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Pronunciation: ma-tri-KARE-ee-a ok-si-den-TAY-lis
Common name: Valley mayweed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Alkali flats, vernal pools, edges of salt marshes to 7500', Channel Islands, west Mojave Desert
Blooming period: March to August
Name derivations: 1) Matricaria 2) occidentalis