Latin name: Chamaesyce melanadenia (Torrey)
  Millsp.
  Pronunciation: kam-ee-SY-see mel-an-a-DEE-nee-a

  Common name: Red-gland spurge
  Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge)
  Habitat: Dry stony slopes or flats to 4000', chaparral,
  Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mts, east San Diego
  County, Colorado Desert
  Blooming period: December to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Chamaesyce
  2) melanadenia
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