# Plagiobothrys > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Plagiobothrys > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Plagiobothrys.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiobothrys > Source revision: 1233667774 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Plagiobothrys jonesii 2.jpg |image_caption = ''[Plagiobothrys jonesii](/source/Plagiobothrys_jonesii)'' |taxon = Plagiobothrys |authority = [Fisch.](/source/Friedrich_Ernst_Ludwig_von_Fischer) & [C.A.Mey.](/source/Carl_Anton_von_Meyer) |type_species = ''[Plagiobothrys rufescens](/source/Plagiobothrys_rufescens)'' |type_species_authority = [Fisch.](/source/Friedrich_Ernst_Ludwig_von_Fischer) & [C.A.Mey.](/source/Carl_Anton_von_Meyer){{APNI2|id=63074|name=''Plagiobothrys''}}{{cite journal| author=Fischer, F.E.L. von & Meyer, C.A.A. von |editor= Fischer, F.E.L. von & Meyer, C.A.A. von |date=1836|journal= Index Seminum, Quae Hortus Botanicus Imperialis Petropolitanus Pro Mutua Commutatione Offert|title=Plagiobothrys|volume= 2|pages= 21|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45789990}} |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = ~65, see text |synonyms = *''Allocarya'' {{small|Greene (1887)}} *''Allocaryastrum'' {{small|Brand (1931)}} *''Echidiocarya'' {{small|A.Gray ex Benth. & Hook.f. (1876)}} *''Echinoglochin'' {{small|(A.Gray) Brand (1925)}} *''Glyptocaryopsis'' {{small|Brand (1931)}} *''Maccoya'' {{small|F.Muell. (1859)}} *''Sonnea'' {{small|Greene (1887)}} |synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30000151-2 ''Plagiobothrys'' Fisch. & C.A.Mey.] ''[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online)''. Retrieved 9 July 2024. }} '''''Plagiobothrys''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [flowering plant](/source/flowering_plant)s known [commonly](/source/Common_name) as '''popcorn flowers'''. These are small [herbaceous plant](/source/herbaceous_plant)s which bear tiny white or yellow flowers. Their fruits are [nutlet](/source/nutlet)s. Although these plants are found predominantly in [North America](/source/North_America) and [South America](/source/South_America), five [species](/source/species) are known from [Australia](/source/Australia). Of the approximately 65 species [described](/source/Species_description), more than 15 are [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [California](/source/California). == Description == The inflorescence is coiled in bud, but generally elongates in fruit. The pedicels are generally 0–1 mm, and the flower is bisexual with the sepals fused below the middle.{{Cite web|title=UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for PLAGIOBOTHRYS|url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2030,2172|access-date=2020-06-19|website=ucjeps.berkeley.edu}} == Etymology == The genus name, ''Plagiobothrys'', is derived from Greek to mean "sideways pit" and describes the position of nutlet attachment scar. == Species == 63 species are accepted. *''[Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus](/source/Plagiobothrys_acanthocarpus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} – adobe popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys arizonicus](/source/Plagiobothrys_arizonicus)'' {{small|(A.Gray) Greene ex A.Gray}} – Arizona popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys armeriifolius](/source/Plagiobothrys_armeriifolius)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys austiniae](/source/Plagiobothrys_austiniae)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} – Austin's popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys australasicus](/source/Plagiobothrys_australasicus)'' {{small|(A.DC.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys bracteatus](/source/Plagiobothrys_bracteatus)'' {{small|(Howell) I.M.Johnst.}} – bracted popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys calandrinioides](/source/Plagiobothrys_calandrinioides)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys campestris](/source/Plagiobothrys_campestris)'' {{small|Greene}} *''[Plagiobothrys canescens](/source/Plagiobothrys_canescens)'' {{small|Benth.}} – valley popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys chorisianus](/source/Plagiobothrys_chorisianus)'' {{small|(Cham.) I.M.Johnst.}} – artist's popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys collinus](/source/Plagiobothrys_collinus)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} – Cooper's popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys congestus](/source/Plagiobothrys_congestus)'' {{small|(Wedd.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys corymbosus](/source/Plagiobothrys_corymbosus)'' {{small|(Ruiz & Pav.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys diffusus](/source/Plagiobothrys_diffusus)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} – San Francisco popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys distantiflorus](/source/Plagiobothrys_distantiflorus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} – California popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys figuratus](/source/Plagiobothrys_figuratus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} – fragrant popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys germainii](/source/Plagiobothrys_germainii)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys glaber](/source/Plagiobothrys_glaber)'' {{small|(A.Gray) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys glomeratus](/source/Plagiobothrys_glomeratus)'' {{small|A.Gray}} *''[Plagiobothrys glyptocarpus](/source/Plagiobothrys_glyptocarpus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} – sculptured popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys gracilis](/source/Plagiobothrys_gracilis)'' {{small|(Ruiz & Pav.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys greenei](/source/Plagiobothrys_greenei)'' {{small|(A.Gray) I.M.Johnst.