Amsinckia spectabilis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginales/Boraginaceae/Amsinckia

At a glance

Occurrence records701

Data sources11

Biological traits13

DNA specimens10

eDNA detections3

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Amsinckia spectabilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility701 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS7 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF701 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD10 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 10

01Narrative

Amsinckia spectabilis is a species of fiddleneck known by the common names seaside fiddleneck and woolly breeches. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it grows in sandy habitat, including direct coastline.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Seed mass1.3 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 1.3 mg · GIFT: 1.21 mg

Seed mass max1.34 mg

Seed mass min1.08 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formannual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition7 compounds

Compounds documented for Amsinckia spectabilis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids7

Documented compounds7 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2S,3R)-((1R,7aS)-hexahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl)methyl 2,3-dihydroxy-2-isopropylbutanoate	present	LOTUS
[(1R,8R)-7-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3,5,8-tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-1-yl] (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate	present	LOTUS
Intermedine	present	LOTUS
Lindelofine	present	LOTUS
Lycopsamine	present	LOTUS
Myoscorpine	present	LOTUS
Supinine	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding10 specimens

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 spectabilis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens10

Marker genes2

eDNA detections3

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★rbcLa★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Amsinckia spectabilis 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.

Chromosomes2n = 10 n = 5

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records10–102n range10median10mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 102×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Schoen, D. J., M. O. Johnston, A. L'Heureux & J. V. Marsolais. 1997. Evolutionary history of the mating system in Amsinckia (Boraginaceae). Evolution 51: 1090–1099.

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

n 51×CCDB · Cave1957

CCDB · Cave1957 — Ray & Chisak1 a

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.991 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type701 records

Wild obs. + sensor287

Museum / vouchered414

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 304 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 198≤1 km 22≤10 km 3>10 km 6

229 georeferenced · 58 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor287

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 accuracy65% within 1 km

≤100 m 19≤1 km 156≤10 km 80>10 km 13

268 georeferenced · 146 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence414

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 institutions31 of 42 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Santa Barbara, US	122
Claremont, US	36
Pullman, US	27
San Luis Obispo, US	25
San Diego, US	24
Riverside, US	18
San Francisco, US	14
Vancouver, CA	9
Davis, US	8
WTUlocation not on record	7
Bloomington, US	6
Los Angeles, US	6
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	6
Arcata, US	5
Corvallis, US	5
CASlocation not on record	5
US	5
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record	4
Flagstaff, US	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record	3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
Denver, US	2
New Haven, US	2
Angwin, US	2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	2
Provo, US	1
Pomona Collegelocation not on record	1
Fort Bragg, US	1
Logan, US	1
Long Beach, US	1
Ashland, US	1
Tampa, US	1
Mexico City, MX	1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
EL PASO, US	1
Pocatello, US	1
Canberra, AU	1
St. Paul, US	1
Santa Cruz, US	1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record	1
Calabar, NG	1

42 institutions · 367 of 414 vouchered records shown · 47 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Amsinckia spectabilis 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

sandy beach shore, below forest, above tidal…"Sandy areas"locally common above highest tide mark along…

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median16.6 °C 15.0–18.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.6 °C

Max temp (day)20.4 °C 18.4–22.4

Min temp (night)13.2 °C 11.4–14.9

Precipitation38.7 mm/mo 30.1–47.3

Air humidity58.9 % 57.7–60.2

Moisture balance-87.2 mm/mo -123–-51.8

Vapour deficit783 Pa 679–887

Wind speed2.30 m/s 1.40–3.20

Cloud cover33.0 % 31.1–34.9

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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.

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