popcorn flower

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popcorn flower

Any of various plants of the genus Plagiobothrys of western North America and South America, having small white flowers in clusters that resemble popped kernels of popcorn.

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Matthews enthusiastically names the flowers bursting forth: "There's white forget-me-nots and shooting stars, milkmaids, buttercups, owl's clover, and popcorn flower."

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Some of the wetlands plants are common and easy to identify, such as the waving shafts of tufted hairgrass, the bright blue lupin and the white popcorn flower.

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Go there to see California poppies, goldfields, larkspur, lupine, owl's clover, popcorn flower, and tidy tips, to name but a few.

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