Cryptantha in Felicita Park, Escondido, CA
Today I am going to present to you a plant that is fairly common in Southern California but it's so tiny and inconspicuous that most people probably would not even notice it. However I managed to identify it. Cryptantha has small white flowers and fuzzy leaves. If I remember right, the stems and leaves are prickly.
Tomorrow I am going to show you the plant called eucrypta. To me it sounds like a twin of cryptantha. They even look kind of similar. Cryptantha means "hidden flower", probably because the flowers of some species self-fertilize without opening. Cryptantha is part of Borage family (Boraginaceae).
So tiny and inconspicuous I hardly ever notice it and I notice almost EVERYTHING.
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