[oregonflora.org] Description, Habitat: Fruits usually 3-4, lance-ovate to ovate, 1.4-2.1(2.2) mm, grayish or brownish, often mottled, bases rounded to narrowly truncate, tips acute to attenuate, surfaces usually densely papillate and coarse tuberculate or muricate, adaxial surface attachment scar edges raised near tip, usually narrowly gapped near tip or abutted entire length, flare-gapped at base forming triangular areole. Rocky or clay soil, chaparral, coastal sage scrub, desert scrub, grasslands, slopes, woodland openings. Flowering May-Jul. 0-1600 m. BR, Casc, Col, CR, ECas, Lava, Owy, Sisk, WV. CA, ID, NV, WA; southeast to AZ. Native. Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia is one of the most common and most collected Cryptantha taxa, intergrading with other species in parts of its range. This complex needs more study. (contributed by Mary Ann Machi)