}} – Greene's popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys hirtus](/source/Plagiobothrys_hirtus)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} – rough popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys hispidus](/source/Plagiobothrys_hispidus)'' {{small|A.Gray}} – Cascade popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys humilis](/source/Plagiobothrys_humilis)'' {{small|(Ruiz & Pav.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys humistratus](/source/Plagiobothrys_humistratus)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} – dwarf popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys hystriculus](/source/Plagiobothrys_hystriculus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys infectivus](/source/Plagiobothrys_infectivus)'' {{small|I.M.Johnst.}} – dye popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys lamprocarpus](/source/Plagiobothrys_lamprocarpus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys leptocladus](/source/Plagiobothrys_leptocladus)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} – finebranched popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys linifolius](/source/Plagiobothrys_linifolius)'' {{small|(Lehm.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys lithocaryus](/source/Plagiobothrys_lithocaryus)'' {{small|(Greene ex A.Gray) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys macbridei](/source/Plagiobothrys_macbridei)'' {{small|I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys mexicanus](/source/Plagiobothrys_mexicanus)'' {{small|(J.F.Macbr.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys mollis](/source/Plagiobothrys_mollis)'' {{small|(A.Gray) I.M.Johnst.}} – soft popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys muricatus](/source/Plagiobothrys_muricatus)'' {{small|(Ruiz & Pav.) I.M.Johnst.}} (synonym ''[Plagiobothrys fulvus](/source/Plagiobothrys_fulvus)'' {{small|(Hook. & Arn.) I.M.Johnst.}}) – fulvous popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys myosotoides](/source/Plagiobothrys_myosotoides)'' {{small|(Lehm.) Brand}} *''[Plagiobothrys nothofulvus](/source/Plagiobothrys_nothofulvus)'' {{small|(A.Gray) A.Gray}} – rusty popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys oppositifolius](/source/Plagiobothrys_oppositifolius)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys orientalis](/source/Plagiobothrys_orientalis)'' {{small|(L.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys orthostatus](/source/Plagiobothrys_orthostatus)'' {{small|J.M.Black}} *''[Plagiobothrys parishii](/source/Plagiobothrys_parishii)'' {{small|I.M.Johnst.}} – Parish's popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys pedicellaris](/source/Plagiobothrys_pedicellaris)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus](/source/Plagiobothrys_plurisepaleus)'' {{small|(F.Muell.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys polycaulis](/source/Plagiobothrys_polycaulis)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys pratensis](/source/Plagiobothrys_pratensis)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys procumbens](/source/Plagiobothrys_procumbens)'' {{small|(Colla) A.Gray}} *''[Plagiobothrys pulchellus](/source/Plagiobothrys_pulchellus)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys reticulatus](/source/Plagiobothrys_reticulatus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys salsus](/source/Plagiobothrys_salsus)'' {{small|(Brandegee) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys scouleri](/source/Plagiobothrys_scouleri)'' {{small|(Hook. & Arn.) I.M.Johnst.}} – Scouler's popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys scriptus](/source/Plagiobothrys_scriptus)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys shastensis](/source/Plagiobothrys_shastensis)'' {{small|Greene ex A.Gray}} – Shasta popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys stipitatus](/source/Plagiobothrys_stipitatus)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} – stalked popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys strictus](/source/Plagiobothrys_strictus)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} – Calistoga popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys tenellus](/source/Plagiobothrys_tenellus)'' {{small|(Nutt.) A.Gray}} – Pacific popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys tener](/source/Plagiobothrys_tener)'' {{small|(Greene) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys torreyi](/source/Plagiobothrys_torreyi)'' {{small|(A.Gray) A.Gray}} *''[Plagiobothrys trachycarpus](/source/Plagiobothrys_trachycarpus)'' {{small|(A.Gray) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys uliginosus](/source/Plagiobothrys_uliginosus)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys uncinatus](/source/Plagiobothrys_uncinatus)'' {{small|J.T.Howell}} – Salinas Valley popcornflower *''[Plagiobothrys undulatus](/source/Plagiobothrys_undulatus)'' {{small|(Piper) I.M.Johnst.}} *''[Plagiobothrys verrucosus](/source/Plagiobothrys_verrucosus)'' {{small|(Phil.) I.M.Johnst.}} ===Formerly placed here=== *''[Amsinckiopsis kingii](/source/Amsinckiopsis_kingii)'' {{small|(S.Watson) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin}} (as ''Plagiobothrys kingii'' {{small|(S.Watson) A.Gray}}) – Great Basin popcornflower *''[Simpsonanthus jonesii](/source/Simpsonanthus_jonesii)'' {{small|(A.Gray) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin}} (as ''Plagiobothrys jonesii'' {{small|A.Gray}}) – Mojave popcornflower ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2030,2172 Jepson Manual Treatment] {{Taxonbar|from=Q5232293}} Category:Plagiobothrys Category:Boraginaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer Category:Taxa named by Carl Anton von Meyer {{Boraginoideae-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Plagiobothrys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiobothrys) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiobothrys?action=history)). 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