Pronunciation: pi-LOS-til-ees THUR-ber-eye
Common name: Thurber's stemsucker
Family: Rafflesiaceae (Rafflesia)
Habitat: Creosote bush scrub, Colorado Desert,
Riverside, San Diego and Imperial Counties,
parasitic on Dalea
Blooming period: January
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Pilostyles
2) thurberi