Pronunciation: pro-SOP-is gland-yoo-LO-sa tor-ee-
AY-na
Common name: Honey mesquite
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Washes and low places to 4000', creosote
bush scrub, alkali sink, both deserts and interior
cismontane southern California
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Prosopis
2) glandulosa 3) torreyana