Spotted hideseed facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Spotted hideseed
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Eucrypta
Species:	E. chrysanthemifolia
Binomial name
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia (Benth.) Greene
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Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia, also called spotted hideseed, is a type of flowering plant. It belongs to the waterleaf family. This plant grows naturally in the southwestern United States, California, and nearby Baja California. You can find it in many different places, from the coast to mountains and even deserts.

About the Spotted Hideseed Plant

What It Looks Like

The spotted hideseed is a special kind of plant. It's one of only two types in the Eucrypta group. These plants are usually sticky and have a nice smell. They are also "annual herbs," meaning they grow from a seed, flower, produce seeds, and then die all within one year.

This plant has a stem that can stand straight up or lean over. It can grow quite tall, sometimes more than 0.5 meters (about 1.6 feet) high.

Leaves and Flowers

The leaves of the spotted hideseed are very interesting. They are generally oval in shape. However, they are deeply cut into many small parts, making them look like delicate lace. Leaves higher up on the stem are simpler and have fewer cuts.

The plant produces many small flowers in a cluster called an inflorescence. These flowers hang down as they get heavier. Each flower is less than a centimeter long. They are usually whitish in color. After the flower, a small, bristly fruit grows. This fruit is a capsule, about 3 millimeters wide.