Cryptandra pendula is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia.

The edges of the leaves are rolled under, concealing most of the lower surface that is densely covered with white, star-shaped hairs.

[2][3] Cryptandra pendula was first formally described in 2007 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected in 2005 near Allanooka, south-east of Geraldton in the Shire of Irwin.

[2] This cryptandra is only known from the type location, where it grows in lateritic gravel on a hillside with several species of Melaleuca in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.

[2][3] Cryptandra pendula is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[3] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations that are potentially at risk.