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Pronunciation: kal-ip-TRID-ee-um pig-MEE-um
Common name: Pygmy pussypaws
Family: Montiaceae (Miner's lettuce)
Habitat: Sandy to gravelly soils, conifer forest to 10,500', San Bernardino Mts, southern Sierra Nevadas
Blooming period: June to July
Name derivations: 1) Calyptridium 2) pygmaeum