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spineflowers
Chorizanthe
Chorizanthe is a genus of plants in the buckwheat family known generally as spineflowers. These are small, squat, herbaceous plants with spiny-looking inflorescences of flowers. The flowers may be in shades of red or yellow to white. The bracts are pointed and sometimes tipped with a hooked awn, and the inflorescence often dries into a rounded, spiny husk. Spineflowers are found in western North America and South America.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Devil's Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe rigida
Fringed Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe fimbriata
Brittle Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe brevicornu
Turkish rugging
speciesChorizanthe staticoides
Monterey spineflower
speciesChorizanthe pungens
pink spineflower
speciesChorizanthe membranacea
Douglas' Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe douglasii
San Francisco spineflower
speciesChorizanthe cuspidata
prostrate spineflower
speciesChorizanthe procumbens
Knotweed Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe polygonoides
diffuse spineflower
speciesChorizanthe diffusa
wrinkled spineflower
speciesChorizanthe corrugata
Watson's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe watsonii
Palmer's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe palmeri
mojave spineflower
speciesChorizanthe spinosa
Riverside Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe xanti
brewer's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe breweri
peninsular spineflower
speciesChorizanthe leptotheca
Eastwood's Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe eastwoodiae
Howell's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe howellii
Orcutt's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe orcuttiana
Parry's Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe parryi
Wheeler's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe wheeleri
Irish Hills Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe aphanantha
Robust Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe robusta
one-awn spineflower
speciesChorizanthe uniaristata
Chorizanthe commissuralis
speciesChorizanthe commissuralis
spoon-sepal spineflower
speciesChorizanthe obovata
Chorizanthe vaginata
speciesChorizanthe vaginata
starlite spineflower
speciesChorizanthe stellulata
Fort Ord Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe minutiflora
sonoma spineflower
speciesChorizanthe valida
Twolobe Spineflower
speciesChorizanthe biloba
Chorizanthe mieresii
speciesChorizanthe mieresii
Chorizanthe frankenioides
speciesChorizanthe frankenioides
Cleveland's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe clevelandii
Chorizanthe pulchella
speciesChorizanthe pulchella
Chorizanthe interposita
speciesChorizanthe interposita
Chorizanthe limariensis
speciesChorizanthe limariensis
potbellied spineflower
speciesChorizanthe ventricosa
narrow-leaf spineflower
speciesChorizanthe angustifolia
Chorizanthe peduncularis
speciesChorizanthe peduncularis
Chorizanthe kingii
speciesChorizanthe kingii
Chorizanthe dasyantha
speciesChorizanthe dasyantha
Chorizanthe umbellata
speciesChorizanthe umbellata
Chorizanthe flavescens
speciesChorizanthe flavescens
Chorizanthe turbinata
speciesChorizanthe turbinata
Chorizanthe rosulenta
speciesChorizanthe rosulenta
Chorizanthe paniculata
speciesChorizanthe paniculata
Chorizanthe glabrescens
speciesChorizanthe glabrescens
straight-awned spineflower
speciesChorizanthe rectispina
Chorizanthe virgata
speciesChorizanthe virgata
Blakley's spineflower
speciesChorizanthe blakleyi
Chorizanthe viridis
speciesChorizanthe viridis
Chorizanthe inequalis
speciesChorizanthe inequalis
Chorizanthe flava
speciesChorizanthe flava
Chorizanthe novoana
speciesChorizanthe novoana
Chorizanthe mutabilis
speciesChorizanthe mutabilis
Chorizanthe navasiae
speciesChorizanthe navasiae
Chorizanthe macraei
speciesChorizanthe macraei
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 58259.