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Cryptantha gracilis Osterhout  
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Family: Boraginaceae
Narrow-Stem Cat's-Eye, more...narrowstem cryptantha, narrowstem catseye, narrowstem pick-me-not
[Cryptantha hillmanii]
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Duration: Annual Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Annual, 10-30 cm tall; plants slender, stems usually solitary, erect, branched above; herbage short-hispid to spreading hirsute, the hairs occasionally appressed. Leaves: Basal and cauline, alternate, simple, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1-3.5 cm long, 1-4 mm wide, surfaces short- hispid, the hairs beneath evidently pustular based, margins entire, apex blunt. Flowers: Inflorescence of several elongate spike-like cymes; calyx rounded at the base, somewhat asymmetrical, the segments linear with a thickened midrib, 4-6 mm long in fruit, strigose-hirsute and hispid with pustular-based hairs; corolla inconspicuous, about 1 mm wide, white; flowers June-September. Fruits: Nutlets mostly solitary, sometimes 2 or 3, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 1.7-2.1 mm long, smooth. Ecology: Dry, rocky slopes, mesas, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper communities, limestone soils; 450-2100 m (1500-7000 ft); Apache, Coconino, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Pima, and Yavapai counties; western to southwestern U.S. Notes: Cryptantha fendleri is similar to C. gracilis, but is distinguished by its prominent central axis, more open inflorescence, rounded calyx, and 4 nutlets. Synonyms: Cryptantha hillmanii, Cryptantha linearis Editor: Springer et al. 2008 Etymology: Cryptantha comes from the Greek krypto, "hidden," and anthos, "flower," a reference to the first described species in the genus which has inconspicuous flowers that self-fertilize without opening;
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Developments of SEINet, Symbiota, and associated specimen databases have been supported by National Science Foundation Grants (DBI 9983132, BRC 0237418, DBI 0743827, DBI 0847966)