Cryptantha watsonii (A. Gray) Greene
Pittonia 1: 120. 1887
Pronunciation:
 Cryp-tán-tha wat-són-i-i
Etymology:
 after Sereno Watson (1826-1892)
Synonyms:



 Homotypic:
   Krynitzkia watsonii A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 271. 1885 (Basionym)
Heterotypic:
   Cryptantha vinctens A. Nels. & Macbr., Bot. Gaz. 62: 143. 1916
Type:
 Watson 858, July 1869, UTAH: Wasatch Mountains, 6,000 feet (GH 00097690)

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

Distribution:

Courtesy of USDA Plants Database (left), California Consortium of Herbaria (right).


Representative Specimen:
Note smooth, shiny, compressed, lance-ovate nutlets (1.4-2 mm long) with sharply
angled margins (esp. near apex) and small (0.5-1.5 mm wide) corolla limb.

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Cryptantha watsonii
Ertter 7187, 16 Jun 1987 (RSA 516987, 0008806)
USA: California, Lassen County, Skeedaddle Mountains on NE side of Honey Lake.
Approximate locality: 40.3886711, -120.1434123


Cryptantha watsonii (RSA 516987)
Nutlet, dorsal view
Scale bar = 1 mm


Cryptantha watsonii (RSA 516987)
Nutlet, ventral view
Scale bar = 1 mm


Cryptantha watsonii (RSA 516987)
Nutlet, side view
Scale bar = 1 mm



Cryptantha watsonii
Ertter 7187, 16 Jun 1987 (RSA 516987, 0008806)
USA: California, Lassen County, Skeedaddle Mountains on NE side of Honey Lake.
Approximate locality: 40.3886711, -120.1434123

Courtesy of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA-POM)