Amsinckia lycopsoides Lehm.
bugloss fiddleneck (tarweed fiddleneck)
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
bugloss fiddleneck (tarweed fiddleneck)
Boraginaceae (Borage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Alfred Cook (Photo ID #8243)
Species Information
General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems simple or few-branched, spreading stiff-hairy and also with softer, often downswept hairs, 10-60 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves persistent, often crowded; stem leaves linear to oblong or oblanceolate, to 10 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, alternate, entire.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a coiled cluster; petals yellow to orange, fused basally into a tube 6-9 mm long that spreads (3-6 mm wide) at the top to 5 stubby lobes; calyx lobes 5, with both silky and longer, stiff hairs.
Fruits:
Nutlets 4, clustered together, 2.5-3 mm long, egg-shaped, warty, greenish to dark brown.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Spring to Summer
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Amsinckia lycopsoides
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
685 | 510 | 860 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
32 | 0 | 65 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
120 | 120 | 120 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 3 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
2 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
PP | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
PP(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry disturbed areas in the lowland and lower montane zones; infrequent in extreme S BC; N to S AK, S to MT and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Amsinckia barbata Greene
Benthamia lycopsoides (Lehm.) Lindl. ex Druce