Latin name: Eriodictyon crassifolium Benth. var. crassifolium
Pronunciation: er-ee-oh-DIK-tee-on kras-i-FO-lee-um
Common name: Thickleaf yerba santa
Family: Namaceae (Nama)
Habitat: Dry gravelly and rocky places below 6000' in chaparral and pinyon-juniper woodland from the Santa Monica and San Gabriel Mts to the west edge of the Colorado Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Eriodictyon 2) crassifolium
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