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Pronunciation: green-KARE-is sir-kum-SIS-sa
Common name: Cushion cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly places to 9500', creosote bush scrub to lodgepole pine forest, Mojave Desert and adjacent ranges, Transverse Range and eastern Peninsular Range
Blooming period: April to August
Name derivations: 1) Greeneocharis 2) circumscissa
Formerly Cryptantha circumscissa var. circumscissa