Amsinckia tessellata

Amsinckia tessellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Amsinckia
Species: A. tessellata
Binomial name
Amsinckia tessellata
A.Gray

Amsinckia tessellata is a species of fiddleneck known by the common names bristly fiddleneck,[1] tessellate fiddleneck,[2] checker fiddleneck, and devil's lettuce.

The plant is native to much of western North America, from British Columbia, Idaho, and Washington; through many California habitats and the Great Basin and deserts; to New Mexico (U.S.) and Sonora and Baja California in northwestern Mexico.

It is a common plant in many types of habitats, including chaparral, oak woodland, xeric scrub, temperate valleys, disturbed areas, and deserts including the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert.

Description

Amsinckia tessellata is a bristly annual herb similar in appearance to other fiddlenecks.

Its coiled inflorescence holds yellow to orange tubular flowers up to a centimeter wide at the corolla, which often has fewer than five lobes. The common colors of this plant are yellow and orange, they also stand 8-24 inches tall. The bloom period is March to June.

References

  1. ↑ "Amsinckia tessellata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "BSBI List 2007" (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
The A. tessellata inflorescence bears flowers each with an orangish corolla and calyx with four lobes

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