Cryptantha flava

Cryptantha flava is a yellow flowered perennial plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]:89

Cryptantha flava, Arches National Park

Cryptantha flava
Cryptantha flava in Petrified Forest National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cryptantha
Species:
C. flava
Binomial name
Cryptantha flava
(A.Nelson) Payson

References

  1. Damian Fagan, Canyon Country Wildflowers, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7


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