Plagiobothrys leptocladus

Alkali Popcorn-flower

Species group: Plants

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Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Lamiales

Family:

Boraginaceae

Genus:

Plagiobothrys

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Distribution
Diagnostic Description
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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Plagiobothrys leptocladus (Greene) I.M. Johnst.:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Munz, P. A. 1974. Fl. S. Calif. 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Cronquist, A. J., A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren. 1984. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 4: 1–573. In A. J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermount. Fl. Hafner Pub. Co., New York.

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Global Range: OR to MT, south to UT and Baja, CA. Disjunct.

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The enlarged sepals, all bent to one side in fruit separate this species from the more widespread P. SCOULERI. Species of CRYPTANTHA are similar, but none of our species are prostrate or occur in wet habitats. A hand lens will be needed for positive identification.

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G4 - Apparently Secure

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

Fine-branched Popcorn-flower - finebranched popcornflower

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Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Borage Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Lamiales - Boraginaceae - Plagiobothrys

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description:

Description:

Slender-branched Popcorn-flower is an annual that branches at the base into several prostrate stems that are 5-15 cm long. The strap-shaped leaves are up to 5 cm long and are opposite at the base but alternate above. Foliage is glabrous to sparsely covered with stiff hairs. The sessile flowers are borne at the branch tips in crowded, narrow, 1-sided, curved spikes that unwind as they mature. The white flowers have 5 narrowly lance-shaped, densely hairy sepals that elongate and bend to the same side in fruit. The minute, tubular corolla is as long as the sepals and flares into 5 spreading lobes. There are 4 lance-shaped, bristly nutlets that are 1-3 mm long, each with a prominent ridge on the inner face.

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Conservation Status

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Global Status Last Reviewed:

1987-09-29

Global Status Last Changed:

1987-09-29

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Distribution

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Global Range:

OR to MT, south to UT and Baja, CA. Disjunct.

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Plagiobothrys leptocladus

Alkali Popcorn-flower

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Plagiobothrys leptocladus

Alkali Popcorn-flower

Data Sources

Table of Contents

Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

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Canada

United States

Diagnostic Description

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

United States

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