Cryptantha crassisepala var. elachantha I.M. Johnston
Boraginaceae
Frates, Tony
816
2016-04-09
United States, Utah, Garfield, East of Sandy Ranch near ridge, approx. 13.5 miles south/southeast of the SR-24 and Notom road junction
38.09351 -111.06216 +-8m. WGS84
Garmin GPS76
1675 meters
5490 ft.
Flat plateau, dry, open, exposed with only occasional junipers and scattered clumps of Harriman's yucca
Red sandy loose to hardened soils
Abronia cf. nana var. nana, Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Flowers tiny, sessile, white (drying cream); herbage densely hirsute with both long and short hairs, hairs pustulose (the size of the pustule varying based on hair length)