Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Cryptantha muricata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name pointed cryptantha. It is native to California and adjacent parts of Arizona, Baja California, and Nevada, where it is known from many habitat types. It is an annual herb producing a branching 10 centimeters to one meter in height which is coated densely in rough and soft hairs. The leaves are linear in shape and no more than 4 centimeters long. They have hairs and bristles, some of which have bulbous bases. The flower cluster is a length of very hairy developing fruits tipped with a cluster of small five-lobed white flowers.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

4 - 6 in Tall

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Color

White

Flowering season

Spring, Summer

Sun

Partial Shade

Soil drainage

Fast

Propagation

For propagating by seed: No treatment. gives some germination. The addition of a small amount of charate over the sown seeds significantly improves germination ( Keeley and Keeley 1982).

Site type

Sandy or gravelly places

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Ethmia brevistriga

Ethmia minuta