Pronunciation: er-ee-oh-FIL-um am-BIG-yoo-um
Common name: Yellow-frocks
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Gravelly slopes and washes to 7500', creosote
bush scrub to pinyon-juniper woodland, north and west
Mojave Desert, variable
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Eriophyllum
2) ambiguum