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Pronunciation: kryp-TAN-tha joo-nip-er-EN-sis
Common name: Rigid cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly soils, open slopes to mixed desert woodlands, creosote bush scrub, San Jacintos, west Mojave Desert and desert mountains, Transverse Range
Blooming period: March to July
Name derivations: 1) Cryptantha 2) juniperensis
Formerly Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida