{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{speciesbox |image = Little cryptantha (Cryptantha minima) (14004677286).jpg |status = {{TNCStatus}} |status_system = TNC |status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154902/Cryptantha_minima |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> |genus = Cryptantha |species = minima |authority = Rydb. }}

'''''Cryptantha minima''''', common names '''little cryptantha''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=CRMI5|taxon=Cryptantha minima|accessdate=13 June 2016}}</ref> '''little catseye''' or '''small cryptantha''', is a small, herbaceous annual of the family Boraginaceae. It is found in the semi-arid grasslands and intermontane basins of central North America from Alberta to Texas.<ref name="ASRD">{{cite web|last1=Bradley|first1=Cheryl|title=Alberta Wildlife Status Report No. 54: Status of the Tiny Cryptanthe (''Cryptantha minima'') in Alberta|website=Biodiversity Heritage Library|publisher=Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta Conservation Association|accessdate=22 May 2019|url=https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/ad59a1d7-8f65-4143-b897-0e7a6207508c/resource/11de416d-4ffd-42b9-8273-4691b7e84995/download/2004-sar-statustinycryptanthe-sep2004.pdf}}</ref> ''Cryptantha minima'' is listed in Canada under the Species at Risk Act as endangered.<ref name="SARA">{{cite web|title=Species Profile (Tiny Cryptantha)|url=http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=553|website=Species at Risk Public Registry|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=12 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903073916/http://www.registrelep-sararegistry.gc.ca/species/speciesDetails_e.cfm?sid=553|archive-date=3 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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minima Category:Flora of Alberta Category:Flora of Saskatchewan Category:Flora of Montana Category:Flora of Wyoming Category:Flora of South Dakota Category:Flora of Nebraska Category:Flora of Colorado Category:Flora of Kansas Category:Flora of Arizona Category:Flora of New Mexico Category:Flora of Oklahoma Category:Flora of Texas

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