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Species of flowering plant

Cryptantha flava
Cryptantha flava in Petrified Forest National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cryptantha
Species: C. flava
Binomial name
Cryptantha flava
(A.Nelson) Payson

Cryptantha flava, Brenda's yellow cryptantha, is a yellow flowered perennial plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States. It grows in sandy soils.

Cryptantha flava, Arches National Park

References

  1. Damian Fagan, Canyon Country Wildflowers, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
  2. Fertig, Walter. "Plateau Yellow Miner's Candle". www.fs.usda.gov. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Cryptantha flava
Oreocarya flava


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