Latin name: Cryptantha dumetorum (A. Gray) E.
  Greene
  Pronunciation: kryp-TAN-tha doo-muh-TOR-um
  Common name: Bushloving cryptantha
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Sandy or gravelly slopes generally under or
  twining in other shrubs, north slope Transverse Range,
  Mojave and northern Colorado Desert
  Blooming period: April to May
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Cryptantha
  (2) dumetorum
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