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Pectocarya
''Pectocarya'' is a plant genus of about 15 species in the family Boraginaceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as combseeds. They are small annual plants which bear tiny white flowers no more than 3 millimeters in diameter. Their fruits are nutlets which often have small projections that look like the teeth of a comb A comb is a tool consisting of a shaft that holds a row of teeth for pulling through the hair to clean, untangle, or style it. Combs have been used since prehistoric times, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating ba ..., hence their common name. The nutlets usually come in clusters of four. These plants are found mainly in western North America. Species 13 species are accepted. * '' Pectocarya anisocarpa'' * '' Pectocarya anomala'' * '' Pectocarya boliviana'' * '' Pectocarya dimorpha'' * '' Pectocarya heterocarpa'' – chuckwalla combseed * '' Pectocarya lateriflora'' * '' Pectocarya linearis'' – sagebrush c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pectocarya Anomala
''Pectocarya'' is a plant genus of about 15 species in the family (biology), family Boraginaceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as combseeds. They are small annual plants which bear tiny white flowers no more than 3 millimeters in diameter. Their fruits are nutlets which often have small projections that look like the teeth of a comb, hence their common name. The nutlets usually come in clusters of four. These plants are found mainly in western North America. Species 13 species are accepted. * ''Pectocarya anisocarpa'' * ''Pectocarya anomala'' * ''Pectocarya boliviana'' * ''Pectocarya dimorpha'' * ''Pectocarya heterocarpa'' – chuckwalla combseed * ''Pectocarya lateriflora'' * ''Pectocarya linearis'' – sagebrush combseed * ''Pectocarya penicillata'' – sleeping combseed, winged combseed, shortleaf combseed * ''Pectocarya peninsularis'' – peninsula combseed * ''Pectocarya platycarpa'' – broadfruit combseed * ''Pectocarya pusilla'' & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pectocarya Linearis
''Pectocarya'' is a plant genus of about 15 species in the family Boraginaceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as combseeds. They are small annual plants which bear tiny white flowers no more than 3 millimeters in diameter. Their fruits are nutlets which often have small projections that look like the teeth of a comb, hence their common name. The nutlets usually come in clusters of four. These plants are found mainly in western North America. Species 13 species are accepted. * '' Pectocarya anisocarpa'' * ''Pectocarya anomala'' * '' Pectocarya boliviana'' * ''Pectocarya dimorpha'' * '' Pectocarya heterocarpa'' – chuckwalla combseed * ''Pectocarya lateriflora'' * '' Pectocarya linearis'' – sagebrush combseed * ''Pectocarya penicillata'' – sleeping combseed, winged combseed, shortleaf combseed * ''Pectocarya peninsularis'' – peninsula combseed * ''Pectocarya platycarpa'' – broadfruit combseed * ''Pectocarya pusilla'' – little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pectocarya Penicillata
''Pectocarya penicillata'' is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names sleeping combseed,''Pectocarya penicillata''. USDA Plants Profile. shortleaf combseed, winged combseed''Pectocarya penicillata''. NatureServe. 2012. and northern pectocarya. It is native to much of western North America from to to |
Pectocarya Setosa
''Pectocarya setosa'', known by the common names moth combseed and round-nut pectocarya, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family. Distribution The plant is native to western North America, in Northwestern Mexico in Baja California and Sonora, and the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern United States. It grows in many types of habitats, including desert scrub, woodland, and grassland. It is found in the Mojave Desert, Great Basin, and Sonoran Desert. Description ''Pectocarya setosa'' is an annual herb producing a slender, rough-haired stem, generally upright to erect in form to a maximum height of about 23 centimeters. The small, pointed linear leaves alternately arranged along the upper stem, and oppositely along the lower part. The inflorescence is a series of flowers, each on a curved pedicel. The flower has small green sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pectocarya Recurvata
''Pectocarya recurvata'' is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names curvenut combseed and arched-nut pectocarya. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in many types of desert habitat. It is an annual herb producing a slender, rough-haired stem, generally upright to erect in form to a maximum height of about 21 centimeters. The small, pointed linear leaves alternately arranged along the stem. The inflorescence is a series of flowers, each on a curved pedicel. The flower has small green sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 Etymology The term ''sepalum'' ...s and a rounded white corolla. The fruits, borne in groups of four, are curved nutlets fringed with flat teeth, each measuring 2.5 to 4 millimeters long. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pectocarya Pusilla
''Pectocarya pusilla'' is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names little combseed and little pectocarya. It is native to the west coast of the United States from Washington to central California, where it grows in several habitat types, including disturbed areas such as roadsides. This is an annual herb producing a slender, rough-haired stem, generally upright to erect in form to a maximum height of about 38 centimeters. The small, pointed linear leaves are alternately arranged higher on the stem, and those lower on the stem are oppositely arranged and fused at the bases. The inflorescence is a series of flowers, each on a curved pedicel. The flower has small green sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 Etymology The term ''sepalum'' ...s with short hooked hairs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |