Cryptantha barbigera (A.Gray) Greene

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BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BORAGINACEAE OF ARIZONA
Pima County
Cryptantha barbigera (A. Gray) E. Greene
Rincon Peak 7.5' USGS topographic Quadrangle; 12S 05 37
lOOmE 35 48 250mN (NAD27); 32° 04.3^ 110° 36.4W;
1105m (3620ft) elevation; Rincon Mountains, Posta Quemado
Canyon, 20km SE of the edge of Tucson, 2.5km WSW of
Papago Spring, flood plain of narrow valley, desert scrub with
Acacia greggii, Acourtia nana, Agave palmeri, Aloysia wrightii,
Ambrosia confertiflora, Aristida purpurea, Berberis trifoliata,
Bouteloua curtipendula, Camegiea gigantea, Celtis reticulata,
Cottea pappophoroides, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Digitaria
califomica, Echinocereusfasciculatus, Ephedra trifurca,
Eragrostis lehmanniana, Ferocactus wislizeni, Gutierrezia
sarothrae, Hibiscus denudatus, Isocoma tenuisecta, Krameria
erecta, Larrea tridentata, Machaeranthera canescens, M.
pinnatifida, Matelea producta, Muhlenbergia porteri, Opuntia
engelmannii, O. phaeacantha, Pappophorum vaginatum,
Parthenium incanum, Prosopis velutina, Psilostrophe cooperi,
Rhynchosia physocalyx, Sporobolus contractus, Tridens
muticus, Zinnia acerosa, and Ziziphus obtusifolia.
Common and abundant erect annual, flowers white.
Marc A. Baker 16474
with Sarah Hunkins
31 March 2007
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