Pronunciation: sa-thi-ROE-tees ra-mo-SI-si-ma
Common name: Turtleback
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Hard dry soils of flats and ledges, sandy
creosote bush scrub mostly below 3000', both deserts,
Death Valley
Blooming period: March to June, sometimes winter
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Psathyrotes
2) ramosissima