Latin name: Chylismia claviformis (Torrey &
  Frémont) W.L. Wagner & Hoch ssp. funerea (Raven)
  W.L. Wagner & Hoch
  Pronunciation: chy-LIS-mee-a kla-vi-FOR-mis
  few-NEER-ee-a

  Common name: Death Valley brown-eyed primrose
  Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose)
  Habitat: Creosote bush scrub, Eureka and Saline
  Valleys, Death Valley

  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Chylismia
  2) claviformis
 3) funerea
  Formerly Camissonia claviformis ssp. claviformis
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