Latin name: Hutchinsia procumbens (L.) Desv.
  Pronunciation: hutch-IN-see-a pro-KUM-bens

  Common name: Prostrate hutchinsia
  Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
  Habitat: Scattered in moist alkaline places to 8500',
  saline seeps, sagebrush scrub, juniper woodland,
  San Diego Co. north, many plant communities

  Blooming period: March to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Hutchinsia
  2) procumbens
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