Bristlecone cryptantha facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Bristlecone cryptantha |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) |
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Scientific classification | |
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Order: |
(unplaced)
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Genus: |
Cryptantha
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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.
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