Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a VAL-lis - MORT-ee
Common name: Death Valley phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Dry gravelly and rocky places, 2000'-7500',
creosote bush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-
juniper woodland, Mojave Desert to Death Valley
and Owens Valley
Blooming period: April to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Phacelia
2) vallis-mortae