Pronunciation: er-ee-AS-trum spar-si-FLOR-a
Common name: Few-flowered woolstar
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry slopes to 8000', joshua tree and pinyon-
juniper woodland, sagebrush scrub, yellow pine forest,
desert slopes
Blooming period: June to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriastrum
2) sparsiflorum