Pronunciation: fa-SEEL-ee-a aw-stro-mon-TAY-na
Common name: Southern mountain phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (Borage)
Habitat: Open sandy to rocky areas to 9000', San
Jacinto Mts, Transverse Range, and desert
mountains
Blooming period: May to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Phacelia
2) austromontana