ssp. aureus
Pronunciation: lep-toe-SY-fon AW-ree-us
Common name: Golden gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Desert flats, sandy places below 6000',
creosote bush scrub, joshua tree woodland,
Mojave and Colorado Deserts, and cismontane
interior valleys, locally common
Blooming period: March to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Leptosiphon
2) aureus
Formerly Linanthus aureus ssp. aureus