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Bristlecone Cryptantha

Oreocarya roosiorum (Munz) R. B. Kelley, Hasenstab & M. G. Simpson

Oreocarya roosiorum

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Oreocarya roosiorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae 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.

References

  1. ^ "Oreocarya roosiorum (Munz) R.B.Kelley, Hasenstab & M.G.Simpson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

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Oreocarya roosiorum: Brief Summary

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Oreocarya roosiorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae 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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