Cryptantha flava, Brenda's yellow cryptantha, is a yellow flowered perennial plant in the borage family (Boraginaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]: 89 It grows in sandy soils.[2]
| Cryptantha flava | |
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| Cryptantha flava in Petrified Forest National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptantha |
| Species: | C. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptantha flava (A.Nelson) Payson
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References
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- ^ Damian Fagan, Canyon Country Wildflowers, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
- ^ Fertig, Walter. "Plateau Yellow Miner's Candle". www.fs.usda.gov. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
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