#fiddleneck

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[spiritheyregone]

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[mothmiso]

2019 Morawy (2) (3) (4) by Aleksander Witosz

[thebashfulbotanist]

This is an Amsinckia, or fiddleneck, that we found in Eastern Washington State. Amsinckia is an interesting genus in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that forms helicoid cymes rather than scorpioid cymes (which are common in Boraginaceae). Different Amsinckia species tend to co-occur and hybridize, so it can be difficult to distinguish them (and that's why we're leaving this one, which we didn't key out, as just "Amsinckia species!"). When we had to key Amsinckia out to grade class assignments in Systematic Botany, we cursed this genus!

These are quite bristly and uncomfortable to handle, and also, like other genera in the borage family like Pentaglottis (green alkanet) and Symphytum (comfrey), tend to contain high levels of alkaloids.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 30 May 2019

At Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, a border of the annual Phacelia tanacetifolia (fiddleneck, scorpion weed) has been sown to provide nectar for the bees and other insects. The fast growing foliage can help suppress weeds and the plant can be treated as a green manure crop, which will help the soil quality.

Jill Raggett

[anthropocenesketchbook]

Sketchbook pages from my visit to Stebbins last week. I was capturing the usual field notes and making final decisions about where to stop for the exercises in the field sketching workshop I lead last weekend. So beautiful out there! #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #firerecovery #fireecology #firecycle #ecoreportage #miniaturelupine #lupinusbicolor #fiddleneck #amsinckiamenziesii #bluedicks #dichelostemmacapitatum #westernredbud #cercisoccidentalis #blueelderberry #sambucusmexicana #yarrow #achilleamillefolium #hendersonsshootingstar #dodecatheonhendersonii #purplenightshade #solanumxanti #houndstongue #cynoglossumgrande https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhPmlYgJhO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ilwt2sfiv1f2

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