Latin name: Boechera perennans (S. Watson) W.A. Weber
Pronunciation: BOO-ker-a per-EN-ans
Common name: Perennial rock-cress
Family: Brassicaceae (Mustard)
Habitat: Rocky canyon walls and gravelly slopes to 7000', joshua tree and pinyon-juniper woodland, creosote bush scrub, yellow pine forest, eastern Peninsular Range, San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mts, desert mountains
Blooming period: April to July
Name derivations: 1) Boechera 2) perennans
Formerly Arabis perennans
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