Flower: | Fiddleneck, Tarweed | Family: | Borage | Genus / Species: | Amsinckia intermedia | Notes: | The name comes from the shape of the flowerhead which uncoils as is blossoms. Also known as Tarweed. | Photo: | 
Picacho Peak State Park, Arizona - - - - March 18, 2010 | Guide: | Wildflowers of the Desert Southwest by Quinn / A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona by Epple / Pacific State Wildflowers by Niehaus & Ripper |
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