Latin name: Boerhavia coulteri (Hook. f.) S. Watson
  var. palmeri (S. Watson) Spellenb.
  Pronunciation: bore-HA-vee-a KOLE-ter-eye
  PALM-er-eye
  Common name: Coulter's spiderling
  Family: Nyctaginaceae (Four o'clock)
  Habitat: Washes and flats to 4000', Colorado Desert
  Blooming period: September to November
  Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Boerhavia
  2) coulteri 3) palmeri
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