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Pronunciation: lep-toe-SY-nee big-el-OH-vee-eye
Common name: Bigelow's coreopsis
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Open woodlands, grasslands, deserts, dry gravelly hillsides to about 5000', creosote bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, chaparral, pinyon-juniper woodland
Blooming period: March to May
Name derivations: 1) Leptosyne 2) bigelovii