PLANTS Profile for Cryptantha spiculifera (Snake River cryptantha)

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Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson
Snake River cryptantha

Symbol:

CRSP4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N

More Information:

Images:
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson

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Synonyms:
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson

ORSP3

Oreocarya spiculifera Piper

Native Status:
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)

Related Taxa:
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 116 species in Cryptantha

Classification:
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) 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 spiculifera (Piper) Payson – Snake River cryptantha

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Washington:
Snake River cryptantha		Sensitive

More Accounts and Images:
Cryptantha spiculifera (Piper) Payson

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31875.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 12:30 AM CDT