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Pronunciation: er-em-oh-KARE-ya LEH-pid-a
Common name: Mountain red-root cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Mountain slopes, flats, valleys, granitic soils, conifer forest, chaparral, foothill and joshua tree woodland to 9000', Tehachapis, Transverse and Peninsular Ranges
Blooming period: March to August
Name derivations: 1) Eremocarya 2) lepida
Formerly Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida