Wyoming Rare Plant Field Guide
Cryptantha subcapitata
- Similar Species: C. caespitosa has an elongate inflorescence and styles exceeding the nutlets by less than 0.5 mm. C. spiculifera has a longer inflorescence and closed nutlet scars (nutlet scars are remnants of the common point of attachment of the 4 nutlets and are open in C. subcapitata).
- Flowering/Fruiting Period: May-June/June-July. Mature fruits required for positive identification.
- Distribution: Endemic to the Owl Creek Mountains and N Wind River Basin, Wyoming (Fremont Co.).
- Habitat: Sandy-gravelly slopes and desert ridges on sandstones of the Wind River Formation. Elev. 4700-6000 ft.
- References: Dorn 1989 b: Dorn and Lichvar 1981 a; Fertig 1993 e.
