Blooms: May - July
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Sensitive
Distribution: Common on the Snake River plains of Idaho, extending into adjacent Oregon, northeast Nevda and southwest Wyoming; adjunct to Yakima County, Washington, and adjacent counties.
Habitat: Dry, open slopes in the valleys, plains and foothills, common among sagebrush.
Habit: herb
Duration: annual
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Sensitive
Distribution: Common on the Snake River plains of Idaho, extending into adjacent Oregon, northeast Nevda and southwest Wyoming; adjunct to Yakima County, Washington, and adjacent counties.
Habitat: Dry, open slopes in the valleys, plains and foothills, common among sagebrush.
Species Description:
General: Slender annual, 0.5-3 dm. tall, freely branched and without a well-defined central axis; herbage appressed-hairy.
Leaves: Leaves scattered, linear, the hairs rising from blisters.
Flowers: Inflorescence of paired, naked spikes; fruiting calyx narrow, 4-6 mm. long, closely ascending, bristly; corolla white, about 1 mm. wide; style equaling the nutlets.
Fruits: Nutlets usually 4, lanceolate, about 2 mm. long and 0.6 mm. wide, covered with short, blunt projections, attached to the style.
General: Slender annual, 0.5-3 dm. tall, freely branched and without a well-defined central axis; herbage appressed-hairy.
Leaves: Leaves scattered, linear, the hairs rising from blisters.
Flowers: Inflorescence of paired, naked spikes; fruiting calyx narrow, 4-6 mm. long, closely ascending, bristly; corolla white, about 1 mm. wide; style equaling the nutlets.
Fruits: Nutlets usually 4, lanceolate, about 2 mm. long and 0.6 mm. wide, covered with short, blunt projections, attached to the style.
Accepted Name:
Cryptantha scoparia A. NelsonSynonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Cryptantha scoparia
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Cryptantha scoparia specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Cryptantha scoparia specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Cryptantha scoparia treatment.
E-Flora BC: Cryptantha scoparia atlas page.
CalPhotos: Cryptantha scoparia images.
USDA Plants Database: Cryptantha scoparia.
Dana Visalli
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