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Montana Cryptantha - Cryptantha sobolifera
Native Species
Global Rank:
G4?
State Rank:
S4
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Uncommon in Montana, though many of the known collections describe the species as being locally common and the high elevation, rocky, baren habitat generally does not appear to be at risk.
General Description
Perennial with a branched caudex. Stems: flowering stems erect, 5–15 cm; short sterile stems 1–3 cm. Herbage villous, hispid. Leaves petiolate, 1–3 cm long; basal and sterile stem leaves spatulate; cauline leaves oblanceolate. Inflorescence short, leafy-bracteate below. Flowers: calyx hispid, puberulent, 5–6 mm long in fruit; corolla 3–5 mm long; fornices yellow. Nutlets 3 or 4, lance-ovate, obscurely ridged dorsally, smooth ventrally, 3–4 mm long; scar long, barely open at the base (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Range Comments
OR to MT south to CA (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 7
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Habitat
Sparsely vegetated, stony soil of exposed slopes, ridges; subalpine, alpine, rarely lower (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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