Latin name: Monolepis nuttaliana (Schultes) E.
  Greene
  Pronunciation:
mon-oh-LEP-is nut-al-ee-AY-na

  Common name: Nuttall's poverty weed
  Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot)
  Habitat: Open, disturbed, often moist areas to high
  elevations throughout California and Channel Ids

  Blooming period: April to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Monolepis
  2) nuttalliana
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