Amsinckiopsis kingii var. kingii

Southern great basin popcornflower, Southern Great Basin Popcornflower

Family: Boraginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Southern great basin popcornflower is a California native annual herb found in the southern eastern Sierra Nevada and northern Mojave Desert in dry, open slopes, sagebrush scrub, saltbush scrub, and juniper woodland at elevations of 1,200 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces white flowers in small clusters along increasingly elongated stems. Growing with erect stems at the plant's center and ascending stems at the sides, reaching 10 to 40 centimeters tall. Its leaves are narrow, less than 2 centimeters wide, with central stems growing taller than lateral branches. The central stem becomes particularly prominent as the plant matures, giving the popcornflower a distinctive architectural structure in its arid mountain habitats.

Habitat: Dry, open slopes, sagebrush scrub, saltbush scrub, juniper woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 1200-2300 m

Bioregions: SNE, n DMoj

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