''Plectritis'' is a genus of plants in the honeysuckle family (
Caprifoliaceae
The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and ea ...
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There are only three to five species. They are known generally as seablushes, and they are native to western North America and Chile. These are unassuming annual plants with thin, erect stems with few leaves and bearing a terminal inflorescence of flowers. The flower head bears several tiny flowers in shades of pink or white.
Species:
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Plectritis ciliosa
''Plectritis ciliosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name longspur seablush. It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California and Arizona, where it is a common plant in mounta ...
'' - longspur seablush
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Plectritis congesta
''Valeriana congesta'', synonym ''Plectritis congesta'', is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It is known by several common names, including shortspur seablush and rosy plectritis.Hitchcock, C.L. and Cronquist, A. 2018. Flora ...
'' - shortspur seablush
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Plectritis macrocera
''Plectritis macrocera'' is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common names longhorn seablush and white plectritis. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Montana to California, where it is ...
'' - longhorn plectritis, white plectritis
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
Valerianoideae
Caprifoliaceae genera
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