Pronunciation: sen-tro-STEE-jee-a THUR-ber-eye
Common name: Thurber's spineflower
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Sandy desert scrub to 9500', Transverse
Range and deserts
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Centrostegia
(2) thurberi