Cryptantha flava
| Cryptantha flava | |
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| Cryptantha flava in Petrified Forest National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptantha |
| Species: | C. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptantha flava (A.Nelson) Payson
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Cryptantha flava, commonly known as plateau yellow miner's candle, yellow cryptantha, and Brenda's yellow cryptantha, is a yellow-flowered perennial plant in the borage family found in the southwestern United States. It grows in sandy soils.