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Oreocarya crymophila

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 4, 2025
Entity authorityQ17414676 ↗
Source-derived summary

Oreocarya crymophila is a perennial plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is commonly called subalpine cryptantha.

Habitat and range

It is found in the Alpine and Tuolumne Counties, south of Lake Tahoe, in the Sierra Nevada range of California. It is generally found in rocky volcanic soil or scree.

Description

Oreocarya crymophila has many stems with prickly leaves. It grows to a height of 5–16 inches (13–40 cm). The nutlets have winged margins.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Oreocarya crymophila” as species of plant. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 73-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Oreocarya, crymophila and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of plant. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 4, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q17414676. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Oreocarya crymophila” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.