Noun: desert sunflower
- Slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico
"Desert sunflowers brightened the barren landscape";
- Gerea canescens
Derived forms: desert sunflowers
Type of: wild flower, wildflower
Part of: genus Gerea, Gerea
Encyclopedia: Desert sunflower