Selected species

• Cryptantha abata: Abata Cryptantha, Dent-nut Catseye, Dentnut Cryptantha
• Cryptantha affinis
  Cryptantha affinis
  Cryptantha affinis is a flowering annual plant occurring in open areas of the coniferous forest. It is a member of the Boraginaceae family. It occurs at elevation ranges between 700 – 2900 m...
  
  : Slender Catseye, Common Cryptantha, Quill Cryptantha
• Cryptantha albida: New Mexico Catseye, New Mexico Cryptantha
• Cryptantha alpicola
• Cryptantha ambigua
  Cryptantha ambigua
  Cryptantha ambigua is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name basin cryptantha. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in many types of habitat, including forest, scrub, and sagebrush. It is an annual...
  
  : Basin Cryptantha, Obscure Cryptanthra, Wilke's Cryptantha

• Cryptantha angustifolia
  Cryptantha angustifolia
  Cryptantha angustifolia is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by several common names, including Panamint catseye and bristlelobe cryptantha...
  
  : Bristlelobe Cryptantha, Narrowleaf Pick-me-not, Panamint Catseye, Panamint Cryptantha, Narrow-leaved Cryptantha, Narrow-Leaved Popcorn Flower
• Cryptantha aperta : Grand Junction Cryptantha
• Cryptantha atwoodii : Atwood Catseye, Atwood's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha bakeri : Baker Catseye, Baker's Catseye, Baker's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha barbigera : Bearded Catseye, Bearded Cryptantha
• Cryptantha barnebyi : Oilshale Cryptantha
• Cryptantha breviflora : Uintabasin Cryptantha
• Cryptantha caespitosa : Tufted Cryptantha
• Cryptantha cana : Mountain Cryptantha
• Cryptantha capitata : Capitate Catseye, Capitate Cryptantha
• Cryptantha celosioides : Butte candle, Miner's candle, Cockscomb Catseye
• Cryptantha cinerea : Bownut Cryptantha, James Catseye, James' Catseye, James' Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha cinerea var. abortiva
  • Cryptantha cinerea var. arenicola
  • Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea
  • Cryptantha cinerea var. jamesii
  • Cryptantha cinerea var. laxa
  • Cryptantha cinerea var. pustulosa
• Cryptantha circumscissa
  Cryptantha circumscissa
  Cryptantha circumscissa is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name cushion cryptantha. It is native to western North America from Washington to Baja California to Colorado, where it grows in many types of habitat from mountains to desert. It is also known from...
  
  : Cushion Catseye, Cushion Cryptantha, Matted Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha circumscissa var. circumscissa
  • Cryptantha circumscissa var. hispida
  • Cryptantha circumscissa var. rosulata
• Cryptantha clevelandii
  Cryptantha clevelandii
  Cryptantha clevelandii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Cleveland's cryptantha. It is native to coastal California and Baja California, where it grows in the chaparral and other habitat in the coastal hills. It is an annual herb growing a branching or...
  
  : Cleveland's Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha clevelandii var. clevelandii
  • Cryptantha clevelandii var. dissita
  • Cryptantha clevelandii var. florosa
• Cryptantha clokeyi : Clokey's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha compacta : Compact Cryptantha

• Cryptantha confertiflora
  Cryptantha confertiflora
  Cryptantha confertiflora is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by the common names basin yellow catseye and Mojave popcorn flower. This is a common desert plant native to the southwestern United States. It is an erect perennial herb approaching half a meter in height...
  
  : Basin Yellow Catseye, Basin Yellow Cryptantha, Roundleaf Cryptantha
• Cryptantha corollata : Coastrange Cryptantha
• Cryptantha costata : Ribbed Catseye, Ribbed Cryptantha
• Cryptantha crassipes
  Cryptantha crassipes
  Cryptantha crassipes is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Terlingua Creek cat's-eye. It is endemic to Brewster County, Texas, where it is known from only ten populations totaling about 5000 plants. All of the occurrences are within a ten-kilometer radius...
  
  : Terlingua Creek cats-eye, Terlingua Creek Cryptantha
• Cryptantha crassisepala : Deertongue, Thick-sepal Catseye, Thicksepal Cryptanth, Thicksepal Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha crassisepala var. crassisepala
  • Cryptantha crassisepala var. elachantha
• Cryptantha creutzfeldtii : Creutzfeldt's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha crinita
  Cryptantha crinita
  Cryptantha crinita is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common names Sacramento cryptantha and silky cryptantha. It is endemic to California in the United States, where it occurs in the northern Sacramento Valley and the adjacent edges of the Cascade Range...
  
