Blooms: May - June
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Sensitive
Distribution: Along the Columbia and lower Yakima rivers, from Wenatchee, Washington to the Dalles, Oregon.
Habitat: Dry, usually sandy places at low elevations.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Sensitive
Distribution: Along the Columbia and lower Yakima rivers, from Wenatchee, Washington to the Dalles, Oregon.
Habitat: Dry, usually sandy places at low elevations.
Species Description:
General: Perennial with clustered stems, 1.5-4 dm. tall, the herbage silky below, becoming bristly upward.
Leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, narrow and elongate, all tapering to a pointed tip, 5-10 cm. long and 3-6 mm. wide; the cauline leaves becoming sessile and up to 1 cm. wide.
Flowers: Inflorescence an elongate, bracteate spike; calyx divided to the base; corolla tube exceeding the calyx, the 5 limbs white, 5-9 mm. wide; style strongly surpassing the nutlets.
Fruits: Nutlets 4, gray, smooth and shining, 4 mm. long, sharp-edged, attached to the style.
General: Perennial with clustered stems, 1.5-4 dm. tall, the herbage silky below, becoming bristly upward.
Leaves: Basal leaves petiolate, narrow and elongate, all tapering to a pointed tip, 5-10 cm. long and 3-6 mm. wide; the cauline leaves becoming sessile and up to 1 cm. wide.
Flowers: Inflorescence an elongate, bracteate spike; calyx divided to the base; corolla tube exceeding the calyx, the 5 limbs white, 5-9 mm. wide; style strongly surpassing the nutlets.
Fruits: Nutlets 4, gray, smooth and shining, 4 mm. long, sharp-edged, attached to the style.
Accepted Name:
Cryptantha leucophaea (Dougl. ex Lehm.) PaysonSynonyms:
Oreocarya leucophaea (Dougl. ex Lehm.) Greene
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Cryptantha leucophaea
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Cryptantha leucophaea specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Cryptantha leucophaea specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Cryptantha leucophaea treatment.
E-Flora BC: Cryptantha leucophaea atlas page.
CalPhotos: Cryptantha leucophaea images.
USDA Plants Database: Cryptantha leucophaea.
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
H. Tim Gladwin, 1986
Don Knoke
Robert L. Carr, 2009
Robert L. Carr, 2009
Robert L. Carr, 2009
Robert L. Carr, 2009
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