Cryptantha confertiflora
Cryptantha confertiflora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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Order: | (unplaced)
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Species: | C. confertiflora
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Binomial name | |
Cryptantha confertiflora (Greene) Payson
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Synonyms | |
Oreocarya confertiflora |
Cryptantha confertiflora is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by the common names basin yellow catseye and Mojave popcorn flower. This is a common desert plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an erect perennial herb approaching half a meter in height. The stems grow from a woody caudex and form a rough clump of hairy, bristly gray-green leaves in dry, rocky areas. Out of the clump grow erect stems topped with dense inflorescences of hairy mustard-yellow flowers. Each flower is tubular with sepals wrapped around the tube below a flat-faced or curled-back corolla of five lobes. The fruit is a nutlet 3 to 4 millimeters wide.
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Categories:
- Cryptantha
- Plants described in 1896
- Asterid stubs