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Pronunciation: lie-NAN-thus di-KOT-a-mus
Common name: Evening snow
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry sandy or gravelly locations to 5000', Mojave Desert and west edge of Colorado Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Linanthus 2) dichotomus
NOTE: The latest Jepson eflora revision 9 recognizes two ssp. in southern California, dichotomus and pattersonii, whose ranges may overlap.