Life … Plants Vascular Plants Dicots Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies Sunflower Family Desert Dandelions Cliff Aster Malacothrix saxatilis commutata variety Malacothrix saxatilis commutata Malacothrix saxatilis commutata Key traits Layer Shrubs Plant type Perennial Shrub From USDA PLANTS. Close