Pronunciation: leh-PID-ee-um FREE-mont-ee-eye
Common name: Desert alyssum
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Sandy washes, gravelly soils, rocky slopes and
ridges below 5000', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree
woodland
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lepidium
2) fremontii