Carried by 1 nurseries
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Orthocarpus cuspidatus is a species of flowering plant in the broomrape family known by the common name toothed owl's clover. It is native to mountain and plateau habitat in Oregon, California, and Nevada. It is an annual herb producing a slender, hairy, hairy, purple-green stem up to about 40 centimeters tall. The narrow leaves are up to 5 centimeters long, the upper ones deeply divided into three linear lobes. The flower cluster is a dense cylindrical spike of wide, oval green leafs with pinkish points. The flowers emerge from between the leafs. Each purple-pink flower is fuzzy in texture and club-shaped, the lower lip an expanded pouch and the upper lip a narrow, straight beak.
Annual herb
1 ft Tall
Purple, Pink, Green
Summer
Full Sun
Open slopes
Butterflies and moths supported
0 confirmed and 3 likely