| Cryptantha filaginea (Philippi) ReicheAnales Univ. Chile 121: 829 (1907) | 
|  Pronunciation/Pronunciación: | Cryp-tán-tha fi-la-gi-nè-a | 
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        Etymology/Etimología: | "having woolly threads" / "con trapos lanudo" | 
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        Synonyms/Sinónimos: | Eritrichium filagineum Philippi, Anales Univ. Chile 90: 536 (1895) (Basionym) | 
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        Type/Tipo:  | F. Philippi s.n., Sep 1885, CHILE: Atacama, Monte Amargo. | 
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| Flowers bracteate | 
| Corolla small, limb 0.5-1.5(2) mm wide | 
| Calyx in fruit 3-4 mm long, hispid along midrib, lobes erect to slightly spreading at tip | 
| Nutlets 4, homomorphic, rarely and slightly heteromorphic, 1.2-1.5 (1.8) mm long, base truncate, margin angled, apex acute, surface tuberculate | 
| Axial nutlet more firmly attached, =odd nutlet when heteromorphic | 
| Style tip exceeding nutlet | 

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