Latin name: Claytonia exigua Torrey & A. Gray
  ssp. exigua
  Pronunciation: klay-TONE-ee-a ex-IG-yoo-a

  Common name: Little spring beauty
  Family: Montiaceae (Montia)
  Habitat: Dry places, serpentines, chaparral to 5500',
  Transverse and Peninsular Ranges and north

  Blooming period: April to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Claytonia
  2) exigua
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