Al-Shehbaz
Pronunciation: fis-AIR-ee-a ten-EL-la
Common name: Palmer beadpod
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Sandy soils and washes to 4000', creosote
bush scrub, east Mojave and northeast Colorado
Deserts
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Physaria
(2) tenella
Formerly Lesquerella tenella