Pronunciation: am-SEW-nee-a toe-men-TOE-sa
Common name: Woolly amsonia
Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane)
Habitat: Dry slopes and flats, 2000'-5500', creosote
bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, northern Colorado
and Mojave Deserts
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Amsonia
2) tomentosa