Pronunciation: kaw-LAN-thus KOLE-ter-eye
Common name: Coulter's jewelflower
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Dry slopes to 5000', chaparral, valley grassland,
foothill woodland, West Transverse Range, west edge of
Mojave Desert (Kern Co.), Tehachapis
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Caulanthus
2) coulteri