Pronunciation: lep-toe-SY-fon sil-ee-AY-tus
Common name: Whiskerbrush
Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox)
Habitat: Dry open places, 5000-7000', yellow pine
forest, mountains from San Diego Co. to Ventura Co.
and north
Blooming period: April to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Leptosiphon
2) ciliatus
Formerly Linanthus ciliatus