Craniospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, native to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Siberia (Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Tuva), 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
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