Calflora Taxon Report
Cryptantha dumetorum (A. Gray) Greene
Bush loving cryptantha, Bushloving cryptantha, Flexous forget me not
Cryptantha dumetorum is an annual herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

Alternate Names and Sources:
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Accepted by: JEPS + PLANTS + POWO
Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot

Creosote Bush Scrub

[swbiodiversity.org] Description, Habitat: Plant: Annual 10-60 cm; stem branched throughout; branches prostrate to ascending, generally sprawling over rocks, other plants, ± fragile, strigose to appressed-stiff-hairy Leaves: 0.5-3 cm, simple, entire, linear to lanceolate; bristles ascending to ± appressed; cauline generally opposite below, alternate above INFLORESCENCE: cymes, axillary and terminal, open in fruit; flowers ± appressed Flowers: calyx asymmetrical, sepals free, ± 1 mm, 2-3 mm, folded, oblong in fruit, generally bristly, some bristles > sepal; corolla generally white, tube generally 1-13 mm, appendages 5, white to yellow; corolla limb 0.5-1 mm wide; anthers included; ovary generally 4-lobed Fruit: Fruit: nutlets 4 (1 generally > other 3), 2-2.5 mm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, back generally white-granular, groove on inside surface ± open throughout, not generally flared or forked at base Misc: Sandy or gravelly soils, generally under other plants; 200-1500 m.; Apr-May (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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