Pronunciation: BAK-ar-is sir-gi-LO-i-dees
Common name: Desert baccharis
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Washes and canyon bottoms to 4500',
creosote bush scrub to pinyon-juniper woodland,
both deserts
Blooming period: June to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Baccharis
2) sergiloides