Johnstonella costata Calflora

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Taxon Report

Johnstonella costata (Brandegee) Hasenstab & M.G. Simpson

ribbed cryptantha

2006 James M. Andre

2012 Keir Morse

2012 Neal Kramer

Johnstonella costata is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found in Baja California and Arizona.

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.3 (limited distribution).


	Plant Range Observation Search (345 records) Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Johnstonella
Family:	Boraginaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Creosote Bush Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS	Cryptantha costata

Information about Johnstonella costata from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 4.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/30/2023).