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Pectocarya recurvata

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Boraginaceae

Scientific name
  
Pectocarya recurvata

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
(unplaced)

Genus
  
Pectocarya

Higher classification
  
Pectocarya

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Similar
  
Pectocarya, Boraginaceae, Pectocarya platycarpa, Cryptantha angustifolia, Cryptantha pterocarya

Pectocarya recurvata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names curvenut combseed and arched-nut pectocarya. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, where it grows in many types of desert habitat. It is an annual herb producing a slender, rough-haired stem, generally upright to erect in form to a maximum height of about 21 centimeters. The small, pointed linear leaves alternately arranged along the stem. The inflorescence is a series of flowers, each on a curved pedicel. The flower has small green sepals and a rounded white corolla. The fruits, borne in groups of four, are curved nutlets fringed with flat teeth, each measuring 2.5 to 4 millimeters long.

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Pectocarya recurvata Wikipedia