combseeds
Pectocarya
Pectocarya is a plant genus of about 15 species in the family Boraginaceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as combseeds. They are small annual plants which bear tiny white flowers no more than 3 millimeters in diameter. Their fruits are nutlets which often have small projections that look like the teeth of a comb, hence their common name. The nutlets usually come in clusters of four. These plants are found mainly in western North...
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
sagebrush combseed
speciesPectocarya linearis
Arched-nut Pectocarya
speciesPectocarya recurvata
sleeping combseed
speciesPectocarya penicillata
Wide-toothed Pectocarya
speciesPectocarya platycarpa
moth combseed
speciesPectocarya setosa
mixed-nut pectocarya
speciesPectocarya heterocarpa
little pectocarya
speciesPectocarya pusilla
Baja pectocarya
speciesPectocarya peninsularis
Unequal-fruited Pectocarya
speciesPectocarya anisocarpa
Pectocarya anomala
speciesPectocarya anomala
Pectocarya dimorpha
speciesPectocarya dimorpha
Pectocarya boliviana
speciesPectocarya boliviana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57695.