Pronunciation: bore-HA-vee-a RITE-ee-eye
Common name: Wright's spiderling
Family: Nyctaginaceae (Four o'clock)
Habitat: Sandy and gravelly flats and washes to 4500',
creosote bush scrub and joshua tree woodland, both
deserts
Blooming period: August to December
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Boerhavia
2) wrightii