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Pronunciation: pro-SOP-is pew-BES-ens
Common name: Screwbean mesquite
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly washes and canyons to 2500', creosote bush scrub, San Bernardino Mts, Mojave Desert
Blooming period: May to July
Name derivations: 1) Prosopis 2) pubescens