Plagiobothrys
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Plagiobothrys is a genus of flowering plants known commonly as popcornflowers. These are small herbaceous plants which bear tiny white or yellow flowers. Their fruits are nutlet
s. Although these plants are found predominantly in western North and South America, five species are known from Australia. Of the approximately 65 species described, more than 15 are endemic to California.
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Nutlet
Nutlet may refer to one of the following.*A small nut.*In botany, a nutlet is a pyrena or pyrene, which is a seed covered by a stony layer, such as the kernel of a drupe....
s. Although these plants are found predominantly in western North and South America, five species are known from Australia. Of the approximately 65 species described, more than 15 are endemic to California.
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- Plagiobothrys acanthocarpusPlagiobothrys acanthocarpusPlagiobothrys acanthocarpus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name adobe popcornflower. It is native to California and northwestern sections of Mexico, where it can be found in moist areas on clay soil, such as vernal pools. It is an annual herb with a...
- adobe popcornflower - Plagiobothrys arizonicusPlagiobothrys arizonicusPlagiobothrys arizonicus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Arizona popcornflower. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a common wildflower in many types of mountain, desert, and woodland habitat. It is an annual...
- Arizona popcornflower - Plagiobothrys austiniaePlagiobothrys austiniaePlagiobothrys austiniae is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Austin's popcornflower. It is native to California, where it can be found in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills. It is also known from southern Oregon.Its habitat includes moist and wet...
- Austin's popcornflower - Plagiobothrys bracteatusPlagiobothrys bracteatusPlagiobothrys bracteatus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name bracted popcornflower. It is native to western north America from Oregon throughout California into northwestern Mexico, where it can be found in a variety of wet habitats such as vernal pools and...
- bracted popcornflower - Plagiobothrys canescensPlagiobothrys canescensPlagiobothrys canescens is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name valley popcornflower. It is endemic to California, where it is a common wildflower in valley, foothill, desert, coastline, and canyon habitat in the central and southern regions of the...
- valley popcornflower - Plagiobothrys chorisianusPlagiobothrys chorisianusPlagiobothrys chorisianus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name artist's popcornflower. It is endemic to California, where it can be found in and around the San Francisco Bay Area and parts of the coastline to the south.It is a resident of chaparral, coastal...
- artist's popcornflower - Plagiobothrys collinusPlagiobothrys collinusPlagiobothrys collinus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Cooper's popcornflower. It is native to California, Arizona, and parts of northern Mexico, where it can be found in many types of habitat. I...
- Cooper's popcornflower - Plagiobothrys distantiflorusPlagiobothrys distantiflorusPlagiobothrys distantiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name California popcornflower. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the northern and central Sierra Nevada foothills....
- California popcornflower - Plagiobothrys figuratus - fragrant popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys fulvusPlagiobothrys fulvusPlagiobothrys fulvus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name fulvous popcornflower. It is native to California and Oregon in the United States, as well as Chile....
- fulvous popcornflower - Plagiobothrys glyptocarpusPlagiobothrys glyptocarpusPlagiobothrys 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...
- sculptured popcornflower - Plagiobothrys greeneiPlagiobothrys greeneiPlagiobothrys greenei is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Greene's popcornflower. It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in moist woodland and grassland habitat. It is an annual herb with a spreading or erect stem growing 10 to 40...
- Greene's popcornflower - Plagiobothrys hirtusPlagiobothrys hirtusPlagiobothrys hirtus is a plant species with only about a dozen reportedly extant occurrences, all within the Umpqua River watershed in Douglas County, Oregon. It is federally listed endangered in the United States of America. In fact P. hirtus is now considered to be one of the top three most...
- rough popcornflower - Plagiobothrys hispidusPlagiobothrys hispidusPlagiobothrys hispidus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Cascade popcornflower. It is native to the mountains and plateaus around the intersection of Oregon, northeastern California, and northwestern Nevada, where it grows in dry, sandy habitat. It is an...
- Cascade popcornflower - Plagiobothrys humistratusPlagiobothrys humistratusPlagiobothrys humistratus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name dwarf popcornflower. It is endemic to the Central Valley of California, where it grows in grassland habitats, including vernal pools and other wetland areas.-Description:Plagiobothrys humistratus...
- dwarf popcornflower - Plagiobothrys infectivus - dye popcornflower
- Plagiobothrys jonesiiPlagiobothrys jonesiiPlagiobothrys jonesii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Mojave popcornflower. It is native to the Mojave Desert in California, the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in desert mountains and flats in scrub and woodland...
- Mojave popcornflower - Plagiobothrys kingiiPlagiobothrys kingiiPlagiobothrys kingii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Great Basin popcornflower. It is native to the Great Basin and Mojave Desert of the United States, where it grows in desert and plateau scrub habitat, among saltbush and on rocky slopes and...
- Great Basin popcornflower - Plagiobothrys leptocladusPlagiobothrys leptocladusPlagiobothrys leptocladus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names finebranched popcornflower and alkali plagiobothrys...
- finebranched popcornflower - Plagiobothrys mollisPlagiobothrys mollisPlagiobothrys mollis is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name soft popcornflower. It is native to Oregon, Nevada, and the Sierra Nevada of California, where it grows in scrub and grassy habitat, especially in moist and wet areas.-Description:It is a perennial...
- soft popcornflower - Plagiobothrys nothofulvusPlagiobothrys nothofulvusPlagiobothrys nothofulvus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name rusty popcornflower. It is native to western North America from Washington, and California, to northern Mexico, where it is a very common spring wildflower in grassy meadows, woodlands, and other...
- rusty popcornflower - Plagiobothrys parishiiPlagiobothrys parishiiPlagiobothrys parishii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Parish's popcornflower. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Mojave Desert mountains: of Inyo County; and of one locale in San Bernardino...
- Parish's popcornflower - Plagiobothrys scouleriPlagiobothrys scouleriPlagiobothrys scouleri is a common species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Scouler's popcornflower. It is native to North America, where it can be found from Alaska throughout southern Canada and the western and central United States...
- Scouler's popcornflower - Plagiobothrys shastensisPlagiobothrys shastensisPlagiobothrys shastensis is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Shasta popcornflower. It is native to southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in grassland, woodland, and other types of habitat. It is an annual herb growing erect to...
- Shasta popcornflower - Plagiobothrys stipitatusPlagiobothrys stipitatusPlagiobothrys stipitatus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name stalked popcornflower. 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...
- stalked popcornflower - Plagiobothrys strictusPlagiobothrys strictusPlagiobothrys strictus is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Calistoga popcornflower. It is endemic to Napa County, California, where it is known from only two small locations near Calistoga.-Description:...
- Calistoga popcornflower - Plagiobothrys tenellusPlagiobothrys tenellusPlagiobothrys tenellus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Slender Popcorn Flower. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Mexico, where it is a common member of the flora in several types of habitat.-Description:Plagiobothrys...
- Pacific popcornflower - Plagiobothrys uncinatusPlagiobothrys uncinatusPlagiobothrys uncinatus is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Salinas Valley popcornflower and hooked popcornflower...
- Salinas Valley popcornflower