Cryptantha flava
Appearance
Cryptantha flava | |
---|---|
Cryptantha flava in Petrified Forest National Park | |
Scientific 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.[1]: 89 It grows in sandy soils.[2]
References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oreocarya flava.
- ^ 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
- ^ Fertig, Walter. "Plateau Yellow Miner's Candle". www.fs.usda.gov. Retrieved 25 October 2023.