Latin name: Cryptantha oxygona (A. Gray) Greene
Pronunciation: kryp-TAN-tha ox-ee-GO-na
Common name: Sharpnut cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Open, gravelly sites, slopes, washes, generally foothill woodland to pinyon/juniper woodland or sparse conifer forest, occasionally desert to about 7500', Southwest, Tehachapis, western Mojave
Blooming period: March to July
Name derivations: 1) Cryptantha 2) oxygona
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