Boraginaceae
Bristly fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Amsinckia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bristly fiddleneck, Checker fiddleneck, Devil's lettuce, Tessellate fiddleneck
Synonyms
- Amsinckia brachysantha Suksd.
- Amsinckia collina Greene
- Amsinckia conica Suksd.
- Amsinckia deltoidea Suksd.
- Amsinckia douglasiana var. elegans (Suksd.) Jeps. & Hoover
- Amsinckia dudleyi Suksd.
- Amsinckia elegans Suksd.
- Amsinckia macrosepala (M.E.Jones) Suksd.
- Amsinckia marginata Suksd.
- Amsinckia mojavensis Suksd.
- Amsinckia obliqua Suksd.
- Amsinckia ovaticarpa Suksd.
- Amsinckia platycarpa Suksd.
- Amsinckia pustulata A.Heller
- Amsinckia remotifructis Suksd.
- Amsinckia rostellata Suksd.
- Amsinckia salebrosa Suksd.
- Amsinckia subintegra Suksd.
- Amsinckia tessellata var. elegans (Suksd.) Hoover
- Amsinckia tessellata var. macrosepala M.E.Jones
- Amsinckia turrita Suksd.
- Benthamia collina (Greene) Druce
- Benthamia pustulata (A.Heller) Druce
- Benthamia tessellata (A.Gray) Druce
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 787 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aaron H, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob Miller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie Griffiths, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mark Pollock, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Amsinckia intermediaBoraginaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.