Pronunciation: lep-toe-SY-nee ka-li-FOR-ni-ka
Common name: California tickseed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Desert plains and washes to 3000', sandy or
gravelly flats and slopes, creosote bush scrub, valley
grasslands, southern oak woodland
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Leptosyne
2) californica
Formerly Coreopsis californica var. californica