Latin name: Cryptantha intermedia (A. Gray) E. Greene
  var. intermedia
  Pronunciation: kryp-TAN-tha in-ter-ME-dee-a

  Common name: Large-flowered cryptantha
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Sandy to rocky soils, coastal sage scrub,
  chaparral, foothill oak woodland, desert margins,
  coniferous forest to 7000'

  Blooming period: March to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Cryptantha
  2) intermedia
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