Pronunciation: yoor-oh-PAP-us LIND-lee-eye
Common name: Silver puffs
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Open grasslands, woods, chaparral and in
loose desert soils, many plant communities to 6000',
cismontane and desert
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Uropappus
2) lindleyi