Cryptantha intermedia (A.Gray) Greene is a plant in the Boraginaceae family, order Boraginales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Cryptantha intermedia (A.Gray) Greene

Cryptantha intermedia (A.Gray) Greene

Cryptantha intermedia is an annual hairy herb reaching up to half a meter tall, bearing small bright white flowers.

Family
Genus
Cryptantha
Order
Boraginales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Cryptantha intermedia (A.Gray) Greene

Cryptantha intermedia is an annual plant species. It has a rough, hairy, branching stem that grows to a maximum height of half a meter. It develops from a mostly basal clump of hairy leaves, each one to several centimeters long. Its erect stems are topped with one or more small flowers. Each flower is about one centimeter wide, bright white, and sometimes has yellow coloration in the flower throat.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Boraginales Boraginaceae Cryptantha

More from Boraginaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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