Pronunciation: PEN-ste-mon THUR-ber-eye
Common name: Thurber penstemon
Family: Plantaginaceae (Plantain)
Habitat: Dry gravelly places, 800'-5000', creosote
bush scrub, joshua tree and pinyon-juniper wood-
land, Little San Bernardino and Providence Mts,
Mojave Desert
Blooming period: May to June, sometimes fall
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Penstemon
2) thurberi