Boraginaceae
Finebranched popcornflower
Plagiobothrys leptocladus
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Plagiobothrys
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Finebranched popcornflower
Synonyms
- Allocarya asperula Piper
- Allocarya asperula var. dacotica Brand
- Allocarya charaxata Piper
- Allocarya divergens Piper
- Allocarya leptoclada Greene
- Allocarya oricola Piper
- Allocarya orthocarpa Greene
- Allocarya tuberculata Piper
- Allocarya versicolor Brand
- Allocarya wilcoxii Piper
- Eritrichium californicum var. subglochidiatum A.Gray
- Krynitzkia californica var. subglochidiata (A.Gray) A.Gray
- Plagiobothrys divergens (Piper) I.M.Johnst.
- Plagiobothrys orthocarpus (Greene) I.M.Johnst.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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: 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: 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: 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: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.