Plagiobothrys reticulatus

Tracy's popcornflower, Tracy's Popcornflower

Family: Boraginaceae · Type: annual · Native

Tracy's popcornflower is a California native annual found in central California grasslands and valley habitats at low elevations. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces small white flowers with distinctive yellow appendages approximately 1.5 to 3.5 millimeters in diameter. Growing with decumbent or sprawling stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall, it spreads in loose, strigose formations across open ground. Its cauline leaves range from 3 to 8 centimeters long, with lower leaves showing a soft, slightly hairy texture. The plant's nutlets are dull brown to gray, with subtle rounded ridges that help distinguish this delicate wildflower.

California counties: Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Sacramento, Del Norte, Marin, Sierra, Modoc, Trinity, Tuolumne, San Joaquin, Mariposa, San Luis Obispo, Lassen, Santa Clara, Calaveras, Nevada, San Francisco, Siskiyou, Kern, San Diego, Stanislaus, Monterey, San Bernardino

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.