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Pronunciation: las-TARE-ee-a kor-ee-AY-see-a
Common name: Leather spineflower
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Shady to gravelly soils and openings in coastal scrub and chaparral, cismontane and inland to San Bernardinos and Palm Springs, Channel Islands
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Lastarriaea 2) coriacea
NOTE: I have also heard this name pronounced las-tar-EE-a