Boraginaceae

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Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae
Pectocarya setosa A.Gray

Pectocarya setosa A.Gray

Pectocarya setosa A.Gray

Pectocarya setosa is an annual herb native to western North America, growing in a variety of habitats.

Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & Johnst.) Munz & I.M.Johnst.

Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & Johnst.) Munz & I.M.Johnst.

Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & Johnst.) Munz & I.M.Johnst.

Pectocarya platycarpa, or broadfruit combseed, is an annual borage family plant native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Oreocarya cana A.Nelson

Oreocarya cana A.Nelson

Oreocarya cana A.Nelson

Oreocarya cana is a mat-forming perennial flowering plant native to the western high plains of the United States.

Oreocarya flavoculata A.Nelson

Oreocarya flavoculata A.Nelson

Oreocarya flavoculata A.Nelson

Oreocarya flavoculata is a perennial herb in the Boraginaceae family native to western United States, commonly called roughseed cryptantha.

Oreocarya humilis (A.Gray) Greene

Oreocarya humilis (A.Gray) Greene

Oreocarya humilis (A.Gray) Greene

Oreocarya humilis is a low-growing, cushion-like flowering plant native to the western United States, found up to 3,600 m elevation.

Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene

Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene

Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene

Oreocarya suffruticosa is a Boraginaceae flowering plant native to the US and Mexico, with a traditional medicinal use by the Zuni people.

Andersonglossum boreale (Fernald) J.I.Cohen

Andersonglossum boreale (Fernald) J.I.Cohen

Andersonglossum boreale (Fernald) J.I.Cohen

Andersonglossum boreale, or northern wild comfrey, is a small perennial herb with blue flowers and bristly nutlet fruit.

Andersonglossum occidentale (A.Gray) J.I.Cohen

Andersonglossum occidentale (A.Gray) J.I.Cohen

Andersonglossum occidentale (A.Gray) J.I.Cohen

Andersonglossum occidentale is a perennial hairy plant with reddish-purple tube flowers and clustered bristly nutlet fruits.

Simpsonanthus jonesii (A.Gray) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin

Simpsonanthus jonesii (A.Gray) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin

Simpsonanthus jonesii (A.Gray) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin

Simpsonanthus jonesii is an annual bristly hairy upright herb with tiny white flowers and clustered bumpy nutlets.

Amsinckiopsis kingii (S.Watson) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin

Amsinckiopsis kingii (S.Watson) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin

Amsinckiopsis kingii (S.Watson) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin

Amsinckiopsis kingii is an annual hairy herb with small white flowers that produces tiny arched ribbed nutlets.

Mertensia arizonica Greene

Mertensia arizonica Greene

Mertensia arizonica Greene

Mertensia is a genus of Boraginaceae flowering plants, mostly perennial herbs native to North America and Asia.

Memoremea scorpioides (Haenke) A.Otero, Jim.Mejías, Valcárcel & P.Vargas

Memoremea scorpioides (Haenke) A.Otero, Jim.Mejías, Valcárcel & P.Vargas

Memoremea scorpioides (Haenke) A.Otero, Jim.Mejías, Valcárcel & P.Vargas

Memoremea scorpioides is the sole flowering plant species of genus Memoremea, native to parts of Europe, reclassified in 2014.

Hormuzakia aggregata (Lehm.) Gusul.

Hormuzakia aggregata (Lehm.) Gusul.

Hormuzakia aggregata (Lehm.) Gusul.

Hormuzakia aggregata is a short-lived herb native to Mediterranean regions, whose roots contain bioactive alkannin.

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