Orobanchaceae
Toothed owl's-clover
Orthocarpus cuspidatus
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus
- Orthocarpus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Toothed owl's-clover
Synonyms
- Orthocarpus pachystachyus var. cuspidatus (Greene) Jeps.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kayla Sweeten, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aaron H, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Parker James Lloyd, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joshua Zupan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: stinger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Garth Harwood, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.