Index / Search / Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii
§1 Plant
Cryptantha cinerea (Greene) Cronquist var. jamesii (Torr.) Cronquist
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
· 111 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 111 counties across 9 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 27 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
- 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 ↗ 16 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Bailey 48017
- Brewster 48043
- Cochran 48079
- Crane 48103
- Dallam 48111
- Donley 48129
- Ellis 48139
- Gray 48179
- Hemphill 48211
- Hockley 48219
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Lamar 48277
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Moore 48341
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Roberts 48393
- Ward 48475
- Wheeler 48483
- Winkler 48495
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRCIJ ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/6395982 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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