Porter & L.A. Johnson
Pronunciation: lep-toe-SY-fon lie-ni-FLOR-us
Common name: Flax-flowered linanthus
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry slopes in many plant communities to
5000', cismontane and montane California and west
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Leptosiphon
2) liniflorus
Formerly Linanthus liniflorus