Latin name: Guillenia lasiophylla (Hook. & Arn.) E.
  Greene
  Pronunciation: gwil-EE-nee-a las-ee-oh-FIL-a

  Common name: California mustard
  Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
  Habitat: Dry, open, disturbed areas to 7500', washes
  and among bushes, creosote bush scrub, joshua tree
  and pinyon-juniper woodland, both deserts, grasslands
  and woodlands in most of cismontane So. California
  Blooming period: April to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Guillenia
  2) lasiophylla
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