Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-665.33.__
Oreocarya flavoculata
English: Little Yellow Cat's Eye.
Synonym: Cryptantha flavoculata.
Name: Aven Nelson named this plant Oreocarya, flavoculata is Latin for "a little yellow".
Genus: 16 species.
Region: Colorado.
Habitat: semi-desert, canyonlands, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper.
Botany
Herb; erect or reclining; very hairy
Flowers: small; in masses; quite attractive; corolla tube, white or very light yellow; 8 to 12 mm across;
Fruit: nutlets.