Latin name: Blennosperma nanum (Hook.) S.F. Blake
  var. nanum
  Pronunciation: blen-o-SPER-ma NA-num

  Common name: Blennosperma
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Wet open areas, woods, grasslands, vernal
  pools, mud flats to 4500'

  Blooming period: February to April
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Blennosperma
  2) nanum
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