Great Basin langloisia or lilac sunbonnets is an annual plant native to California, Nevada, Oregon and Idaho. The epithet setosissima means “very bristly-hairy”, which doesn't really require an explanation for why it's pertinent for this species. See Calflora.net for more on this plant and definitions of the other Latin terms.

The Polemoniaceae, or phlox family, contains 18 genera. This family is very closely related to the Fouquieriaceae, a monotypic family (only one genus). Keep Langloisia in mind when you see a member of the Fouquieriaceae featured on BPotD sometime in the next week.

Photography resource link: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward is a good friend of UBC Botanical Garden (he's previously contributed to BPotD). Alex has recently started his own weblog, and it's a daily visual treat. Although there's an emphasis on the sort of people you'd find in the newspapers, Alex features plants and plantspeople on occasion, always with an interesting story. Entries from March include: Rhododendron racemosum, local plantswoman Francisca Darts, and a kind tribute (deservedly so) to the late Frank Dorsey, a UBC Friend of the Garden for sixteen years.