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Cryptantha rostellata Greene var. rostellata (Greene) Greene

(Beaked Catseye)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Beaked Catseye, Beaked Cryptantha

Description

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Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings , prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.[1]

Taxonomy

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Notes

Place of publication : Pittonia 1:116. 1887

Name verified on 15-Jul-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cryptantha

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 153 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. abata (Abata Cryptantha) · C. affinis (Common Cryptantha) · C. albida (New Mexico Cat's-Eye) · C. ambigua (Basin Cryptantha) · C. angustifolia (Bristlelobe Cryptantha) · C. aperta (Grand Junction Cat's-Eye) · C. atwoodii (Atwood Catseye) · C. bakeri (Baker Cat's-Eye) · C. barbigera (Bearded Cat's-Eye) · C. barnebyi (Barneby Catseye) · C. breviflora (Cryptantha Breviflora) · C. caespitosa (Caespitose Cat's-Eye) · C. cana (Mountain Cat's-Eye) · C. capitata (Capitate Cat's-Eye) · C. celosioides (Buttecandle) · C. cinerea (Bownut Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. abortiva (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. arenicola (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. cinerea (James' Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. jamesii (James Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. laxa (James Cryptantha) · C. cinerea var. pustulosa (James' Cryptantha) · C. circumscissa (Cushion Cat's-Eye) · C. circumscissa var. circumscissa (Cushion Cryptantha) · C. circumscissa var. hispida (Cushion Cryptantha) · C. circumscissa var. rosulata (Cushion Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii (Cleveland's Cat's-Eye) · C. clevelandii Greene var. clevelandii Greene (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii Greene var. florosa I.M.Johnst. (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii var. clevelandii (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii var. dissita (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clevelandii var. florosa (Cleveland's Cryptantha) · C. clokeyi (Clokey's Cryptantha) · C. compacta (Compact Cat's-Eye) · C. confertiflora (Basin Yellow Cat's-Eye) · C. corollata (Coast Range Cat's-Eye) · C. costata (Ribbed Catseye) · C. crassipes (Terlingua Creek Cat's-Eye) · C. crassisepala (Deertongue) · C. crassisepala var. crassisepala (Thicksepal Cryptantha) · C. crassisepala var. elachantha (Thicksepal Cryptantha) · C. creutzfeldtii (Creutzfeldt's Cat's-Eye) · C. crinita (Sacramento Cryptantha) · C. crymophila (Subalpine Cryptantha) · C. decipiens (Gravel Cat's-Eye) · C. dumetorum (Bush-Loving Cat's-Eye) · C. echinella (Hedgehog Cryptantha) · C. elata (Cliffdweller's Candlestick Catseye) · C. excavata (Deep-Scar Cryptantha) · C. fendleri (Fendler Cat's-Eye) · C. flaccida (Beaked Cryptantha) · C. flava (Brenda's Yellow Catseye) · C. flavoculata (Rough-Seed Cat's-Eye) · C. fulvocanescens (Tawny Cat's-Eye) · C. fulvocanescens var. fulvocanescens (Tawny Cryptantha) · C. fulvocanescens var. nitida (Tawny Cryptantha) · C. ganderi (Gander's Cryptantha) · C. glomeriflora (Truckee Cat's-Eye) · C. gracilis (Narrow-Stem Cat's-Eye) · C. grahamii (Fragrant Cryptantha) · C. hispidula (Napa Cryptantha) · C. hoffmannii (Hoffmann's Cryptantha) · C. holoptera (Winged Catseye) · C. hooveri (Hoover Cryptantha) · C. humilis (Round-Spike Cat's-Eye) · C. incana (Tulare Cat's-Eye) · C. insolita (Las Vegas Cryptantha) · C. intermedia (Clearwater Catseye) · C. intermedia var. intermedia (Clearwater Catseye) · C. interrupta (Elko Cryptantha) · C. johnstonii (Johnston Catseye) · C. jonesiana (Jones Catseye) · C. kelseyana (Kelsey's Cat's-Eye) · C. leiocarpa (Coastal Cat's-Eye) · C. leucophaea (Gray Cryptantha) · C. longiflora (Long-Flowered Cat's-Eye) · C. mariposae (Mariposa Cryptantha) · C. maritima (Guadalupe Cat's-Eye) · C. maritima var. maritima (Guadalupe Cryptantha) · C. maritima var. pilosa (Guadalupe Cryptantha) · C. mensana (Southwestern Cat's-Eye) · C. mexicana (Mexican Catseye) · C. micrantha (Purpleroot Pick-Me-Not) · C. micrantha lepida (Redroot Cryptantha) · C. micrantha var. lepida (Redroot Cryptantha) · C. micrantha var. micrantha (Redroot Cryptantha) · C. micromeres (Minute-Flower Cat's-Eye) · C. microstachys (Tejon Cat's-Eye) · C. milo-bakeri (Milo Baker's Cat's-Eye) · C. minima (Little Cat's-Eye) · C. mirabunda (Wonderful Cat's-Eye) · C. mohavensis (Mohave Cat's-Eye) · C. muricata (Pointed Cat's-Eye) · C. muricata var. denticulata (Pointed Cryptantha) · C. muricata var. jonesii (Jones' Cryptantha) · C. muricata var. muricata (Pointed Cryptantha) · C. nemaclada (Colusa Cat's-Eye) · C. nevadensis (Nevada Cat's-Eye) · C. nevadensis A.Nelson & Kenn. var. nevadensis A.Nelson & Kenn. (Nevada Catseye) · C. nevadensis A.Nelson & Kenn. var. rigida I.M.Johnst. (Nevada Catseye)

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Footnotes

  1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 7/16/2012