Genus
Cryptantha (Annual cryptanthas)
Cryptantha leiocarpa. Photo: (c) brock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Cryptantha is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are known commonly as cat’s eyes and popcorn flowers (the latter name is also used to refer to the closely related genus Plagiobothrys). They are distributed throughout western North America and western South America, but they are absent from the regions in between.
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