fremontii
Pronunciation: MIM-yoo-lus FREE-mont-ee-eye
Common name: Fremont's monkeyflower
Family: Phrymaceae (Lopseed)
Habitat: Dry, sandy disturbed areas among shrubs,
burn areas, banks or benches along streams, below
7000' and to the edges of deserts, chaparral, foothill
woodland, yellow pine forest, joshua tree woodland
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Mimulus
2) fremontii
NOTE: The other variety, vandenbergensis, is located in SW
Santa Barbara Co.