Amsinckia calycina (Moris) Chater

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Amsinckia

Characteristics

Annual herb. Stems up to 1 m high, branched, often with long straight and short curly hairs. Basal and lower cauline lvs to c. 20 × 3 cm, linear-lanceolate to linear-oblong, hispid with hairs pulvinate at base; base attenuate; apex ± obtuse and mucronate; upper lvs similar but smaller. Infl. with basal bracts; pedicels very short. Calyx (1)-2-4-(4.5) mm long at flowering, to 5 mm long at fruiting; lobes linear-lanceolate, hispid. Corolla 4-8 mm long, yellow; tube ampliate, glabrous within; limb 2-3 mm diam., suborbicular. Nutlets c. 2.5 mm long, with longitudinal muricate ridges and transversely rugose furrows.
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Roughly hairy annual, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves narrowly ovate to ovate, apex acuminate. Flowers in tightly rolled, helicoid cymes, corolla orange-yellow. Fruit smooth.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
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Cultivation

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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
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Images

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Distribution

Amsinckia calycina world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Spain, France, New Zealand, Uruguay, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:11707-2
WFO ID wfo-0000531997
COL ID D8CT
BDTFX ID 4204
INPN ID 82191
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Lithospermum calycinum Cryptantha spegazzinii Amsinckia angustifolia Amsinckia basistaminea Amsinckia calycina Benthamia angustifolia Benthamia hispida Amsinckia aurantiaca Amsinckia australis Amsinckia hispida Amsinckia humifusa Amsinckia mandonii Amsinckia pseudolycopsioides Eritrichium mandonii Eritrichium pachnophilum Benthamia basistaminea Lithospermum chilense Amsinckia parviflora Lithospermum apulum Amsinckia angustifolia var. microcarpa Amsinckia angustifolia var. pseudolycopsioides