Craniospermum
Craniospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Siberia, Mongolia, and Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia in China. They are tuft-forming biennial or perennial herbs, and are generally highly endemic, thought to be relicts of the hypothesized ancient Mediterranean flora.
Species
Currently accepted species include:- Craniospermum canescens DC.
- Craniospermum desertorum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
- Craniospermum mongolicum I.M.Johnst.
- Craniospermum pseudotuvinicum Ovczinnikova & A.Korolyuk
- Craniospermum subfloccosum Krylov
- Craniospermum subvillosum Lehm.
- Craniospermum tuvinicum Ovczinnikova