Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Coastal dunes or sandy bluffs.
Flowers: May-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Annual
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, butterflies, flies
Annual; often bulbous-based; stems decumbent, green or brown, hirsute with hispid hairs; variable branches with stiff calcified or silicified walls.
Leaves basal and cauline, alternate, simple to deeply lobed or compound, green, coarse-hairy to bristly.
Inflorescence a scorpioid cyme, axis coiled but unfurling with floral maturation; calyx lobes number 2 to 3, generally unequal width, not fused above base; corolla 7-15 mm., generally orange or yellow, tube exserted, limb 5-12 mm. diameter.
Nutlets triangular, 1.5-2 mm. long, tubercles sharp or obscure, occasionally ridged.
Publication: Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 2: 26 (-27). 1836.
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var. spectabilis – seaside amsinckia, seaside fiddleneck
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Amsinckia spectabilis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Amsinckia spectabilis checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Amsinckia spectabilis information.
E-Flora BC: Amsinckia spectabilis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Amsinckia spectabilis photos.
USDA Plants: Amsinckia spectabilis information.
