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Leucospora multifida  (Michx.) Nutt.
Narrowleaf paleseed,   Obi-Wan Conobea
Leucospora multifida is an annual herb that is not native to California.
also called Conobea multifida
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Bloom Period
Genus: Leucospora
Family: Plantaginaceae  
(Scrophulariaceae)
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by + POWO
Information about  Leucospora multifida from other sources
USDA PLANTS Profile (LEMU)

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Leucospora multifida: Star Wars Plant Names

[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: One of its vernacular names, Obi-Wan conobea, is a reference to the Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi, and is sometimes considered as purely a joke snuck into the 1994 edition of the Plants of the Chicago Region. However, this actually was a name in use by regional botanists at the time, "the kind of jocular lingo that arises among field botanists working in humid, hot summer sun and bedeviled by all manner of unpleasant flying and crawling things". (link added by Mary Ann Machi)


Suggested Citation
Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 05/15/2025).