Cryptantha echinella Greene

Herbarium of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Plants of MONO Co., California, USA
Boraginaceae
Cryptantha echinella Greene
GLASS MOUNTAIN REGION: Crestview area; hilltop appx.
lmi. ENE from Crestview, dropping off sharply S to Deadman
Creek. (Crestview quad: 37° 45.641 'N, 118° 57.993'W; T2S
R27E S23, SE/4 of NW/4). Alt.: 2530m/8300ft.
Exposed windswept hilltop covered by Artemisia tridentata scrub,
surrounded by Pinus jefftyi forest on leeward slopes.
Decomposed pumice ashfall soil with occsaional quartz lattite
outcrops. With Purshia tridentata, Grayia spinosa,
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, Ceanothus velutinus Tetradymia
canescens, Achnatherum hymenoides, Lupinus argenteus,
Chysothamnus viscidiflorus.
Common and dense around disturbed areas, roadside.
Michael Honer 1245	22	Jul 2001
Entered into RSA Database (2117RSA)
03222333