Cryptantha pumila A.Heller

CrypTANTHE PUMitA Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 242. 1906.
No. 8588, collected May 30, near Smith Creek, Santa Clara
county, elevation 2150 feet, on a wooded slope among shrubs in
rich loose soil. ? The same thing, in part, at least, is my no. 7458,
distributed as C. Torreyana, from the hills west of Los Gatos,
growing under similar conditions, the elevation about 1500 feet.
Mrs. Brandegee considers this a mere state of C. leiocarpa,
but two plants differing so in habitat and appearance cannot
possibly be the same.
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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA
Santa Clara County
3588 CBYPTANTHE
Smith Creek at the foot of Mt. Hamilton
A. A. Heller, Collector
May 30, 1907
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