  : Sacramento Cryptantha
• Cryptantha crymophila : Subalpine Cryptantha
• Cryptantha decipiens : Gravel Cryptantha, Gravel-bar Catseye, Gravelbar Cryptantha
• Cryptantha dumetorum : Bush-loving Catseye, Bushloving Cryptantha
• Cryptantha echinella : Hedgehog Cryptantha, Prickly Cryptantha
• Cryptantha elata : Cliffdweller's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha excavata : Deepscar Cryptantha
• Cryptantha fendleri : Fendlers Cryptantha, Sand-Dune Catseye, Sanddune Catseye, Sanddune Cryptantha
• Cryptantha flaccida : Weakstem Cryptantha
• Cryptantha flava : Brenda's Yellow Catseye, Brenda's Yellow Cryptantha, Plateau Yellow Catseye
• Cryptantha flavoculata
  Cryptantha flavoculata
  Cryptantha flavoculata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name roughseed cryptantha. It is native to the western United States from California to Montana, where it is common in many types of habitat. It is a perennial herb growing an unbranching stem up to...
  
  : Rough-seed Catseye, Roughseed Catseye, Roughseed Cryptantha
• Cryptantha foliosa
• Cryptantha fulvocanescens: Tawny Catseye, Tawny Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha fulvocanescens var. fulvocanescens
  • Cryptantha fulvocanescens var. nitida
• Cryptantha ganderi : Gander's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha glomeriflora : Truckee Cryptantha
• Cryptantha gracilis : Narrowstem Catseye, Narrowstem Cryptantha, Narrowstem Pick-me-not
• Cryptantha grahamii : Fragrant Cryptantha
• Cryptantha hispidula : Napa Cryptantha
• Cryptantha hoffmannii : Hoffmann's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha holoptera : Winged Catseye, Winged Cryptantha
• Cryptantha hooveri : Hoover's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha humilis : Round-spike Catseye, Roundspike Cryptantha
• Cryptantha incana
  Cryptantha incana
  Cryptantha incana is a rare species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Tulare cryptantha. It is endemic to California in the United States, where it occurs in the forests and woodlands of the southern Sierra Nevada. It is a poorly known species with three occurrences...
  
  : Tulare Cryptantha
• Cryptantha insolita : LasVegas Cryptantha
• Cryptantha intermedia
  Cryptantha intermedia
  Cryptantha intermedia is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by several common names, including common cryptantha, Clearwater cryptantha, and nievitas. This plant is native to the woodlands and forests of western North America from British Columbia to Baja California. It is often a...
  
  : Clearwater Catseye, Clearwater Cryptantha, Common Cryptantha
• Cryptantha interrupta : Elko Cryptantha
• Cryptantha jamesi
• Cryptantha johnstonii : Johnston's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha jonesiana : San Rafael Cryptantha
• Cryptantha kelseyana : Kelsey's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha leiocarpa
  Cryptantha leiocarpa
  Cryptantha leiocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name coastal cryptantha. It is native to the coastline of Oregon and California where it grows in sandy areas such as beaches....
  
  : Coastal Cryptantha
• Cryptantha leucophaea : Gray Cryptantha
• Cryptantha longiflora : Longflower Cryptantha
• Cryptantha mariposae : Mariposa Cryptantha
• Cryptantha maritima : Guadalupe Catseye, Guadalupe Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha maritima var. cedrosensis
  • Cryptantha maritima var. maritima
  • Cryptantha maritima var. pilosa
• Cryptantha mensana : Southwestern Cryptantha
• Cryptantha mexicana : Mexican Catseye, Mexican Cryptantha
• Cryptantha micrantha : Purpleroot Pick-me-not, Redroot Catseye, Redroot Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha micrantha var. lepida
  • Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha
• Cryptantha micromeres
  Cryptantha micromeres
  Cryptantha micromeres is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name pygmyflower cryptantha. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in woodland and chaparral. This is a hairy annual herb growing a branching stem to heights between 10 and 50...
  
  : Pygmyflower Cryptantha
• Cryptantha microstachys
  Cryptantha microstachys
  Cryptantha microstachys is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Tejon cryptantha. It is native to California and Baja California, where it grows in several types of habitat, including chaparral in the coastal and inland hills and mountains...
  
  : Tejon Cryptantha
• Cryptantha milobakeri : Milo Baker's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha minima : Little Catseye, Little Cryptantha, Small Cryptantha
• Cryptantha mirabunda : Wonderful Catseye, Wonderful Cryptantha
• Cryptantha mohavensis : Mojave Cryptantha
• Cryptantha muricata
  Cryptantha muricata
  Cryptantha muricata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name pointed cryptantha. It is native to California and adjacent parts of Arizona, Baja California, and Nevada, where it is known from many habitat types. It is an annual herb producing a branching 10...
  
