BERBERIDACEAE -- Barberry Family - New Mexico Flores
BERBERIDACEAE -- Barberry Family - New Mexico Flores
BERBERIDACEAE -- Barberry Family - New Mexico Flores
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Scientific Name:<br />
Cryptantha paysonii<br />
Size:<br />
10 - 30 cm<br />
BORAGINACEAE -- Borage <strong>Family</strong><br />
Description:<br />
Perennial herb, stems erect, unbranched, with<br />
stiff hairs lying flat and some erect. Leaves<br />
mostly basal(alternate above), oblanceolate,<br />
with stiff hairs lying flat. Flowers in a head-like<br />
cluster with stalks 1 - 3 cm long. Calyx 5-lobed,<br />
8 - 10 mm long, divided at least to the middle,<br />
segments linear-lanceolate, with dense bristles.<br />
Corolla tubular, trumpet-shaped, 7 - 14 mm in<br />
diameter. Corolla exceeds calyx by at least 2<br />
mm, the throat constricted by bright yellow<br />
scales, but with the interior of the tube base<br />
without crests. Fruit of usually 4 nutlets 2.5 - 3<br />
mm long, finely wrinkled on both surfaces.<br />
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Common Name:<br />
Payson’s cryptantha<br />
Color:<br />
White and yellow<br />
Notes:<br />
Payson’s cryptantha is extremely showy. Its<br />
flowers are large for Cryptantha and the bright<br />
yellow throat scales are very striking. The<br />
flowers also have a very noticeable fragrance.<br />
The plant is named for Edwin Blake Payson<br />
(1893-1927), a protégé of Aven Nelson at the<br />
University of Wyoming. It blooms from late<br />
April through June between 4000 and 7500 ft.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Native
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