Pronunciation: neh-MAH-kla-dus sig-mo-ID-ee-us
Common name: Sigmoid threadplant
Family: Campanulaceae (Bellflower)
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly soils, joshua tree wood-
land, east Peninsular Range, Mojave and northwest
Colorado Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Nemacladus
(2) sigmoideus