Pronunciation: las-TARE-ee-a kor-ee-AY-see-a
Common name: Leather spineflower
Family: Polygonaceae (Buckwheat)
Habitat: Snady to gravelly soils and openings in
coastal scrub and chaparral, cismontane and inland to
San Bernardinos and Palm Springs, Channel Islands
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lastarriaea
2) coriacea