Pronunciation: pro-SOP-is pew-BES-ens
Common name: Screwbean mesquite
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly washes and canyons to
2500', creosote bush scrub, San Bernardino Mts,
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Prosopis
2) pubescens