Pronunciation: er-ee-AS-trum di-FYOO-sum
Common name: Miniature woolstar
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry sandy places to 8000', creosote bush
scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland,
deserts
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriastrum
2) diffusum