Pronunciation: mor-TONE-ee-a yoo-taw-EN-sis
Common name: Mortonia
Family: Celastraceae (Staff-tree)
Habitat: Mostly on limestone soils, 3500'-5500', joshua
tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, Clark, Kingston and
Panamint Mountains, east Mojave Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Mortonia
2) utahensis