PLANTS Profile for Cryptantha celosioides (buttecandle)

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Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson
buttecandle

Symbol:

CRCE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson

Oreocarya glomerata

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: 81. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson

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Synonyms:
Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson

	CRBR11	Cryptantha bradburiana Payson
	CRMA16	Cryptantha macounii (Eastw.) Payson
	CRNUM	Cryptantha nubigena (Greene) Payson var. macounii (Eastw.) B. Boivin
	CRSH2	Cryptantha sheldonii (Brand) Payson
	ORCE2	Oreocarya celosioides Eastw.
	ORGL	Oreocarya glomerata (Pursh) Greene, non Lehm. ex Fisch.
	ORMA5	Oreocarya macounii Eastw.
	ORSH	Oreocarya sheldonii Brand

Distribution:
Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson


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USA (CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NV, OR, SD, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 116 species in Cryptantha

Classification:
Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson

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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 celosioides (Eastw.) Payson – buttecandle

More Accounts and Images:
Cryptantha celosioides (Eastw.) Payson

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31792.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 10:15 AM CDT