Pronunciation: kal-ip-TRID-ee-um um-bel-AY-tum
Common name: Pussypaws
Family: Montiaceae (Montia)
Habitat: Open, sandy to rocky soils, conifer forest, alpine
to 11,500' (higher north of SoCal), San Bernardinos
Blooming period: May to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Calyptridium
2) umbellatum
NOTE: Genus is in flux, considerable work remains to be
done. This species may represent 2 or more species.