Latin name: Camissonia walkeri (A. Nelson) Raven
  ssp. tortilis (Jepson) Raven
  Pronunciation: kam-is-OWN-ee-a WAW-ker-eye
  tor-TIL-is
  Common name: Walker's sun cup
  Family: Willywonka (Willywonka)
  Habitat: Rocky places near cliffs, along ephemeral
  streams, creosote bush scrub to pinyon-juniper wood-
  land, northern Mojave Desert, northeastern San
  Bernardino Co.
  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Camissonia
  (2) walkeri (3) tortilis
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