Tarweed fiddleneck

Amsinckia lycopsoides

''Amsinckia lycopsoides'' is a species of fiddleneck known by the common name tarweed fiddleneck. It is one of the more common species of fiddleneck. It is native to much of western North America from California to British Columbia. It can be found in a wide variety areas.
tarweed fiddleneck  Amsinckia lycopsoides,Geotagged,Spring,United States

Appearance

''Amsinckia lycopsoides'' is a bristly annual herb similar in appearance to other fiddlenecks. Its coiled inflorescence contains yellow flowers about a centimeter long and nearly the same in width, with a five-lobed corolla closed at the mouth by the bulges in the lobes.

Naming

It is an introduced species or native far beyond the Pacific region, to Alaska, Texas, and New England. In Australia, the species has become a widespread weed of pasture lands.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderBoraginales
FamilyBoraginaceae
GenusAmsinckia
SpeciesA. lycopsoides