PLANTS Profile for Amsinckia spectabilis (woolly breeches)

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PLANTS Profile

Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
woolly breeches

Symbol:

AMSP3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

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Synonyms:
Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

AMSC3	Amsinckia scouleri I.M. Johnst.
AMSPB	Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey. var. bracteosa (A. Gray) B. Boivin
AMSPM	Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey. var. microcarpa (Greene) Jeps. & Hoover
AMSPN	Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey. var. nicolai (Jeps.) I.M. Johnst. ex Munz
AMSPS3	Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey. var. spectabilis	fiddleneck

Distribution:
Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.


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USA (CA, IL, MA, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 10 species in Amsinckia

Classification:
Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Amsinckia Lehm. – fiddleneck
Species	Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey. – woolly breeches

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31713.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 03:04 PM CST