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Cryptantha confertiflora

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Boraginaceae

Scientific name
  
Cryptantha confertiflora

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
(unplaced)

Genus
  
Cryptantha

Higher classification
  
Cryptantha

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Similar
  
Cryptantha, Cryptantha flavoculata, Boraginaceae, Cryptantha pterocarya, Cryptantha humilis

Cryptantha confertiflora is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by the common names basin yellow catseye and Mojave popcorn flower. This is a common desert plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an erect perennial herb approaching half a meter in height. The stems grow from a woody caudex and form a rough clump of hairy, bristly gray-green leaves in dry, rocky areas. Out of the clump grow erect stems topped with dense inflorescences of hairy mustard-yellow flowers. Each flower is tubular with sepals wrapped around the tube below a flat-faced or curled-back corolla of five lobes. The fruit is a nutlet 3 to 4 millimeters wide.

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Cryptantha confertiflora Wikipedia