Small
Pronunciation: hes-per-oh-LIE-non my-KRAN-thum
Common name: Small-flowered dwarf flax
Family: Linaceae (Flax)
Habitat: Open slopes and ridges, 1000'-5500', often on
burns, chaparral, foothill woodland, yellow pine forest,
San Diego to Kern County, Santa Rosa Plateau
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Hesperolinon
2) micranthum