Plagiobothrys
| Plagiobothrys | |
|---|---|
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| Plagiobothrys jonesii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Boraginoideae |
| Genus: | Plagiobothrys Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
| Type species | |
| Plagiobothrys rufescens | |
| Species | |
|
~65, See text. | |
Plagiobothrys is a genus of flowering plants known commonly as popcorn flowers. These are small herbaceous plants which bear tiny white or yellow flowers. Their fruits are nutlets. Although these plants are found predominantly in North America and South America, five species are known from Australia. Of the approximately 65 species described, more than 15 are endemic to California.
Selected species:
- Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus - adobe popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys arizonicus - Arizona popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys austiniae - Austin's popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys bracteatus - bracted popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys canescens - valley popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys chorisianus - artist's popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys collinus - Cooper's popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys diffusus - San Francisco popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys distantiflorus - California popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys figuratus - fragrant popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys fulvus - fulvous popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus - sculptured popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys greenei - Greene's popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys hirtus - rough popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys hispidus - Cascade popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys humistratus - dwarf popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys infectivus - dye popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys jonesii - Mojave popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys kingii - Great Basin popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys leptocladus - finebranched popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys mollis - soft popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys nothofulvus - rusty popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys parishii - Parish's popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys scouleri - Scouler's popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys shastensis - Shasta popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys stipitatus - stalked popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys strictus - Calistoga popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys tenellus - Pacific popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys uncinatus - Salinas Valley popcornflower
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