Amsinckia lunaris J.F.Macbr. is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Amsinckia lunaris J.F.Macbr.

Amsinckia lunaris J.F.Macbr.

Amsinckia lunaris is a bristly annual fiddleneck herb distinguished by a characteristic bend in its tubular orange flower tube.

Family
Genus
Amsinckia
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Amsinckia lunaris J.F.Macbr.

Amsinckia lunaris is a bristly annual herb. It produces coiled inflorescences made of tubular orange flowers that resemble the flowers of other fiddlenecks, with one distinct difference: the flower tube of Amsinckia lunaris has a characteristic bend. The flowers of this species are roughly one centimeter long, and their width at the flower face is less than one centimeter.

Photo: (c) Charlie Russell, all rights reserved, uploaded by Charlie Russell

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae Amsinckia

More from Boraginaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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