''Plagiobothrys jonesii'' is a species of flowering plant in the

borage family Boraginaceae, the borage or forget-me-not family, includes about 2,000 species of shrubs, trees and herbs in 146, to 156 genera with a worldwide distribution. The APG IV system from 2016 classifies the Boraginaceae as single family of the orde ...

known by the common name Mojave popcornflower. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, where it grows in desert mountains and flats in scrub and woodland habitat.

Description

''Plagiobothrys jonesii'' is an annual herb growing mostly upright or erect, approaching a maximum height near 40 centimeters. It is hairy in texture, the hairs rough, sharp, and bristly. The leaves alternately arranged along the stem are up to 10 centimeters long. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...

is a series of tiny white flowers each 1 to 3 millimeters wide. The fruit is a tiny bumpy nutlet borne in clusters of 3 or 4.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Plagiobothrys jonesii''''Plagiobothrys jonesii'' Photo gallery
jonesii Flora of the California desert regions Flora of the Sonoran Deserts Flora of Northwestern Mexico Flora of the Southwestern United States {{Asterid-stub