caespitosum
Pronunciation: pet-ro-FIE-tum sees-pi-TO-sum
Common name: Rock spiraea
Family: Rosaceae (Rose)
Habitat: Limestone ledges and rocks, pinyon-juniper
woodland, coniferous forest, 6000'-10,000', White-
Inyo, Providence, Clark and Panamint Mts
Blooming period: May to September
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Petrophytum
2) caespitosum
Formerly Petrophyton caespitosum