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Pronunciation: SIR-see-um air-i-ZONE-i-kum ten-yoo-i-SEK-tum
Common name: Red thistle
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Rocky places to 10,000', creosote bush scrub to pinyon-juniper woodland, New York and White-Inyo Mountains, uncommon
Blooming period: July to November
Name derivations: 1) Cirsium 2) arizonicum 3) tenuisectum