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James' catseye
Oreocarya suffruticosa
Oreocarya suffruticosa
James' catseye Borage Family
Oreocarya suffruticosa Boraginaceae
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common names
  James' catseye
  bow-nut cryptantha
accepted scientific name
  •Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene
rules for finding collection records
  Cryptantha cinerea (2876)
  Cryptantha jamesii (340)
  Oreocarya suffruticosa (442)
family name
  • Boraginaceae
Image Author: ©2007 Russ Kleinman, Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences and the Dale A. Zimmerman Herbarium
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is .4 to .6 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Opposite
Plant Observed 2nd week of April thru 3rd week of September

Plant Showiness (45%)
base map where plant found
mag select

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Riparian
Brush
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