Pronunciation: er-ik-a-MER-ee-a pan-ik-yoo-LAY-ta
Common name: Black-banded rabbitbrush
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Gravelly washes, stony open places to 5000', west and north borders of Colorado Desert, Mojave
Desert
Blooming period: June to December
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Ericameria
2) paniculata
Formerly Chrysothamnus paniculatus