Pronunciation: JEE-lee-a sin-yoo-AY-ta
Common name: Rosy gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Sandy desert soils to 6000', creosote
bush and sagebrush scrub, joshua tree woodland,
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Gilia
2) sinuata