Biology:Cryptantha roosiorum
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
Cryptantha roosiorum | |
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Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae
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Order: | (unplaced)
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Species: | C. roosiorum
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Binomial name | |
Cryptantha roosiorum Munz
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Cryptantha roosiorum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name bristlecone cryptantha.
It is endemic to Inyo County, California, where it is known from only a few occurrences in the northern Inyo Mountains.
It is a small, mat-forming perennial herb just a few centimeters high which grows from a woody caudex rooted in rocky soils. The leaves are up to about a centimeter long, oval to spoon-shaped, and hairy to bristly. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of tiny white flowers with five-lobed white corollas with yellow appendages.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Cryptantha roosiorum
- USDA Plants Profile: Cryptantha roosiorum
- CalPhotos Photo Gallery
Wikidata ☰ Q5190647 entry