[Cryptanths and White Forget-me-nots: The Genus Cryptantha East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha

Cryptantha torreyana

Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana

Inflorescence of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

Close-up of the inflorescence of Torrey's cat's-eye as seen on dry, open slopes several hundred meters south of the Puffer Butte Warming Hut, Fields Springs State Park, Asotin County, Washington............June 11, 2013.

Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana) - Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

Close-up of the nutlets of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana) - Close-up of the calyx of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

Close-ups of the nutlets (lower left), calyces (lower right) and whole plants of Torrey's cat's-eye as seen on dry, open slopes several hundred meters south of the Puffer Butte Warming Hut, Fields Springs State Park, Asotin County, Washington............June 11, 2013.

Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana) - Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

Inflorescence of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

Torrey's cat's-eye blooming on balds atop Bickleton Ridge, Bickleton Ridge Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area..........June 17, 2017.

Nutlets of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana) - Nutlets of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

Inflorescence of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana) - Stem and calyx hairs of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana) - Inflorescence of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

What appears to be Torrey's cat's-eye as seen on sandy Bretz Flood deposits at the southern base of Steamboat Rock, Steamboat Rock State Park...........June 1, 2013.

Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana) - Inflorescence of Torrey's Cat's Eye, Torrey's Cryptantha: Cryptantha torreyana (Synonyms: Cryptantha calycosa, Cryptantha eastwoodiae, Cryptantha flexulosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. calycosa, Cryptantha torreyana var. pumila, Cryptantha torreyana var. torreyana)

What appears to be Torrey's cat's-eye as seen at a small borrow pit along Road 35 about one-half mile uphill from the southern forest boundary on Table Mountain, Wenatchee National Forest...........June 14, 2013.

Paul Slichter