Calflora Taxon Report
Cryptantha cinerea  (Greene) Cronquist  var. abortiva  (Greene) Cronquist

(not an active name)
Bownut cryptantha,   James' cryptantha
Cryptantha cinerea var. abortiva is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
also called Oreocarya abortiva
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Bloom Period
Parent: Cryptantha cinerea
Genus: Cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest
Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS
Alternate Names:
PLANTSCryptantha jamesii var. abortiva
PLANTSOreocarya abortiva
JEFOreocarya abortiva
Information about Cryptantha cinerea var. abortiva from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.

USDA PLANTS Profile (CRCIA)

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