Pronunciation: ox-IP-o-lis ok-si-den-TAY-lis
Common name: Western cowbane
Family: Apiaceae (Carrot)
Habitat: Marshy areas, wet meadows, streambanks
to 8500', eastern San Bernardino Mts
Blooming period: July to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Oxypolis
2) occidentalis