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Pronunciation: JEE-lee-a trans-mon-TAY-na
Common name: Transmontane or northern desert gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Rocky or sandy desert slopes and washes,
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Gilia
(2) transmontana