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Pronunciation: green-KARE-is SIM-il-is
Common name: Desert cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Gravelly to coarse sandy soils, joshua-tree woodland, occasionally pinyon/juniper woodland to about 5500', northern San Gabriels, northwest San Bernardinos, southeast Peninsular Range, southern Mojave Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Name derivations: 1) Greeneocharis 2) similis
Formerly Cryptantha similis