Simpsonanthus jonesii (A.Gray) Guilliams, Hasenstab & B.G.Baldwin is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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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.

Family
Genus
Simpsonanthus
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida

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

Simpsonanthus jonesii is an annual herb that grows mostly upright or erect, reaching a maximum height of close to 40 centimeters. The entire plant has a hairy texture, with hairs that are rough, sharp, and bristly. Its leaves are arranged alternately along the stem, and grow up to 10 centimeters long. The inflorescence consists of a series of tiny white flowers, each 1 to 3 millimeters wide. The fruit it produces is a tiny bumpy nutlet, which develops in clusters of 3 or 4.

Photo: (c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae Simpsonanthus

More from Boraginaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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