Pronunciation: hee-KAS-toe-klise SHOK-lee-eye
Common name: Shockley's prickleleaf
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Dry rocky slopes and washes, 4000'-
7000', creosote bush and shadscale scrub, Death
Valley, northern desert mountains
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Hecastocleis
2) shockleyi