UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0003956
UCR-BPS-151242
UCR-151242
Cryptantha microstachys (Greene ex A. Gray) Greene
Boraginaceae
Scott D. White
7442
1999-06-06
1999-6-6
United States, California, Riverside, Idyllwild Area: Near Idyllwild Community Service Dist. sewage ponds of USFS Road 5S24.2
33.73333 -116.76667
T5S R2E sec15/22
1433 meters (4700ft)
Mixed evergreen forest (Pinus , Quercus) on N-facing slopes; chaparral (Adenostoma, Ceanothus etc.) on S-facing slopes. Much of area in use for wastewater disposal by sprinklers; this densely covered by Bromus tectorum.
Flowering & Fruiting
Annual; fls. white; nutlets smooth, c. 0.5 length of calyx; style short; occasional (patchy) in open sandy soil, often in partial shade