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Plagiobothrys fulvus campestris

Common name:	Fulvous Popcornflower	Family:	Boraginaceae
Author:	(Greene.)I.M.Johnston.	Botanical references:	71
Synonyms:	Plagiobothrys campestris (Greene.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	South-western N. America
Habitat:	Open gravelly or sandy places in California[71].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	0

Other Possible Synonyms:	From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below.
	P. fulvus var. campestris[B,C,CAL,P]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Fulvous Popcornflower [P],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	campestris = of fields; fulvus = tawny;
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Lamiales. Borage family

Physical Characteristics

Annual growing to 0.6m. . The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 0/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

Edible Uses

Seeds - cooked[257]. They can be used as piñole or can be roasted, ground into a powder and eaten dry[105, 161, 177, 257].
Shoots and flowers[105, 161, 177, 257]. The crisp and tender young shoots and flowers make a sweet aromatic food[257].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

None known

Other Uses

A red matter around the roots has been used as a rouge[257]. Another report says that it is found at the base of the leaf stems[257].

Cultivation details

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Propagation

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Web References

References for Plagiobothrys fulvus var. campestris (a possible synonym).

[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[C] Taxon data. from the CalFlora database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

References for the family Boraginaceae.

[CHINA] Data Very detailed botanical/identification info. from the Flora of China.

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[71] Munz. A California Flora. University of California Press 1959
An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader.

[105] Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976
The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.

[161] Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.

[177] Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984 ISBN 3874292169
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.

[257] Moerman. D. Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press. Oregon. 1998 ISBN 0-88192-453-9
Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.

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