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Oreocarya
Sign in to saveOreocarya (perennial cat's-eye) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. There are about 63 species and its native range extends from western and central Canada, through western United States to north Mexico. It is part of subtribe of Amsinckiinae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyBoraginaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 156
- With media
- 109
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Collections
- SAT, COLO, OBI, CAS, GH, HSC
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Boraginaceae
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- taxon name
- Oreocarya
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- Category:Oreocarya
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- Oreocarya
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution
- Ecology
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Oreocarya (perennial cat's-eye) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae. There are about 63 species and its native range extends from western and central Canada, through western United States to north Mexico. It is part of subtribe of Amsinckiinae.
It was once thought to be a either a subgenus or synonym of Cryptantha , as they both had plenty of tiny flowers, hairy leaves, and persisting dried flower stems.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oreocarya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.