Pectocarya

Taxobox
name = "Pectocarya"

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image_width = 245px
image_caption = "Pectocarya recurvata" (fruit)
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
subclassis = Asteridae
unranked_ordo = Euasterids I
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Boraginaceae
genus = "Pectocarya"
genus_authority = DC. ex Meisn.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text
synonyms ="Harpagonella"

"Pectocarya" is a plant genus of about 15Verify source|date=October 2007 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.

Selected species:
* "Pectocarya heterocarpa" – Chuckwalla Combseed
* "Pectocarya linearis" – Sagebrush Combseed
* "Pectocarya palmeri"
* "Pectocarya penicillata" – Sleeping Combseed, Winged Combseed, Shortleaf Combseed
* "Pectocarya peninsularis" – Peninsula Combseed
* "Pectocarya platycarpa" – Broadfruit Combseed
* "Pectocarya pusilla" – Little Combseed, "purple prairieclover"
* "Pectocarya recurvata" – Curvenut Combseed, combbur
* "Pectocarya setosa" – Moth Combseed

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?2030,2163 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PECTO USDA Plants Profile]