Pronunciation: PEN-ste-mon grin-EL-ee-eye
Common name: Grinnell's penstemon
Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain)
Habitat: Chaparral, foothill and pinyon-juniper
woodland, montane coniferous forest to 8000', dry
gravelly mostly granitic slopes
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Penstemon
2) grinnellii