Amsinckia Lehm.

Fiddleneck (en), Amsinckie (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae

Characteristics

Cor funnelform or campanulate, with or without well developed fornices; stamens included; nutlets in most spp. evidently roughened, keeled ventrally and often also dorsally, the scar typically placed at the lower end of the ventral keel, often elevated and caruncle-like; gynobase mostly short-pyramidal; cotyledons deeply bifid, thus apparently 4; taprooted, rough-hairy annuals with rather small, often narrow lvs, the orange or yellow fls in elongating, mostly naked, helicoid false spikes or racemes. 15, w. N. Amer. and w. and s. S. Amer.
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Annual herbs, usually very bristly. Infl. terminal, ebracteate or less commonly with basal bracts. Calyx 5-lobed nearly to base, sometimes some lobes connate, often clothed in brownish hairs. Corolla with cylindric tube without scales; limb funnelform or salverform. Stamens included. Stigma capitate. Nutlets ovoid-trigonous, smooth or rugose, attached to receptacle along lower end of ventral keel.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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