Pronunciation: roo-PUR-tee-a fy-SO-dees
Common name: California tea
Family: Fabaceae (Tea)
Habitat: Brush and wooded areas below 7500',
many cismontane plant communities from San
Bernardino and Orange Cos. north
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Rupertia
2) physodes