Triphysaria micrantha Calflora

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Taxon Report

Triphysaria micrantha (Greene ex A. Heller) T. I. Chuang & Heckard

Little butter 'n' eggs, Purplebeak owl's clover

2006 Steve Matson

Triphysaria micrantha is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~73 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Triphysaria
Family:	Orobanchaceae (Scrophulariaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Orthocarpus bidwelliae var. micranthus
JEF + PLANTS	Orthocarpus erianthus var. micranthus
JEF + PLANTS	Orthocarpus micranthus

Information about Triphysaria micrantha from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (TRMI16) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
photos / record / common / links 2006 Steve Matson:!2006 Steve Matson:! mu20280:!mu20280:!

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: 04/30/2025).