Pronunciation: hi-er-AS-ee-um ar-GOO-tum
Common name: Hawkweed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Dry slopes, woodlands, closed-cone pine
forest to about 4500', South Coast, West Transverse
Range, San Gabriel Mts, Channel Islands
Blooming period: June to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Hieracium
2) argutum