Pronunciation: het-er-OH-mi-lees ar-bew-ti-FO-lee-a
Common name: Toyon
Family: Rosaceae (Rose)
Habitat: Semi-dry brushy slopes and canyons to 4000',
chaparral, oak woodland, mixed evergreen forest
Blooming period: June to July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Heteromeles
2) arbutifolia