Pronunciation: NA-ma ka-li-FOR-ni-kum
Common name: California fiddleleaf
Family: Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf)
Habitat: Dry sandy places to 8000', mostly away
from the coast, Tehachapi Mts, Ventura and Kern
Counties to Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Nama
(2) californicum