| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 1: 57 (1889) |
| Native Range | w. & c. USA to n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | stems cinereous-grey hirsute, leaves linear-oblanceolate to linear, 3-10cm long, calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, corolla 5-6mm long, nutlets white variegate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii (Torr.) Cronquist Cryptantha jamesii (Torr.) Payson Cryptantha jamesii var. typica Payson Cryptantha suffruticosa (Torr.) Piper Eritrichium jamesii Torr. Hemisphaerocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Brand Hemisphaerocarya suffruticosa var. typica Brand Krynitzkia jamesii (Torr.) A.Gray Myosotis suffruticosa Torr. Oreocarys suffruticosa var. typica Payson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |