Latin name: Arida arizonica (R.C. Jacks. & R.R. Johnson)
  D.R. Morgan & R.L. Hartm.)
  Pronunciation: AIR-i-da air-i-ZONE-i-ka

  Common name: Silver Lake daisy
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Dry open sandy flats, 300'-3000', creosote
  bush scrub, alkali sink, central and eastern Mojave
  Desert

  Blooming period: March to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Arida
  2) arizonica
  Formerly Machaeranthera arida
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