[Cat's-eyes, Cryptanths and Oreocaryas: The Genera Cryptantha and Oreocarya in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Clearwater Cryptantha, Clearwater Cat's Eye, Common Cryptantha, Large-flowered Cryptantha

Cryptantha intermedia

Synonyms: Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae, Cryptantha fragilis, Cryptantha grandiflora, Cryptantha hendersonii, Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora, Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia

Flowers of Clearwater Cryptantha, Clearwater Cat's Eye, Common Cryptantha, Large-flowered Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia (Synonyms: Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae, Cryptantha fragilis, Cryptantha grandiflora, Cryptantha hendersonii, Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora, Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia)

The photos on this page show common cryptantha as seen along the Willard Springs Foot Trail in Conboy Lake Wildlife Refuge........May 19, 2007. The fornices or "bumps" surrounding the central opening to the tube begin white in color, then change to yellow after pollination.

Sepals of Clearwater Cryptantha, Clearwater Cat's Eye, Common Cryptantha, Large-flowered Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia (Synonyms: Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae, Cryptantha fragilis, Cryptantha grandiflora, Cryptantha hendersonii, Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora, Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia)

Clearwater Cryptantha, Clearwater Cat's Eye, Common Cryptantha, Large-flowered Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia (Synonyms: Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae, Cryptantha fragilis, Cryptantha grandiflora, Cryptantha hendersonii, Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora, Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia) - Stem leaf of Clearwater Cryptantha, Clearwater Cat's Eye, Common Cryptantha, Large-flowered Cryptantha: Cryptantha intermedia (Synonyms: Cryptantha barbigera var. fergusoniae, Cryptantha fragilis, Cryptantha grandiflora, Cryptantha hendersonii, Cryptantha intermedia var. grandiflora, Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia)

Paul Slichter