Pronunciation: sy-lo-KAR-fus ten-EL-lus
Common name: Slender woollyheads, Woolly marbles
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Dry slopes on generally disturbed soils to
6000'
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Psilocarphus
2) tenellus