Cryptantha pterocarya - Unknown
Part: Unknown
Author: Public Domain - WikiMedia

Upload a new image!

Details Top

Internal ID UUID6440142fa6a27225100046
Scientific name Cryptantha pterocarya
Authority (Torr.) Greene
First published in Pittonia 1: 120 (1887)

Description Top

Suggest a correction or write a new one!
Cryptantha pterocarya is a species of flowering plant in the borage family native to the western United States. It is an annual herb with linear to oblong leaves up to 5 centimeters long and herbage that is very hairy to bristly. The inflorescence is a length of developing fruits tipped with one or more open flowers with a white five-lobed corolla. The fruit is a nutlet which is often, but not always, winged. It grows in many types of habitat and can reach up to 40 centimeters in height.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Cryptantha pterocarya var. pectinata Brand Pflanzenr. , IV, 252(97): 55 (1931)
Eritrichium pterocaryum Torr. Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 142 (1858)
Eritrichium pterocaryum var. pectinatum A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 61 (1874)
Krynitzkia pterocarya A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 276 (1885)

Common names Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

Language Common/alternative name
English wingnut cryptantha

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No subspecies added yet.

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
Name Authority First published in
Cryptantha pterocarya var. purpusii Jeps. Man. Fl. Pl. Calif. : 849 (1925)
Cryptantha pterocarya var. stenoloba I.M.Johnst. J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 391 (1939)

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No subvariety added yet.

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
Name Authority First published in
Cryptantha pterocarya f. pseudocycloptera M.E.Mabry & M.G.Simpson Phytotaxa 253: 114 (2016)

Germination/Propagation Top

Suggest a correction or add new data!
No germination or propagation data was added yet.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northwest
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah

Links to other databases Top

Suggest others/fix!
Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000627632
USDA Plants CRPT
Tropicos 4000017
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:71536-2
The Plant List kew-2745699
Open Tree Of Life 1046398
NCBI Taxonomy 543569
Nature Serve 2.129530
IPNI 71536-2
iNaturalist 58057
GBIF 2926296
Freebase /m/05zybwr
EOL 579951
Calflora (Californian flora) 2485
Wikipedia Cryptantha_pterocarya

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed CentralĀ®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.
Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Seed ingestion and germination in rattlesnakes: overlooked agents of rescue and secondary dispersal Reiserer RS, Schuett GW, Greene HW Proc Biol Sci 07-Feb-2018
PMCID:PMC5829210
doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.2755
PMID:29436500

Phytochemical Profile Top

Add a new one!
No natural compounds are linked yet. If you wish to help please use this tool.

Biological Material Top ebay Auctions

Please wait .. loading items ..
Loading...

Contributors Top

No known contributors. Be the first!

Collections Top

In private collections 0
In public collections 0
You need to be authenticated in order to add this taxon to a personal collection.