Latin name: Jaumea carnosa (Less.) A. Gray
  Pronunciation: ZHOME-a kar-NO-sa

  Common name: Marsh jaumea
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Coastal salt marshes and tidal flats, coastal
  strand, bases of sea cliffs

  Blooming period: May to October
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Jaumea  2) carnosa

  NOTE: The French name on which the specific epithet is
  based is Jaume, pronounced ZHOME
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