Lappula marginata(Stickseed)
Boraginaceae (Forget-Me-Not Family)

Semi-desert. Open shrub and grasslands. Spring.

Down on your belly to appreciate Lappula marginata.  Flowers are no more than a speck of blue or white and the plant is often no more than three inches tall.  Lappula marginata has soft, minutely, hairy leaves and stems with a tint of maroon and the stem leaves are cupped and nearly vertical.  Numerous flowers deck various angles of Lappula marginata.  Where you find one plant, you will usually find many and they often will be growing in the same habitat as their Boraginaceae cousins, Oreocarya and Cryptantha.

"Lapp" is Latin for "bur" and perhaps "marginata" refers to the inward folded margins of the leaves.