Pronunciation: lil-EE-a sil-OH-i-dees
Common name: Flowering quillwort
Family: Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass)
Habitat: Muddy and marshy sometimes brackish
places below 5000', vernal pools and freshwater
marsh, South Coast, Peninsular Range, Otay Mesa
Blooming period: March to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lilaea
2) scilloides