Pectocarya linearis ssp.
ferocula (I.M. Johnston) Thorne
Boraginaceae (Borage Family)
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Pectocarya linearis ssp.
ferocula (I.M. Johnston) Thorne
Boraginaceae (Borage Family)
NativeSlender Pectocarya |
April Photo
Plant Characteristics:
Annual, stems very slender, prostrate to ascending, cinereous-strigose;
lvs. filiform-linear to oblance-linear, 1-4 cm. long, strigose, numerous; fls.
in leafy-bracted false racemes which constitute most of the plant; calyx
5-parted, strigose, 1.5-2 mm. long; corolla white, 2 mm. long; style very short;
stigma capitate; nutlets 4, homomorphous, the body linear- or somewhat
spatulate-oblong, 2-3.5 mm. long, 0.5-1 mm. broad, divaricate or slightly
falcate-recurved, the margin generally not conspicuous, divided into short,
crowded teeth, each of which is abruptly terminated by an uncinate bristle equal
to or surpassing the total width of the cartilaginous margin beneath it.
Habitat:
Open grassy mesas and slopes below 2500 ft.; Coastal Sage Scrub,
Chaparral, etc.; through cismontane s. Calif. to San Benito Co.; Channel Ids.
March-May. Munz, Flora So. Calif.
262). Also found in southern South
America. (Hickman, Ed. 384).
Name:
Greek, pectos, combed, and karua,
nut because of comb-like margins on some nutlets.
(Munz, Flora So. Calif. 262).
Linearis, linear. (Bailey
17). Latin, ferox, ferocis,
fierce looking. feroc+ula
little, fierce-looking one. Referring
to the nutlets. (John Johnson).
General:
Uncommon in the study area having been found in only one place and this
on the bench northerly and above 23rd Street.
There were several plants in different locations in this small area,
however. (my comments).
About 10 species. of w. North America and w. South America (Munz, Flora So. Calif.
262).
Text Ref:
Abrams, Vol. III 536; Hickman, Ed. 384; Munz, Flora
So. Calif. 262; Roberts 15.
Photo Ref:
April-May 91 # 12.
Identity: by R. De Ruff, confirmed by John Johnson.
Computer Ref:
Plant Data 414.
Have plant specimen.
Last edit 10/23/02.
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