Pectocarya penicillata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cynoglossoideae
Tribus: Cynoglosseae
Subtribus: Amsinckiinae
Genus: Pectocarya
Species: Pectocarya penicillata
Name

Pectocarya penicillata (Hook. & Arn.) DC.
Synonyms

Ctenospermum penicillatum (Hook. & Arn.) J.Adams
Cynoglossum nuttallii Spreng.
Cynoglossum penicillatum Hook. & Arn.
Pectocarya lateriflora var. nuttallii (Spreng.) Brand
Pectocarya miser A.Nelson
Pectocarya penicillata var. genuina I.M.Johnst.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Utah

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

De Candolle, A.L.P.P. (ed.) 1846. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 10, Sistens Borragineas proprie dictas et Scrophulariaceas cum indice Nominum et Synonymorum voluminum I–X. 679 pp. Sumptibus Victoris Masson, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 10:120.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pectocarya penicillata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Sep 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pectocarya penicillata. Published online. Accessed: Sep 27 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pectocarya penicillata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Sep 2020.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pectocarya penicillata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: sleeping combseed, shortleaf combseed

Pectocarya penicillata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names sleeping combseed,[1] shortleaf combseed, winged combseed[2] and northern pectocarya. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to Wyoming to Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas such as roadsides. This is an annual herb producing a slender, rough-haired stem, mostly decumbent in form, to a maximum length of about 25 centimeters. The small, pointed linear leaves are alternately arranged, widely spaced along the stem. The inflorescence is a series of flowers, each on a curved pedicel. The flower has small green sepals and tiny white petals. The fruit is an array of four nutlets each lined with comblike prickles.
References

Pectocarya penicillata. USDA Plants Profile.
Pectocarya penicillata. NatureServe. 2012.