Pectocarya

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Pectocarya
Pectocarya recurvata (fruit)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Subclass: Asteridae (unranked) Euasterids I Order: Lamiales Family: Boraginaceae Genus: Pectocarya DC. ex Meisn.
Species
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Synonyms
Harpagonella

Pectocarya is a plant genus of about 15^{[verification needed]} species in the family Boraginaceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as combseeds. They are small annual plants which bear tiny white flowers no more than 3 millimeters in diameter. Their fruits are nutlets which often have small projections that look like the teeth of a comb, hence their common name. The nutlets usually come in clusters of four. These plants are found mainly in western North America.

Selected species:

• Pectocarya heterocarpa – Chuckwalla Combseed
• Pectocarya linearis – Sagebrush Combseed
• Pectocarya palmeri
• Pectocarya penicillata – Sleeping Combseed, Winged Combseed, Shortleaf Combseed
• Pectocarya peninsularis – Peninsula Combseed
• Pectocarya platycarpa – Broadfruit Combseed
• Pectocarya pusilla – Little Combseed, "purple prairieclover"
• Pectocarya recurvata – Curvenut Combseed, combbur
• Pectocarya setosa – Moth Combseed

[edit] External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile