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§1 Plant
Cryptantha cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
vernacular James' cryptantha — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cryptantha
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 151 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 151 counties across 9 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Costilla 08023
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Fremont 08043
- Gunnison 08051
- Kit Carson 08063
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Moffat 08081
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Grande 08105
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Kansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Bailey 48017
- Brewster 48043
- Carson 48065
- Cochran 48079
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Dallam 48111
- Dawson 48115
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Glasscock 48173
- Gray 48179
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hockley 48219
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Lamar 48277
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lynn 48305
- Mitchell 48335
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Scurry 48415
- Sherman 48421
- Ward 48475
- Wheeler 48483
- Winkler 48495
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRCI3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8134274 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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