Asteraceae
Smallflower oxtongue
Picris pauciflora
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Picris
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Smallflower oxtongue
- Russian
- Горлюха малоцветковая, Горлюха Шэ
Synonyms
- Picris chaixii Poir.
- Picris hispida W.T.Aiton
- Picris pauciflora var. brevirostris Bornm. & Gauba
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gavrilova, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tatiana Gavrilova, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anton Popovich, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Юрий Данилевский, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tatiana Gavrilova, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Илья Руденко, CC BY 4.0, 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.