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§1 Plant
Cryptantha minima Rydb.
vernacular little cryptantha — species · Boraginaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Boraginaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cryptantha
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 184 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 184 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Arapahoe 08005
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Crowley 08025
- El Paso 08041
- Elbert 08039
- Fremont 08043
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- San Miguel 08113
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Kansas view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Logan 20109
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Pawnee 20145
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Russell 20167
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Briscoe 48045
- Carson 48065
- Childress 48075
- Collingsworth 48087
- Cottle 48101
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- Ector 48135
- Ellis 48139
- Fisher 48151
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hemphill 48211
- Howard 48227
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Midland 48329
- Mitchell 48335
- Motley 48345
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Randall 48381
- Reeves 48389
- Roberts 48393
- Sherman 48421
- Taylor 48441
- Terry 48445
- Val Verde 48465
- Ward 48475
- Wheeler 48483
- Wilbarger 48487
- Yoakum 48501
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CRMI5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2926258 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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