Boraginaceae

Thyrocarpus sampsonii Hance

Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Thyrocarpus

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Thyrocarpus sampsonii (Thyrocarpus sampsonii) — FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 盾果草
Vietnamese: Lọng quả

Synonyms

Bothriospermum majusculum (Hayata) Suzuki

Flowers

In flower: January to April (from 108 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 國立臺灣博物館, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: 黃美滿, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cheng-Tao Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kiwi Shen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Licheng Shih, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, 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). About our plant data.