Calflora Taxon Report
Cryptantha microstachys  (A. Gray) Greene
Popcorn flower, Tejon cryptantha
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2019 Diane Etchison
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2019 Diane Etchison
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2019 Diane Etchison
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2021 Cara Wilcox
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2021 Cara Wilcox
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2024 R.A. Chasey
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Cryptantha microstachys is an annual herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.
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Genus: Cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Communities: Foothill Woodland, Chaparral
Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
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[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat, Description: Cryptantha microstachys is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Tejon cryptantha. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in several types of habitat, including chaparral in the coastal and inland hills and mountains. It is an annual herb producing a branching or unbranched stem 10 to 50 centimeters tall which is coated in hairs and bristles. The hairy leaves are linear to oblong in shape and up to 4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a length of bristly developing fruits tipped with open flowers with five-lobed white corollas just a few millimeters wide. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

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