Amsinckia douglasiana
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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. douglasiana
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Amsinckia douglasiana is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, known by the common name Douglas' fiddleneck. It is endemic to the coastal Santa Monica Mountains and Santa Ynez Mountains of southern California.[2]
Description
[edit]Amsinckia douglasiana is a bristly annual herb producing coiled, fiddlehead-shaped inflorescences of yellow-orange flowers similar to other fiddlenecks. The flowers are over a centimeter wide and often have fewer than five lobes. This species is heterostylous.
It is also known as an occasional introduced species on the East Coast of the U.S.
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References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Amsinckia douglasiana". NatureServe Explorer Amsinckia douglasiana. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Amsinckia douglasiana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
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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 Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Santa Ynez Mountains
- Plants described in 1846
- Boraginoideae stubs