Cryptantha spithamaea I. M. Johnston
J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 385-386. 1939.

Pronunciation:
Cryp-tán-tha  spi-tha-mae´-a
Etymology:
possibly from the Latin spithama, "a span"
Synonyms:
C. rostellata (Greene) Greene var. spithamaea (I.M. Johnst.) Jeps., Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 3: 354. 1943.
Type: 
R. F. Hoover 2169, 16 May 1937, USA: California, Mariposa County, 3 miles nw. of Coulterville
GH 00096279 (HOLOTYPE), UC 762988 (ISOTYPE)


Key to Cryptantha of California (Kelley et al. 2012. The Jepson eFlora)


Specimens Examined:
UC 762988 (ISOTYPE)


Distribution: USA: California, Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties

 

Courtesy of the Consortium of California Herbaria, 2011.

Cryptantha spithamaea I. M. Johnston
UC 762988 (ISOTYPE)

Cryptantha spithamaea I. M. Johnston
R. F. Hoover 2169, 16 May 1937, USA: California, Mariposa County, 3 miles nw. of Coulterville
UC 762988 (ISOTYPE)