Latin name: Oreocarya confertiflora E. Greene
Pronunciation: or-ee-oh-KAR-ya kon-fer-ti-FLOR-a
Common name: Yellow cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Dry rocky places, limestone soils, 4000'- 9000', sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodland to lodgepole forest, north base San Bernardino Mts, desert mountains, White and Inyo Mts
Blooming period: May to July
Name derivations: 1) Oreocarya 2) confertiflora
Formerly Cryptantha confertiflora
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