Pronunciation: lie-NAN-thus bre-VIK-yoo-lus
Common name: Mojave linanthus
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Deserts and dry montane areas below 7500',
open slopes, yellow pine forest, pinyon-juniper and
joshua tree woodland, San Gabriel and San Bernardino
Mts and adjacent Mojave Desert
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Linanthus
2) breviculus