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§1 Plant
Cryptantha mexicana (Brandegee) I.M. Johnst.
vernacular Mexican cryptantha — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cryptantha
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 32 counties across 2 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 32 counties across 2 states/territories.
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Brewster 48043
- Cameron 48061
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dimmit 48127
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Irion 48235
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Kinney 48271
- Maverick 48323
- McMullen 48311
- Menard 48327
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reeves 48389
- Starr 48427
- Terrell 48443
- Tom Green 48451
- Upton 48461
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
- Zavala 48507
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRME4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/10842904 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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