Latin name: Comarostaphylis diversifolia (C. Parry)
  E. Greene ssp. planifolia (Jepson) G.D. Wallace

  Pronunciation:
ko-mar-oh-STAF-i-lis di-ver-si-FO-
  lee-a
plan-i-FOE-lee-a
  Common name: Summer-holly
  Family: Ericaceae (Heath)
  Habitat: Chaparral to 2000', Channel Islands, West
  Transverse Range

  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Comarostaphylis
  2) diversifolia
 3) planifolia
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