Meyer
Pronunciation: ter-oh-STEE-jee-a dry-mar-ee-OH-i-dees
Common name: Threadstem
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Shade of shrubs, rocks, etc. to 5000' in much
of cismontane southern California and occasional in
the desert
Blooming period: March to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Pterostegia
2) drymarioides