Latin name: Calystegia macrostegia (E. Greene)
  Brummitt ssp. arida (E. Greene) Brummitt
  Pronunciation:
kal-i-STEE-jee-a mak-ro-STEE-jee-a
  AIR-i-da

  Common name: Southern California morning glory
  Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory)
  Habitat: Coastal scrub, chaparral to 3000', northern
  Peninsular Range, San Gabriels, San Bernardinos,
  intergrades with other sspp.

  Blooming period: May to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Calystegia
  2) macrostegia
 3) arida
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