Pronunciation: ROOS air-oh-MAT-i-ka
Common name: Skunkbush
Family: Anacardiaceae (Sumac)
Habitat: Canyons and washes of interior valleys,
coastal sage scrub, chaparral and southern oak
woodland, mostly below 3500'
Blooming period: March to April
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Rhus
2) aromatica
Formerly Rhus trilobata