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Oreocarya humilis
Also called Low Cryptantha
Payson roundspike cryptantha is a small, cushion-forming perennial wildflower of western North American deserts and mountains, grown mainly for its native interest. It needs sharp drainage and full sun, as it naturally grows in dry, gravelly soils.
Oreocarya humilis, synonym Cryptantha humilis, is a perennial plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae), native to the western United States. It may be called low cryptantha.
Oreocarya humilis is native to the western United States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Utah. In the Sierra Nevada range, it is found in dry, gravely soils of the sagebrush scrub community, in subalpine forest, and the alpine zone, up to 11,900 feet (3,600 m).
Brenda's yellow cryptantha · Osterhout's cryptantha · Oreocarya virginensis · Oreocarya cana · Basin Yellow Catseye · Terlingua Creek Cat's Eye · Oreocarya crymophila · Yellow Eyed Cryptantha · Sierran Cat's Eye · Oreocarya roosiorum · Oreocarya subcapitata · Bow Nut Cryptantha
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oreocarya humilis 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.
