Latin name: Euphorbia schizoloba Engelm.
  Pronunciation: yoo-FOR-bee-a sky-zo-LO-ba

  Common name: Mojave spurge
  Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge)
  Habitat: Gravelly slopes, 3000'-7000', creosote bush
  scrub, east Mojave Desert

  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Euphorbia
  2) schizoloba
  Formerly Euphorbia incisa
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