Pronunciation: tet-ra-DEE-mee-a ko-MO-sa
Common name: Cottonthorn
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Dry places to 5000', coastal sage scrub,
chaparral, interior cismontane from northern L.A.
Co. south
Blooming period: June to September
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Tetradymia
2) comosa