Latin name: Deinandra conjugens (D.D. Keck) B.G.
  Baldwin
  Pronunciation: dee-in-AN-dra KON-ju-gens

  Common name: Otay tarplant or tarweed
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Mesas, coastal sage scrub to 1000', clay
  soils, southern Peninsular Range, SW San Diego
  Co., threatened by development

  Blooming period: May to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Deinandra
  2) conjugens
  Formerly Hemizonia conjugens
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