Oreocarya confertiflora

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Cryptantha confertiflora 2.jpg

|genus = Oreocarya

|species = confertiflora

|authority = Greene

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175886-2 |title=Oreocarya confertiflora Greene |date=2023 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=17 April 2023}}

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Cryptantha confertiflora| (Greene) Payson|

Oreocarya leucophaea var. confertiflora| (Greene) Parish|

Oreocarya confertiflora var. flava| Brand|

Oreocarya confertiflora var. lutescens| Brand|

Oreocarya lutea| Greene ex Brand

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Oreocarya confertiflora is a species of wildflower in the family Boraginaceae known by the common names basin yellow catseye and Mojave popcorn flower. This is a common desert plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an erect perennial herb approaching half a meter in height. The stems grow from a woody caudex and form a rough clump of hairy, bristly gray-green leaves in dry, rocky areas. Out of the clump grow erect stems topped with dense inflorescences of hairy mustard-yellow flowers. Each flower is tubular with sepals wrapped around the tube below a flat-faced or curled-back corolla of five lobes. The fruit is a nutlet 3 to 4 millimeters wide.