Torrey & A. Gray
Pronunciation: ma-la-KO-thrix son-KO-i-dees
Common name: Yellow saucers
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Open sandy places, 2000'-5000', creosote
bush scrub, joshua tree woodland, western and
northern Mojave Desert, Death Valley
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Malacothrix
2) sonchoides