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Boraginaceae

Las Vegas cryptantha

Oreocarya insolita J.F.Macbr.

Family
Boraginaceae
Genus
Oreocarya

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Las Vegas cryptantha: Cryptantha virginensis in the State Line Hills, 1 km northwest of Primm, Nevada
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Las Vegas cryptantha, Virgin River cryptantha
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Íijeehí łibáhígíí

Synonyms

  • Cryptantha insolita (J.F.Macbr.) Payson
  • Cryptantha virginensis (M.E.Jones) Payson
  • Krynitzkia glomerata var. virginensis M.E.Jones
  • Oreocarya virginensis (M.E.Jones) J.F.Macbr.

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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.