& Al-Shehbaz
Pronunciation: BOO-ker-a ka-li-FOR-ni-ka
Common name: Elegant rock-cress
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Rock or gravelly canyons and washes to
about 5000', chaparral, South Coast, San Gabriel Mts
and Peninsular Ranges
Blooming period: February to May
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Boechera
(2) californica
Formerly Arabis sparsiflora var. californica