Cryptantha excavata Brandegee
Bot. Gaz. 27: 452 (1899)

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Pronunciation/Pronunciación:	Cryp-tán-tha  ex-ca-và-ta
Etymology/Etimología:	"hollowed out," in reference to the nutlet attachment scar
Synonyms/Sinónimos:	None known
Type/Tipo:	K. Brandegee s.n., April 1892, USA, California, Colusa County, Stites    Holotype: UC79296    Possible Fragment Isotype (kleptotype): RSA0001772

Jepson eFlora Treatment

Treatment from Johnston 1925: 74

iNaturalist Observations

Ranking:
Cryptantha excavata has a Calfornia Rare Plant Rank of 1B.1in the CNPS Inventory.


Distribution:
Left: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2012. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html).
COLOR KEY: Dark green=present in state; Light green=present in county, not rare. Accessed 6 Jan 2013.
Right: CCH2. Click to see live records.


Holotype:
K. Brandegee s.n. UC79296, USA: California: Colusa County, Stites


Exemplar: Cryptantha excavata
Robert F. Hoover 11099, 27 May 1968 (RSA0184603=RSA216793)
United States, California, Colusa County, Bear Creek canyon N. of Highway 20 (near Wilbur Springs)
Habitat: On barren crumbled shale (not serpentine).
Description: Nutlet 1, minutely granulate and tuberculate. Small calyx, solitary roughened nutlet, and geographic position agree with C. excavata,
but nutlet is erect. However, Johnston says “nutlet usually horizontal,” so this may be the exception [on supplementary label].

Note hollowed out ("excavated") attachment scar, characteristic of this species.




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