Pronunciation: JEE-lee-a skop-yoo-LORE-um
Common name: Rock gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry washes and slopes to 4000', creosote
bush scrub. east Mojave Desert, Chuckwalla Mts to
Death Valley
Blooming period: April to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Gilia
2) scopulorum