Boraginaceae
Pacific popcornflower
Plagiobothrys tenellus
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Plagiobothrys
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Pacific popcornflower
Synonyms
- Eritrichium tenellum (Nutt.) A.Gray
- Myosotis tenella Nutt.
- Myosotis tenella C.A.Mey. ex Ledeb.
- Plagiobothrys adpressus Gand.
- Plagiobothrys asper Greene
- Plagiobothrys chrysocephalus Gand.
- Plagiobothrys colorans Greene
- Plagiobothrys echinatus Greene
- Plagiobothrys humifusa M.E.Jones
- Plagiobothrys parvulus Greene
- Plagiobothrys tenellus var. colorans (Greene) I.M.Johnst.
- Plagiobothrys tenellus var. echinatus (Greene) Brand
- Plagiobothrys tenellus var. parvulus (Greene) I.M.Johnst.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, 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.