Calflora: Amsinckia spectabilis

Amsinckia spectabilis Fischer & C. Meyer

Seaside Amsinckia, seaside fiddleneck, woolly breeches

Amsinckia spectabilis, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Coastal Strand, Coastal Salt Marsh
Habitat:	coastal, salt-marsh [Walker]
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in non wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 328 feet
Family:	BORAGINACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Amsinckia found in California.
	This is a parent record; distribution data is an aggregate of data for subspecies and varieties: Amsinckia spectabilis var. microcarpa Amsinckia spectabilis var. spectabilis

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Amsinckia scouleri
PLANTS:	Amsinckia spectabilis var. bracteosa
PLANTS:	Amsinckia spectabilis var. microcarpa
PLANTS:	Amsinckia spectabilis var. nicolai
PLANTS:	Amsinckia spectabilis var. spectabilis
ICPN:	Amsinckia diversifolia

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are reported records.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 1 / 1 CCH Fresno: 2 / 2 CCH Humboldt: 3 / 3 CCH Los Angeles: 36 / 35 CCH Mendocino: 16 / 12 CCH Monterey: 28 / 17 CCH Mariposa: 1 / 1 CCH Marin: 33 / 24 CCH Orange: 1 / 0 CCH Riverside: 1 / 1 CCH Santa Barbara: 138 / 122 CCH San Bernardino: 2 / 2 CCH Santa Cruz: 9 / 6 CCH San Diego: 18 / 16 CCH San Francisco: 57 / 15 CCH San Joaquin: 1 / 1 CCH San Luis Obispo: 82 / 74 CCH San Mateo: 10 / 5 CCH Sonoma: 21 / 15 CCH Tuolumne: 1 / 1 CCH Ventura: 54 / 51 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Amsinckia spectabilis from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (AMSP3)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database