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 | | The Common Amsinckia or Fiddleneck, Amsinckia menziesii, is a native wayside and field weed, found throughout our area, often in great numbers. |
 | | The amsinckia has two prominent features that are to a degree common to all Boraginaceae, (1) bristly stems, leaves, and flower parts, and (2) flowers that bloom from below upward on an unrolling stem--a feature known botanically as a "helicoid (or "scorpioid") cyme," a feature from which the common name "fiddleneck" was derived. |
 | | The name Amsinckia was bestowed to honor a benefactor of the Hamburg Botanical Garden, William Amsinck in the 19th C., a man who probably had no connection to his namesake plants. |
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