Amsinckia
menziesii var. intermedia #
The
Borage Family members are herbs and sometimes shrubs, with rough, hairy,
alternate leaves with smooth edges. The
completely symmetrical flowers have united petals and appear in coiled clusters,
which unbend as the flowers become older. There
are usually 5 sepals, 5 petals and 5 stamens.
The 4-parted ovary produces 4 nutlets.
(Dale 77).
There
are well over 1,500 species of this family in the world, most of which are rough
with coarse hairs, which occur not only on the stems and leaves but calyx and
corolla as well. In California
there are about 94 species in the family, of which 5 are introduced.
(Robbins et al. 354).
Upper
Newport Bay species within the family:
Amsinckia
menziesii var. intermedia #
Amsinckia
menziesii var. menziesii #
Pectocarya
linearis ssp. ferocula #
Plagiobothrys
collinus var. californicus #
