Cryptantha maritima (Greene) Greene
Pittonia 1: 117. 1887
Treatment by Johnston 1925
Note on C. ramosissima by Brandegee 1899

Pronunciation:	Cryp-tán-tha ma-rí-ti-ma
Etymology:	"of the sea"
Synonyms:	Krynitzia maritima Greene (BASIONYM), Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(4): 204-205. 1885 Krynitzia ramosissima A. Gray (in part)
Type:	Cryptantha maritima (Greene) Greene       E. L. Greene s.n., 26 Apr 1885, MEXICO: Baja California, Guadalupe Island (US 00111056)

Key (tentative): to three varieties

Ovules 4, nutlets 1-4 per fruit; corolla large, limb >3 mm in diameter ............... Cryptantha maritima var. cedrosensis     Ovules 2, nutlets 1-2 per fruit; corolla small, limb ca. 1 mm in diameter         Calyces with dense tuffs of white, straight, ascending trichomes ............................ Cryptantha maritima var. pilosa         Calyces lacking dense tuffs of white, straight, ascending trichomes .................. Cryptantha maritima var. maritima