  : Pointed Catseye, Pointed Cryptantha, Prickly Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha muricata var. denticulata
  • Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii : Jones' Catseye, Jones' Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha muricata var. muricata
• Cryptantha nemaclada : Colusa Cryptantha
• Cryptantha nevadensis
  Cryptantha nevadensis
  Cryptantha nevadensis is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by the common names Nevada catseye and Nevada forget-me-not. This small plant is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico where it grows in sandy and rocky soils in varied habitats across the region...
  
  : Nevada Catseye, Nevada Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha nevadensis var. nevadensis
  • Cryptantha nevadensis var. rigida
• Cryptantha nubigena : Sierra Cryptantha
• Cryptantha oblata : Rough Catseye, Rough Cryptantha
• Cryptantha ochroleuca : Yellowwhite Cryptantha
• Cryptantha osterhoutii : Osterhout's Catseye, Osterhout's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha oxygona : Sharpnut Cryptantha, Sharpseed Cryptantha
• Cryptantha palmeri : Palmer's Catseye, Palmer's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha paradoxa : Handsome Catseye, Handsome Cryptantha
• Cryptantha patula
• Cryptantha paysonii : Payson's Catseye, Payson's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha propria : Malheur Cryptantha
• Cryptantha pterocarya
  Cryptantha pterocarya
  Cryptantha pterocarya is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name wingnut cryptantha. It is native to the western United States where it grows in many types of habitat. It is an annual herb producing a stem with a few branches that reaches up to about 40...
  
  : Winged Pick-me-not, Wingnut Catseye, Wingnut Cryptantha
  • Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera
  • Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya
  • Cryptantha pterocarya var. stenoloba
• Cryptantha pusilla : Low Catseye, Low Cryptantha
• Cryptantha racemosa : Brushy Cryptantha, Bushy Cryptantha, Forget-me-not Cryptantha
• Cryptantha rattanii : Rattan's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha recurvata : Curvednut Cryptantha, Curvenut Catseye, Curvenut Cryptantha
• Cryptantha rollinsii : Rollins' Cryptantha
• Cryptantha roosiorum
  Cryptantha roosiorum
  Cryptantha roosiorum is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name bristlecone cryptantha.It is endemic to Inyo County, California, where it is known from only a a few occurrences in the northern Inyo Mountains....
  
  : Bristlecone Cryptantha
• Cryptantha rostelata : Beaked Catseye
• Cryptantha rugulosa : Wrinkled Cryptantha
• Cryptantha salmonensis : Salmon River Cryptantha
• Cryptantha scoparia : Desert Cryptantha, Pinyon Desert Cryptantha
• Cryptantha semiglabra : Smooth Catseye, Smooth Cryptantha
• Cryptantha sericea : Silky Cryptantha
• Cryptantha setosissima : Bristly Catseye, Bristly Cryptantha
• Cryptantha shacklettiana : Shacklett's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha similis : Desert Cryptantha
• Cryptantha simulans : Pine Cryptantha, Pinewoods Cryptantha
• Cryptantha sobolifera : Waterton Lakes Cryptantha
• Cryptantha sparsiflora : Slender Cryptantha
• Cryptantha spiculifera : Snake River Cryptantha
• Cryptantha stricta : Yampa River Cryptantha
• Cryptantha subcapitata : Wallowa Cryptantha
• Cryptantha tenuis : Canyon Catseye, Canyon Cryptantha
• Cryptantha texana
• Cryptantha thompsonii : Thompson's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha thyrsiflora : Calcareous Catseye, Calcareous Cryptantha
• Cryptantha torreyana : Torrey's Catseye, Torrey's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha traskiae : Trask's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha tumulosa : Mojave Cryptantha, New York Mountain Cryptantha
• Cryptantha utahensis : Scented Catseye, Scented Cryptantha, Utah Cryptantha
• Cryptantha virgata : Miner's candle
• Cryptantha virginensis
  Cryptantha virginensis
  Cryptantha virginensis is a species of wildflower in the borage family known by the common name Virgin River cryptantha. This is a small plant native to the southwestern United States where it is a common plant in scrub and woodland. It is named for the Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado...
  
  : Virgin River Catseye, Virgin River Cryptantha, Virgin Valley Cryptantha
• Cryptantha watsonii : Watson's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha weberi : Weber's Cryptantha
• Cryptantha welshii : Welsh's Cryptantha, White River Cryptantha
• Cryptantha wetherillii : Wetherill's Cryptantha