Pronunciation: kaw-LAN-thus het-er-oh-FIL-us
Common name: Slender-pod jewelflower
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Disturbed places, burns, coastal sage
scrub, chaparral below 3500', South Coast and
south Peninsular Range (common), Transverse
Range (uncommon)
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Caulanthus
2) heterophyllus