Biology:Cryptantha flava
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Cryptantha flava | |
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Cryptantha flava in Petrified Forest National Park | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Cryptantha |
Species: | C. flava
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Binomial name | |
Cryptantha flava (A.Nelson) Payson
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Cryptantha flava, Brenda's yellow cryptantha, is a yellow flowered perennial plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]:89 It grows in sandy soils.[2]
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Cryptantha flava, Arches National Park
References
- ↑ Damian Fagan, Canyon Country Wildflowers, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN:978-0-7627-7013-7
- ↑ Fertig, Walter. "Plateau Yellow Miner’s Candle". https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/cryptantha_flava.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q15582286 entry
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