| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreocarya leucophaea (Douglas ex Lehm.) Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 1: 57 (1889) |
| Native Range | n. Oregon to Washington |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 100-800m |
| Description | sericeous-setose, leaves oblong, sharply acute, lower leaves 5-10cm long, stem leaves sessile, wider, flowers in compact spike, limb 5-9mm across |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cryptantha leucophaea (Douglas ex Lehm.) Payson Eritrichium leucophaeum (Douglas ex Lehm.) A.DC. Krynitzkia leucophaea (Douglas ex Lehm.) A.Gray Krynitzkia leucophaea var. alata M.E.Jones Myosotis leucophaea Douglas ex Lehm. Oreocarya alata (M.E.Jones) A.Nelson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |