Latin name: Oxalis californica Kunth
  Pronunciation: ox-AY-lis ka-li-FOR-ni-ka

  Common name: Wild oxalis
  Family: Oxalidaceae (Oxalis or Wood-sorrel)
  Habitat: Dry brushy and stony slopes below 2000',
  coastal grassland and sage scrub, chaparral

  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Oxalis  2) californica
  Formerly
Oxalis albicans ssp. californica
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