Latin name: Calycoseris wrightii A. Gray
Pronunciation: kal-i-ko-SER-is RITE-ee-eye
Common name: White tackstem
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Desert washes and plains, gravelly slopes to 6000', creosote bush scrub, east Mojave Desert to Eureka Valley and Death Valley
Blooming period: March to May
Name derivations: 1) Calycoseris 2) wrightii
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