Johnstonella angustifolia
Appearance
Johnstonella angustifolia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Cryptantha |
Species: | C. angustifolia
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Binomial name | |
Cryptantha angustifolia | |
Synonyms | |
Cryptantha inaequata |
Cryptantha angustifolia is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by several common names, including Panamint catseye and bristlelobe cryptantha. This plant is native to northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States from California to Texas, where it grows in desert scrub and woodland.
Description
Cryptantha angustifolia is an annual herb usually under half a meter in height and covered in long hairs and bristles. It has a number of small linear leaves mostly toward the base of the plant. The erect stems are covered by inflorescences in a cane-shaped curl similar to the flowers of fiddlenecks. Each flower is white with yellow throat parts and a few millimeters wide.
References
- ^ "Cryptantha angustifolia - (Torr.) Greene". NatureServe. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
External links
- Calflora Database: Cryptantha angustifolia (Panamint cryptantha)
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Cryptantha angustifolia
- UC CalPhotos gallery of Cryptantha angustifolia (Panamint cryptantha)
Categories:
- NatureServe secure species
- Cryptantha
- North American desert flora
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
- Asterid stubs