Taxa of Cryptantha, group Greeneocharis [Piptocalyx]
in California, U.S.A.

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C. circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I. M. Johnston
C. similis K. Mathew & P.H. Raven



Dichotomous Key to Cryptantha, group Greeneocharis [Piptocalyx]
in California, U.S.A.


Modified from Johnston (1925), A Flora of Southern California (Munz 1974), and The Jepson Manual (Hickman 1993); after R. B. Kelley, The Jepson Manual, 2nd ed.
[NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]

    1. Corolla 1-2 mm wide, appendages tiny, white ..................................................................................... C. circumscissa
        2. Stems 2-10 cm high; style ca. as long as nutlets ............................................................................ var. circumscissa
        2' Stems 0.5-2 cm high; style shorter than nutlets .................................................................................... var. rosulata
    1' Corolla 3-6 mm wide, appendages evident, yellow ....................................................................................... C. similis