Pronunciation: FLOX STANS-bur-ee-eye
Common name: Stansbury phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry rocky areas to 9000', creosote bush and
sagebrush scrub, pinyon-juniper woodland, mountains
of eastern Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Phlox
2) stansburyi