Cryptantha minima
(Little Catseye)
Cryptantha minima, Hwy 86 east of Quitaque, Briscoe Co. 7670
Cryptantha minima, Hwy 86 east of Quitaque, Briscoe Co. 7661
Cryptantha minima, Hwy 86 east of Quitaque, Briscoe Co. 7667
Cryptantha minima, Hwy 86 east of Quitaque, Briscoe Co. 7662
Cryptantha minima, Hwy 86 east of Quitaque, Briscoe Co. 7660
Cryptantha minima, Hwy 86 east of Quitaque, Briscoe Co. 7663
| Scientific Name | Cryptantha minima | USDA PLANTS Symbol | CRMI5 |
| Common Name | Little Catseye, Little Cryptantha | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 31773 |
| Family | Boraginaceae (Forget-me-not) | SW Colorado Wildflowers Reference | Click Here |
| Description | Habitat: Dry soils, slopes, grasslands. Plant: Short annual about 4 inches tall and 8 inches across; few to many spreading, ascending stems with pungent bristles. Leaves: Very bristly leaves clustered at base and alternate on stems; sessile, narrowly oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, up to 1-1/2 inches long and 1/4-inch wide, becoming smaller upward to become bracts. Inflorescence: Very small white flowers, 1/8-inch across, in dense curled spikes (scorpioide cymes) surrounded by sepals forming a bristly calyx less than 0.1 inch long; blossoms have 5 rounded lobes; leaf-like, bristly bracts below cymes. Cymes open and elongate up to 6 inches long as plant matures. Bloom Period: May to July. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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