Latin name: Senecio flaccidus Less. var. monoensis
  (E. Greene) B. Turner & T. Barkley
  Pronunciation: sen-EE-see-oh FLAS-i-dus mo-no-EN-
  sis

  Common name: Mono groundsel
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Dry slopes and washes 2000'-6500', creosote
  bush scrub to pinyon-juniper woodland, northern
  Colorado Desert, Mojave Desert north to Mono Co.

  Blooming period: March to May
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Senecio
  2) flaccidus  3) monoensis
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