Latin name: Linanthus breviculus (A. Gray) E. Greene
  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
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