Taxa of Cryptantha, subgenus Oreocarya
in California, U.S.A.

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C. celosioides (Eastwood) Payson
C. cinerea (Greene) Cronquist
C. confertiflora (Greene) Payson
C. crymophila I. M. Johnston  1B.3
C. flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson

C. hoffmannii I. M. Johnston
C. howellii R. B. Kelley
C. humilis (A. Gray) Payson
C. nubigena (Greene) Payson
C. roosiorum Munz  1B.2

C. schoolcraftii Tiehm
C. subretusa I. M. Johnston
C. tumulosa (Payson) Payson
C. virginensis (M. E. Jones) Payson
C. vulcanica R. B. Kelley  WI/IN



California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Inventory Listings

1A = California endemic, presumed extinct
1B = Rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere
2 = Rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere
3 = review list (they need more information to list or not)
4 = Limited distribution (Watch List)
.1 = Seriously endangered in California (over 80% of occurrences threatened / high degree and immediacy of threat)
.2 = Fairly endangered in California (20-80% occurrences threatened)
.3 = Not very endangered in California (<20% of occurrences threatened or no current threats known)

Plant Taxa with High Affinity to Ultramafic Substrates in California:
BE/SI = Broad Endemic/Strong Indicator
SE = Strong Endemic
SI = Strong Indicator
WI = Weak Indicator
WI/IN = Weak Indicator/Indifferent

(after Safford, H.D., J.H. Vires, and S.P. Harrison. 2005. Serpentine Endemism in the California Flora: A Database of Serpentine Affinity. Madroño 52:222-257)