Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray

Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray

Amsinckia tessellata is a bristly annual herb similar to other fiddlenecks, blooming from March to June.

Family
Genus
Amsinckia
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray

Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray is a bristly annual herb that grows between 8 and 24 inches tall, and it looks similar to other fiddleneck species. It bears coiled inflorescences that hold yellow to orange tubular flowers. These flowers can reach up to one centimeter wide across the corolla, and their corollas often have fewer than five lobes. The lobes of the flower calyx are not uniform in width, and may be fused together below the middle of the calyx. This species has a bloom period from March to June.

Photo: (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae Amsinckia

More from Boraginaceae

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

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