower) · P. pringlei (Pringle's Popcorn-Flower) · P. reticulatus (Netted Popcornflower) · P. salsus (Salty Popcornflower) · P. scouleri (Meadow Popcorn-Flower) · P. scouleri var. cusickii (Cusick's Popcornflower) · P. scouleri var. hispidulus (Sleeping Popcornflower) · P. scouleri var. scouleri (Scouler's Popcornflower) · P. scriptus (Scribe Popcornflower) · P. shastensis (Shasta Popcornflower) · P. stipitatus (Slender Popcornflower) · P. stipitatus var. micranthus (Stalked Popcornflower) · P. stipitatus var. stipitatus (Stalked Popcornflower) · P. strictus (Calistoga Allocarya) · P. tenellus (Pacific Popcornflower) · P. tener (Slender Popcornflower) · P. tener var. subglaber (Slender Popcornflower) · P. tener var. tener (Slender Popcornflower) · P. torreyi (San Francisco Popcorn Flower) · P. torreyi var. diffusus (Torrey's Popcornflower) · P. torreyi var. torreyi (Torrey's Popcornflower) · P. trachycarpus (Roughfruit Popcornflower) · P. uncinatus (Salinas Valley Popcornflower)

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Footnotes

  1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-27