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Oreocarya confertiflora

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Species of flowering plant

Oreocarya confertiflora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Genus: Oreocarya
Species: O. confertiflora
Binomial name
Oreocarya confertiflora
Greene
Synonyms
  • Cryptantha confertiflora (Greene) Payson
  • Oreocarya leucophaea var. confertiflora (Greene) Parish
  • Oreocarya confertiflora var. flava Brand
  • Oreocarya confertiflora var. lutescens Brand
  • Oreocarya lutea Greene ex Brand

Oreocarya confertiflora is a species of wildflower in the family Boraginaceae known by the common names basin yellow catseye and Mojave popcorn flower. This is a common desert plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an erect perennial herb approaching half a meter in height. The stems grow from a woody caudex and form a rough clump of hairy, bristly gray-green leaves in dry, rocky areas. Out of the clump grow erect stems topped with dense inflorescences of hairy mustard-yellow flowers. Each flower is tubular with sepals wrapped around the tube below a flat-faced or curled-back corolla of five lobes. The fruit is a nutlet 3 to 4 millimeters wide.

References

  1. "Oreocarya confertiflora Greene". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

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Taxon identifiers
Oreocarya confertiflora
Cryptantha confertiflora


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