Latin name: Pyrrocoma uniflora (Hook.) E. Greene
  var. gossypina (E. Greene)
  Pronunciation: pie-ro-KO-ma yoo-ni-FLOR-a
  GAH-sip-eye-na

  Common name: Bear Valley pyrrocoma
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Moist alkaline meadows 6000'-7500',
  open yellow pine forest, near Baldwin Lake, San
  Bernardino Mts, RARE

  Blooming period: July to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Pyrrocoma
  2) uniflora
 3) gossypina
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