Cryptantha micromeres

Cryptantha micromeres
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: (unplaced)
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Cryptantha
Species: C. micromeres
Binomial name
Cryptantha micromeres
(A.Gray) Greene

Cryptantha micromeres is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name pygmyflower cryptantha.

It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in woodland and chaparral.

Description

Cryptantha micromeres is a hairy annual herb growing a branching stem to heights between 10 and 50 centimeters. The leaves are up to 4 centimeters long, variable in shape and covered in bristles.

The inflorescence contains clusters of tiny bristly white flowers only a few millimeters wide.

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