Pronunciation: sty-lo-KLY-nee my-kro-PO-i-dees
Common name: Woollyhead neststraw
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Sandy washes and dry slopes to 4000', creo-
sote bush scrub and joshua tree woodland, northern
Colorado and Mojave Deserts
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Stylocline
2) micropoides