| Taxon | Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Family common name(s) | borage; boragewort; borageworts; forget-me-not; fiddleneck; waterleaf; water-leaf; water leaf; baby-eyes |
| Genus common name(s) | cryptantha; cryptanth; cryptanthe |
| Species common name(s) | red-root cryptantha; redroot cryptantha; redroot cryptanth; red-root cat's-eye; red root cat's eye; redroot catseye; purple-root cryptantha; purple-rooted cryptantha; purple-rooted forget-me-not; purple-rooted nievitas; purple-root cryptantha; purple-root pick-me-not; purple root pick-me-not; purpleroot pick-me-not; purpleroot cryptantha; hairy purpleroot cryptantha; purpleroot nievitas; dye cryptanth; desertnut hiddenflower |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | eremocarya, dwarf cryptantha, dwarf cryptanth, small-flower cryptantha, smallflower cryptantha are applied to multiple Cryptantha taxa; popcorn-flower, popcorn flower, popcornflower, white forget-me-not, white-forget-me-nots, nievitas are applied to multiple Boraginaceae taxa; wild forget-me-not is applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Eremocarya micrantha (Torr.) Greene; Eritrichium micranthum Torr. |
