Boraginaceae
Little cryptantha
Cryptantha minima
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Genus
- Cryptantha
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Little cryptantha
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Anthony Zukoff from Holcomb, KS, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Eberhardt, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jared Lincenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joshua Smith, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Colin Croft, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.