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Boraginaceae

Roundspike cryptantha

Oreocarya humilis (A.Gray) Greene

Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Oreocarya

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Roundspike cryptantha: Roundspike catseye (Cryptantha humilis), Borage family (Boraginaceae). Stansbury Range above the Lookout Pass along the Pony Express Route.
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Roundspike cryptantha

Synonyms

  • Cryptantha alpicola Cronquist
  • Cryptantha humilis (A.Gray) Payson
  • Cryptantha humilis var. commixta (Macbr.) L.C.Higgins
  • Cryptantha humilis var. ovina (Payson) L.C.Higgins
  • Cryptantha humilis var. shantzii (Tidestr.) L.C.Higgins
  • Cryptantha nana (Eastw.) Payson
  • Cryptantha nana var. commixta (J.F.Macbr.) Payson
  • Cryptantha nana var. ovina Payson
  • Cryptantha nana var. shantzii (Tidestr.) Payson
  • Eritrichium glomeratum var. humile A.Gray
  • Oreocarya alpicola (Cronquist) D.W.Taylor
  • Oreocarya commixta J.F.Macbr.
  • Oreocarya dolosa J.F.Macbr.
  • Oreocarya hispida A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.
  • Oreocarya macbridei Brand
  • Oreocarya shantzii Tidestr.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.