Index / Search / Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea
§1 Plant
Cryptantha cinerea (Greene) Cronquist var. cinerea
vernacular James' cryptantha — variety · 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
· 81 counties across 4 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 81 counties across 4 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Otero 35035
- 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
Texas view state ↗ 41 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
- Glasscock 48173
- Gray 48179
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Hockley 48219
- Howard 48227
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jeff Davis 48243
- 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/CRCIC ↗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:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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