Latin name: Cryptantha clevelandii E. Greene
  Pronunciation: kryp-TAN-tha KLEEV-land-ee-eye

  Common name: Cleveland's cryptantha
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Slopes and rocky places to 2500', coastal
  sage scrub, coastal strand, chaparral, coastal
  Ventura Co. south, Santa Monica Mts
  Blooming period: April to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Cryptantha
  2) clevelandii
  Two vars. (clevelandii and florosa) in SoCal
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