Latin name: Camissonia boothii (Douglas) Raven
  ssp. decorticans (Hook. & Arn.) Raven
  Pronunciation: kam-is-OWN-ee-a BOOTH-ee-eye
  de-KOR-ti-kans
  Common name: Booth's shredding evening primrose
  Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose)
  Habitat: Open rocky slopes to 7000', shale, foothill
  woodland, Tehachapi Mts, West Transverse Range
  Blooming period: March to June
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Camissonia
  (2) boothii (3) decorticans
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