Latin name: Deinandra mohavensis (D.D. Keck)
  B.G. Baldwin
  Pronunciation: dee-in-AN-dra mo-ha-VEN-sis
  Common name: Mojave tarplant
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Bouldery drainages to 4000', San Jacintos,
  south Peninsular Range, southwest edge of Mojave
  Desert, ENDANGERED
  Blooming period: July to September
  Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Deinandra
  (2) mohavensis
  Formerly Hemizonia mohavensis
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