Amsinckia lunaris
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Amsinckia |
| Species: | A. lunaris
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| Binomial name | |
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Amsinckia lunaris is an uncommon species of fiddleneck known by the common name bent-flowered fiddleneck. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the San Francisco Bay Area, the woods of the coastal and inland mountains just north, and the Central Valley and its San Joaquin Valley.
Description
[edit]Amsinckia lunaris is a bristly annual herb with coiled inflorescences of tubular orange flowers similar to those of other fiddlenecks, except for the characteristic bend in the flower tube. The flowers are about a centimeter long and less in width at the face.
See also
[edit]- Ethmia albitogata — endemic moth, feeds on Amsinckia lunaris.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Amsinckia lunaris". NatureServe Explorer Amsinckia lunaris. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
External links
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Categories:
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Amsinckia
- Endemic flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Plants described in 1917
- Boraginoideae stubs