Latin name: Stylocline gnaphaloides
  Pronunciation: sty-lo-KLY-nee na-fa-LO-i-dees

  Common name: Everlasting neststraw
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Dry slopes to 5500', burns, chaparral,
  coastal sage scrub, yellow pine forest, throughout
  cismontane Southern California and on edges of
  the desert
  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Stylocline
  2) gnaphaloides
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