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Noun: desert sunflower
  1. 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
    - Gerea canescens

Derived forms: desert sunflowers

Type of: wild flower, wildflower

Part of: genus Gerea, Gerea

Encyclopedia: Desert sunflower