| Family | BORAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreocarya humilis (A.Gray) Greene |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 112 (1896) |
| Native Range | w. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1300-3600m |
| Description | basal leaves crowded, spathulate, to 45mm long, densely sericeous-hirsute, thinly petiolate, corolla to 1cm in diam. nutlets verrucose |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | 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 alpicola Cronquist Cryptantha humilis (A.Gray) Payson Cryptantha humilis var. commixta (J.F.Macbr.) L.C.Higgins Cryptantha humilis var. nana (Eastw.) L.C.Higgins Cryptantha humilis var. ovina (Payson) L.C.Higgins Cryptantha humilis var. shantzii (Tidestr.) L.C.Higgins Cryptantha nana (Eastw.) Payson Cryptantha nana var. commixta (J.F.Macbr.) Payson Cryptantha nana var. ovina Payson Cryptantha nana var. shantzii (Tidestr.) Payson Cryptantha nana var. typica Payson Eritrichium glomeratum var. humile A.Gray Oreocarya alpicola (Cronquist) D.W.Taylor Oreocarya commixta J.F.Macbr. Oreocarya dolosa J.F.Macbr. Oreocarya hispida A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn. Oreocarya humilis ssp. nana (Eastw.) W.A.Weber Oreocarya nana Eastw. Oreocarya shantzii Tidestr. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |