belenidium (DC.) Strother
Pronunciation: tie-mo-FIL-a pen-ta-KEE-ta bel-en-ID-
ee-um
Common name: Five-needled thymophylla
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Dry roadsides, gravelly slopes, washes and
rocky places, often on limestone, to 5500', creosote
bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, San Jacinto Mts
to east Mojave Desert
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Thymophylla
2) pentachaeta 3) belenidium