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Oreocarya confertiflora
Also called Yellow Flowered Cryptantha
Basin yellow catseye is a small, hairy, gray-green desert perennial with clusters of yellow tubular flowers, native to dry, rocky areas of the southwestern United States. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden or houseplant, and it thrives with full sun and very little water.
Oreocarya confertiflora is a species of wildflower in the family Boraginaceae known by the common names Mojave popcorn flower and basin yellow catseye.
It is a common desert plant native to the southwestern United States, appearing in dry, rocky areas.
Brenda's yellow cryptantha · Osterhout's cryptantha · Oreocarya virginensis · Oreocarya cana · Terlingua Creek Cat's Eye · Oreocarya crymophila · Yellow Eyed Cryptantha · Payson Roundspike Cryptantha · Sierran Cat's Eye · Oreocarya roosiorum · Oreocarya subcapitata · Bow Nut Cryptantha
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oreocarya confertiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
