Latin name: Tiquilia nuttallii (Hook.) A. Richardson
  Pronunciation:
ti-KIL-ee-a nut-AL-ee-eye
  Common name: Nuttall's crinklemat
  Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
  Habitat: Sandy plains, washes, slopes to 7500',
  saline flats, creosote bush and sagebrush scrub,
  joshua tree woodland, Mojave Desert north

  Blooming period: May to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Tiquilia
  2) nuttallii
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