Orobanchaceae

San Francisco owl's-clover

Triphysaria floribunda (Benth.) T.I.Chuang & Heckard

Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Triphysaria

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San Francisco owl's-clover: Triphysaria floribunda—San Francisco owl's clover. included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in — Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: San Francisco owl's-clover

Synonyms

Orthocarpus floribundus Benth.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 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.