Latin name: Penstemon eatonii A. Gray var.
  undosus M.E. Jones
  Pronunciation: PEN-ste-mon EE-ton-ee-eye un-
  DOE-sus

  Common name: Firecracker penstemon
  Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain)
  Habitat: Dry gravelly slopes to 8000', pinyon-juniper
  woodland to creosote bush scrub, desert slopes
  from San Bernardino to Clark Mts, Cushenbury
  Canyon
  Blooming period: March to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Penstemon
  2) eatonii (3) undosus
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