Pectocarya

Pectocarya is a plant genus of about 15^[2] species in the family Boraginaceae. Plants in this genus are known generally as combseeds. They are small annual plants which bear tiny white flowers no more than 3 millimeters in diameter. Their fruits are nutlets which often have small projections that look like the teeth of a comb, hence their common name. The nutlets usually come in clusters of four. These plants are found mainly in western North America.

Pectocarya
Pectocarya recurvata (fruit)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Boraginoideae
Genus:	Pectocarya DC. ex Meisn.
Species[1]
13; see text
Synonyms[1]
Ctenospermum Post & Kuntze (1903), nom. nud. Gruvelia A.DC. (1846) Ktenospermum Lehm. (1837)

Species

13 species are accepted.^[1]

• Pectocarya anisocarpa Veno
• Pectocarya anomala I.M.Johnst.
• Pectocarya boliviana (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
• Pectocarya dimorpha (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst.
• Pectocarya heterocarpa (I.M.Johnst.) I.M.Johnst. – chuckwalla combseed
• Pectocarya lateriflora (Lam.) DC.
• Pectocarya linearis (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. – sagebrush combseed
• Pectocarya penicillata A.DC. – sleeping combseed, winged combseed, shortleaf combseed
• Pectocarya peninsularis I.M.Johnst. – peninsula combseed
• Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & I.M.Johnst.) Munz & I.M.Johnst. – broadfruit combseed
• Pectocarya pusilla (A.DC.) A.Gray – little combseed, purple prairieclover
• Pectocarya recurvata I.M.Johnst. – curvenut combseed, combbur
• Pectocarya setosa A.Gray – moth combseed

References

1. Pectocarya DC. ex Meisn. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
2. Jepson Manual Treatment