Amsinckia carinata

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Overview

Threatened

Common Names

Description

Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Bot. Gaz. 62:145. 1916

Name verified on 06-Apr-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Amsinckia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 182 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. abbreviata · A. abramsii · A. acuminata · A. acuticarpa · A. albicarpa · A. ammophila · A. ampla · A. amplexicaulis · A. andersonii · A. angulata · A. angustata · A. angustifolia · A. angustisepala · A. anomala · A. appressa · A. arenaria · A. arizonica · A. arvensis · A. aurantiaca · A. aurea · A. australis · A. barbata · A. basistaminea · A. borealis · A. brachycalyx · A. brunnescens · A. bullata · A. caduca · A. calicina · A. californica · A. calycina · A. calycinta · A. campestris · A. cana · A. canadensis · A. canescens · A. carinata (Malheur Valley Fiddleneck) · A. carnosa · A. catalinensis · A. celsa · A. ciliata · A. cinerea · A. collina · A. communis · A. condensata · A. congruens · A. conica · A. conspicua · A. cristata · A. ctenocarpa · A. cuneata · A. curvata · A. davyi · A. debilis · A. decumbens · A. delicata · A. deltoidea · A. densiflora · A. densifolia · A. dentata · A. dimorpha · A. disjuncta · A. divaricata · A. divergens · A. diversifolia · A. douglasiana (Douglas' Fiddle-Neck) · A. dudleyi · A. eastwoodae · A. eastwoodiae (Eastwood's Fiddle-Neck) · A. eastwoodii · A. eatonii · A. echinata · A. elegans · A. elmeri · A. evermannii · A. fluviatilis · A. foliosa · A. franciscana · A. fulgens · A. furcata var. furcata · A. glauca · A. glomerata · A. gloriosa · A. gloriosa var. gloriosa · A. grandiflora (Large Flowered Fiddleneck) · A. granulosa · A. grayi · A. hallii · A. hansenii · A. helleri · A. hirsuta · A. hirticaulis · A. hispida · A. hispidissima · A. howellii · A. humifusa · A. idahoensis · A. inepta · A. intactilis · A. intermedia

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Further Reading

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Joyal, E. 1984. The rediscovery of Amsinckia carinata. Bulletin of the Native Plant Society, Oregon. 17, 9: 6-7.
• Lantz, Lisa. 1992. Tiptoe Through the Talus: A Look at Amsinckia carinata, A Malheur County Endemic. Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon. 25: 43-44.
• Meinke, R.J. 1982. Threatened and Endangered Vascular Plants of Oregon: An Illustrated Guide. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1. 326p.
• Meinke, R.J. a. Environmental factors affecting the local distribution of an endemic and widespread species of Amsinckia: reproduction and substrate requirements of Amsinckia carinata in relation to range management and potential surface mining. Unpublished report. Oregon Department of Agriculture.
• Wang Wen-tsai, Liu Yu-lan, Zhu Ge-ling, Lian Yong-shan, Wang Jing-quan & Wang Qing-rui in Kung Xian-wu & Wang Wen-tsai, eds. 1989. Boraginaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(2): 1-253.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 25, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 01, 2008:

• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2663399
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-182240
• GRIN Nomen Number: 444357
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 182240
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 11712-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDBOR01140
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AMCA8
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 20927

Footnotes

1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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