Pronunciation: free-mont-oh-DEN-dron mex-i-KAY-
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Common name: Mexican flannel bush
Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)
Habitat: Locally present in dry canyons, chaparral,
southern oak woodland, around 1500', San Diego Co.
(Otay Mountain), also Orange and SW Imperial Co.
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Fremontodendron
2) mexicanum