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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
Name derivations: 1) Caulanthus 2) heterophyllus
NOTE: Although the two flower pictures above look very different, they are both C. heterophyllus. The Jepson eflora has lumped together two varieties, var. pseudosimulans (the yellow one) and var. heterophyllus (the purple one). The picture on the left was taken in a burn area at the Santa Rosa Plateau.