Calflora: Cryptantha flaccida

Calflora

Taxon Report 2460

Cryptantha flaccida (Lehm.) Greene

Beaked cryptantha, Flaccid cryptantha, Weakstem cryptantha

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Cryptantha flaccida, a dicot, is an annual herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.


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Plant Characteristics
and Associations

Bloom Period

Family:	BORAGINACEAE
Genus:	Cryptantha

Communities:	Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, (many plant communities)
Habitat:	slopes
AFFINITY to serpentine soil: 1.6 (weak indicator) [Safford et al 2005]

Distribution by County

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Name Status:

Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + JM93

Alternate Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:

Cryptantha rostellata var. spithamea

More information about Cryptantha flaccida


	Location Suitability Nursery / seed vendor availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Landscaping information from Calscape Photos on CalPhotos / Google Images Photos on PlantID.net		Jepson eFlora Records from the Consortium of California Herbaria ITIS Original Publication citation USDA PLANTS Profile (CRFL4)		Search the International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center website references from Google

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation,
with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria.
[web application]. 2018. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization].
Available: http://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: Jun 22, 2018).

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