[1] The thin leaves are lance-shaped to oval, toothed on the edges,[2] and up to 10 centimeters in length.

[citation needed] The inflorescence bears wide-mouthed, tubular violet or purple-blue flowers[1] which may be over 3 centimeters long.

It grows below 6000 feet in elevation on rocky slopes in dry washes and disturbed areas as part of chaparral or coastal sage scrub communities.

[1][2] In Baja California it found from Tecate in the north to the hills southeast of El Rosario.

[6] P. spectabilis blooms from April to June[3] or July[2] and is pollinated by wasps such as Pseudomasaris vespoides, as well as by hummingbirds.