Cryptantha micromeres
| Cryptantha micromeres | |
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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. micromeres
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptantha micromeres | |
Cryptantha micromeres is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name pygmyflower cryptantha.
It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in woodland and chaparral.
Description[]
Cryptantha micromeres is a hairy annual herb growing a branching stem to heights between 10 and 50 centimeters. The leaves are up to 4 centimeters long, variable in shape and covered in bristles.
The inflorescence contains clusters of tiny bristly white flowers only a few millimeters wide.
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Categories:
- Cryptantha
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Central Valley (California)
- Natural history of the Channel Islands of California
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
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