| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreocarya fulvocanescens (S.Watson) Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 1: 57 (1889) |
| Native Range | wc. USA to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | adpressed hirsute, leaves silvery pubescent, oblanceolate, 2-6cm, stem leaves similar, adpressed setose, inflorescence cylindrical, limb 7-10mm, tube 8-12mm, longer than calyx |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | yellowish |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 echinoides (M.E.Jones) Payson Cryptantha fulvocanescens (S.Watson) Payson Cryptantha fulvocanescens var. echinoides (M.E.Jones) L.C.Higgins Eritrichium fulvocanescens (S.Watson) A.Gray Eritrichium glomeratum var. fulvocanescens S.Watson Krynitzkia echinoides M.E.Jones Krynitzkia fulvocanescens (S.Watson) A.Gray Krynitzkia sericea var. fulvocanescens (S.Watson) M.E.Jones Oreocarya echinoides (M.E.Jones) J.F.Macbr. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |