Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain Region by Denver Botanic Gardens

Author:Denver Botanic Gardens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2018-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

5 petals, elongated clusters, radial

Oreocarya virgata (Cryptantha virgata) Boraginaceae

miner’s candle

SR, montane, foothills, common, L Spring–Summer, biennial, 12–40 in.

Tall, prickly unbranched stem from previous year’s rosette. Leaves alternate, linear, with sharp hairs, reduced above. This is a strict biennial: rosette of hairy, linear foliage first year; spectacular spike of white flowers the next. Largely restricted to slopes of the Front Range of CO. The common name is well established, and the plant is distinctive and unmistakable. Native.

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