Wagner & Hoch
Pronunciation: tet-TRAP-ter-on PALM-er-eye
Common name: Palmer's sun cup
Family: Onagraceae (Evening primrose)
Habitat: Dry open places to 4000', creosote bush
scrub, joshua tree woodland, Barstow to western
Kern Co.
Blooming period: April to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Tetrapteron
2) palmeri
Formerly Camissonia palmeri