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Pronunciation: ho-lo-KAR-fa heer-MAN-ee-eye
Common name: Heermann's tarplant or tarweed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Hard-baked soils, valley grassland to about
4000', Ventura and Kern Cos., Tehachapis to
central California, northern West Transverse Range
Blooming period: May to October
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Holocarpha
2) heermannii