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Oreocarya suffruticosa
Also called Bownut Cryptantha, James' Cryptantha
Bow Nut Cryptantha is a small, woody-based wildflower in the borage family, native to dry grasslands and rocky slopes of the western and central United States and northern Mexico. It is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant, and it is best suited to open, sunny, well-drained sites.
Oreocarya suffruticosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the west and central United States and to northern Mexico. It was first described by John Torrey in 1827 as Myosotis suffruticosa and transferred to Oreocarya by Edward Lee Greene in 1887. Varieties of Oreocarya suffruticosa have previously been placed within several species of Cryptantha, including Cryptantha cinerea, Cryptantha jamesii and Cryptantha pustulosa.
Oreocarya suffruticosa is native to Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming in the United States, and to northeastern and northwestern Mexico.
Among the Zuni people, the powdered root of Oreocarya suffruticosa var. suffruticosa (syn. Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii) is used to relieve a sore anus.
Brenda's yellow cryptantha · Osterhout's cryptantha · Oreocarya virginensis · Oreocarya cana · Basin Yellow Catseye · Terlingua Creek Cat's Eye · Oreocarya crymophila · Yellow Eyed Cryptantha · Payson Roundspike Cryptantha · Sierran Cat's Eye · Oreocarya roosiorum · Oreocarya subcapitata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oreocarya suffruticosa 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.
