Peninsular Pectocarya

Description

Pectocarya peninsularis-is a species of flowering plant in the-borage family-known by the common names-Baja pectocarya-and-peninsular pectocarya. It is native to the-Sonoran Desert-of-California-and-Baja California, where it grows in open desert habitat, including disturbed areas. This is an annual herb producing a slender, rough-haired stem, decumbent or upright form to a maximum length of about 24 centimeters. The small, pointed linear leaves are alternately arranged, widely spaced along the stem. The-inflorescence-is a series of flowers, each on a curved-pedicel. The flower has small green-sepals-and tiny white petals. The fruit is an array of four nutlets each lined with comblike prickles, those higher on the plant arranged in pairs and the lower ones unpaired.