Latin name: Amblyopappus pusillus Hook. & Arn.
  Pronunciation:
am-blee-oh-PAP-us pew-SIL-lus

  Common name: Coastweed
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Coastal strand and coastal sage scrub,
  bluffs to 500', lower to central California, Channel
  Islands

  Blooming period: March to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Amblyopappus
  2) pusillus
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