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sleeping combseed
Pectocarya penicillata
Pectocarya penicillata
sleeping combseed Borage Family
Pectocarya penicillata Boraginaceae
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common names
  sleeping combseed
  winged comb seed
accepted scientific name
  •Pectocarya penicillata (Hook. & Arn.) A. DC.
rules for finding collection records
  Pectocarya penicillata (1397)
  exclude Pectocarya penicillata heterocarpa
family name
  • Boraginaceae
Image Author: ©2008 Anthony Valois and the National Park Service
Image License: public domain
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.05 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed 3rd week of February thru 3rd week of June

Plant Showiness (27%)
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