Plagiobothrys tenellus
Boraginaceae
Pacific Popcorn Flower
Annual with several erect stems, shaggy-haired, basal rosette. Leaves egg-shaped at base, with few smaller stem leaves alternate. Flowers more than 10, in a coil that is tight toward the tips. Seed is a thick nutlet in a distinctive cross shape. Grows in grasslands, woodlands, forests, at low to mid-elevations throughout western North America.
- Rarity: Common
- Flowering Time: Mid Spring
- Flower Form: Flowers in one-sided coil.Petals 5, corolla pinwhe
- Life Cycle: Annual
- Height: 2–5 inches
- Habitat: Meadow, Shrub-Steppe
- Found In: East Gorge, N Cascades NP, Siskiyous, Throughout our region.
- Native: Yes
