scrophularioides (M.E. Jones) N. Holmgren
Pronunciation: PEN-ste-mon grin-EL-ee-eye
skrof-yoo-lare-ee-OH-i-dees
Common name: Grinnell's penstemon
Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain)
Habitat: Chaparral, montane forest to 8500', foot-
hill and pinyon-juniper woodland, West Transverse
Range, Mt. Pinos and Frasier Mt. area, Tehachapis
Blooming period: April to July
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Penstemon
(2) grinnellii (3) scrophularioides