PLANTS Profile for Cryptantha fendleri (sanddune cryptantha)

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Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene
sanddune cryptantha

Symbol:

CRFE3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 80. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene

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Synonyms:
Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene

CRPA7

Cryptantha pattersonii (A. Gray) Greene

Distribution:
Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene


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USA (AK, AZ, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 116 species in Cryptantha

Classification:
Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Cryptantha Lehm. ex G. Don – cryptantha
Species	Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene – sanddune cryptantha

More Accounts and Images:
Cryptantha fendleri (A. Gray) Greene

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31807.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 07:18 AM CDT