Latin name: Gilia ochroleuca M.E. Jones ssp.
  bizonata A.D. Grant & V. Grant
  Pronunciation: JEE-lee-a oke-ro-LYU-ka bi-zo-
  NAY-ta
  Common name: Volcanic gilia
  Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
  Habitat: Sandy flats, foothill woodland, yellow pine
  forest, Santa Ynez Mts, Mt. Pinos, north slope
  Transverse Range, western Mojave Desert
  Blooming period: April to June
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Gilia
  (2) ochroleuca (3) bizonata
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