Latin name: Ipomopsis congesta (Hook.) V.E. Grant ssp. montana (A. Nelson & P.B. Kenn.) Pronunciation: eye-po-MOP-sis kon-JES-ta mon-TAY-na Common name: Ballhead ipomopsis Family: Polemoniaceae (Phlox) Habitat: Montane to alpine slopes to 11,000', bristlecone pine forest, alpine fell-fields, White Mts, Sierra Nevadas Blooming period: May to September Name derivations: 1) Ipomopsis 2) congesta 3) montana

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