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Pronunciation: ak-amp-toe-PAP-us sfeer-oh-SEF-a-lus
Common name: Goldenheads
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Rocky soils in deserts, creosote bush scrub and joshua tree and juniper woodlands to about 7000' from the Tehachapis and the Transverse and Peninsular Ranges to the deserts
Blooming period: May to June
Name derivations: 1) Acamptopappus 2) sphaerocephalus