Latin name: Descurainia californica (A. Gray) O.
  Schulz
  Pronunciation: des-kur-AY-nee-a ka-li-FOR-ni-ka

  Common name: Sierra tansy mustard
  Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
  Habitat: Dry slopes, 7000'-10,000', montane
  coniferous forest and pinyon-juniper woodland,
  desert mountains

  Blooming period: May to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Descurainia
  2) californica
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