Simpsonanthus jonesii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Mojave popcornflower. It is the sole species in genus Simpsonanthus. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in desert mountains and flats in scrub and woodland habitat.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mojave Popcornflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Cryptantha barbigera
- Cryptantha ganderi
- Oreocarya rollinsii
- Cryptantha nevadensis
- Cryptantha crassisepala
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Boraginales
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Simpsonanthus
- Species
- Simpsonanthus jonesii
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