Latin name: Penstemon laetus A. Gray var. laetus
  Pronunciation: PEN-ste-mon LEE-tus
  Common name: Mountain blue penstemon
  Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain)
  Habitat: Foothill to montane forests to 8500', West
  Transverse Range, Tehachapi Mts
  Blooming period: May to July
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Penstemon
  (2) laetus