Latin name: Rhinotropis cornuta Kellogg var. fishiae (C. Parry) Jepson
Pronunciation: ri-no-TRO-pis kor-NOO-ta FISH-ee-ee
Common name: Fish's milkwort
Family: Polygalaceae (Milkwort)
Habitat: Chaparral and oak woodland to about 4000' in the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges reaching its northern limit in the Santa Monica Mts
Blooming period: June to August
Name derivations: 1) Rhinotropis 2) cornuta 3) fishiae
Formerly Polygala cornuta var. fishiae
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