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Cryptantha roosiorum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name bristlecone cryptantha.

Cryptantha roosiorum
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	(unplaced)
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Cryptantha
Species:	C. roosiorum
Binomial name
Cryptantha roosiorum Munz

It is endemic to Inyo County, California, where it is known from only a few occurrences in the northern Inyo Mountains.

It is a small, mat-forming perennial herb just a few centimeters high which grows from a woody caudex rooted in rocky soils. The leaves are up to about a centimeter long, oval to spoon-shaped, and hairy to bristly. The inflorescence is a dense cluster of tiny white flowers with five-lobed white corollas with yellow appendages.

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment - Cryptantha roosiorum
• USDA Plants Profile: Cryptantha roosiorum
• CalPhotos Photo Gallery

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