Latin name: Logfia filaginoides (Hook. & Arn.) Morefield
  Pronunciation: log-FEE-a fil-aj-in-OH-i-dees

  Common name: California filago
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Dry open places, burns, below 3500', coastal
  sage scrub, chaparral, occasional on desert in creosote
  bush scrub

  Blooming period: March to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Logfia  2) filaginoides
  Formerly Filago californica
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