Latin name: Plagiobothrys arizonicus (A. Gray) A.
  Gray
  Pronunciation: pla-jee-oh-BAH-thris air-i-ZONE-i-kus

  Common name: Arizona popcorn flower
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Dry deserty places below 4000', occasionally
  higher, foothill and pinyon-juniper woodland, west edge
  of Colorado Desert, Tehachapis
  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Plagiobothrys
  2) arizonicus
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