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Habitat: valleys, sand dunes
Life Form: annual forb
Leaf Description: alternate simple leaves
Flower Color: yellow
Flowering Period: Jan. to June
Spines: spineless
Family: Asteraceae (sunflower family)
Abundance: present
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References
"Arizona Flora", Thomas A. Kearney and Robert H. Peebles, 1960, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London (out of print)
page 905
"A Field Guide to the Plants of Arizona", Ann Orth Epple and Lewis E. Epple, 1995, Falcon Press, Helena, Montana and LewAnn Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ
plate 407
page 273
"Native Plants for Southwestern Landscapes", Judy Mielke, 1993, University of Texas Press, Austin
page 40
page 41
"100 Desert Wildflowers of the Southwest", Janice Emily Bowers, 1989, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association
page 51
"Wildflowers of the Desert Southwest", Meg Quinn, 2000, Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson
page 40
"Deserts: The Audubon Society Nature Guides", MacMahon, James A. 1985. Knopf, Chanticleer Press, NY
plate 135
page 401
"Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwest Mexico (Southwest Center Series)", Richard Felger, 2001. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
page 134
page 102
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