⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.593 m · AusTraits: 0.5 m · LEDA: 0.275 m · USDA: 0.914 m · TRY: 0.35 m
Plant height max0.8 m
Plant height min0.2 m
Seed mass1.85 mg
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 1.85 mg · GIFT: 1.69 mg
Seed mass max1.85 mg
Seed mass min1.2 mg
Life cycle & reproduction25
After harvest regrowth rateSlow
Bloom periodLate Spring
Coppice potentialNo
Flower colouryellow
Flower conspicuousNo
Flowering timennnnnnnnnnyn
Fruit seed period beginSpring
Fruit seed period endSummer
Growth rate USDAModerate
Life formannual
Life spanannual
Propagated by bare rootNo
Propagated by bulbNo
Propagated by containerNo
Propagated by cormNo
Propagated by cuttingsNo
Propagated by seedYes
Propagated by sodNo
Propagated by sprigsNo
Propagated by tubersNo
Raunkiær life formtherophyte
Resprout abilityNo
Seed spread rateRapid
Seedling vigorMedium
Vegetative spread rateNone
Diet & foraging1
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment28
Active growth periodSpring and Summer
Adapted to coarse textured soilsNo
Adapted to fine textured soilsNo
Adapted to medium textured soilsYes
Aquaticterrestrial
BloatNone
Climatetemperate
Climberself-supporting
Epiphyteterrestrial
Foliage colorGreen
Foliage porosity summerPorous
Foliage porosity winterPorous
Foliage textureCoarse
Fruit colourbrown
Fruit typemericarp
Growth formherb
Growth form USDASingle Crown
Habitat GIFTopen, roadside
Hedge toleranceNone
Known allelopathNo
Leaf compoundnesssimple
Leaf retentionNo
Leaf shapelanceolate linear oblanceolate
Low growing grassNo
Root depth min6 in
Shape and orientationErect
Small grainNo
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry20
Anaerobic toleranceNone
C:N ratioMedium
Caco3 toleranceLow
Cold stratification requiredNo
Drought toleranceHigh
Fertility requirementMedium
Fire resistantNo
Fire toleranceNone
Frost free days min170 days
Moisture useLow
Nitrogen fixation levelNone
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Precipitation max16 in
Precipitation min8 in
Protein potentialLow
Salinity toleranceMedium
Shade toleranceHigh
Soil pH max8.2 pH
Soil pH min5.8 pH
Temperature min-28 °F
Uses & economy15
Berry nut seed productNo
Christmas tree productNo
Commercial availabilityNo Known Source
Fodder productNo
Lumber productNo
Naval store productNo
Nursery stock productNo
Palatable browse animalLow
Palatable graze animalLow
Palatable humanNo
Post productNo
Pulpwood productNo
Seeds per pound225 000 per lb
ToxicitySevere
Veneer productNo
Other traits4
Fall conspicuousNo
Fruit seed abundanceLow
Fruit seed conspicuousYes
Fruit seed persistenceNo
03Chemical composition26 compounds
Compounds documented for Amsinckia lycopsoides across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amsinckia lycopsoides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections1
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAmsinckia lycopsoides carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 128≤1 km 52≤10 km 222>10 km 6
408 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor438
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 49≤1 km 219≤10 km 228>10 km 36
532 georeferenced · 582 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 114
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions66 of 96 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Pullman, US
208
WTUlocation not on record
89
Corvallis, US
61
LDlocation not on record
57
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
34
MeiseBGlocation not on record
23
Bronx, US
22
Mount Annan, AU
22
San Luis Obispo, US
20
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
19
Moscow, US
17
Tsukuba, JP
17
Tacoma, US
17
Davis, US
17
Claremont, US
15
Kensington, AU
14
Turlock, US
12
Oskarshamn, SE
11
Olocation not on record
10
Bergen, NO
10
Boise, US
10
South Kensington, GB
9
MAlocation not on record
9
Canberra, AU
8
Santa Barbara, US
7
San Diego, US
6
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
6
Cheney, US
6
Riverside, US
6
Caldwell, US
6
Walla Walla, US
5
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
5
Tomioka, JP
5
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
5
Arcata, US
5
Bend, US
5
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
4
Brisbane, AU
4
Adelaide, AU
4
Vancouver, CA
4
KMNlocation not on record
4
Odawara, JP
4
IDElocation not on record
3
Tokushima, JP
3
Phoenix, US
3
BSBIlocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Trondheim, NO
3
Burlington, US
2
BRNUlocation not on record
2
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
2
Nijmegen, NL
2
Hobart, AU
2
Los Angeles, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
2
Bloomington, US
2
Barcelona, ES
2
Portland, US
2
Mlocation not on record
2
Bangkok, TH
2
Sanda, JP
2
Chadron, US
1
Bozeman, US
1
San Jose, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Ashland, US
1
Davenport, US
1
Armidale, AU
1
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
1
US
1
Bern, CH
1
DBF-NHMDlocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Alicante, ES
1
Provo, US
1
VALElocation not on record
1
Victoria, CA
1
Irvine, US
1
San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
JP
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Fayetteville, US
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Macomb, US
1
Madison, US
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
TUR-Alocation not on record
1
Pocatello, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
96 institutions · 902 of 1 114 vouchered records shown · 212 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Amsinckia lycopsoides was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 552 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