Heterotheca subaxilaris  (Telegraph Plant) ( ) Asteraceae Arizona and Texas deserts. Pale yellow. March-November. Sunflower family. Size: grows 2 to 6 feet tall. The flowers are not particularly attractive, but become conspicuous as the seed-heads develop, because of the white, densely-haired tufts. Stems are tall and straight "like telegraph poles", and the crushed leaves give off a strong, somewhat camphor-like odor. Although the plant occurs from the east coast across the southern portion of the United States, it is found in the desert at elevations between 1,000 and 5,000 feet. Telegraph plant is a tall, course, robust, straight-stemmed plant which is abundant and conspicuous along roads and ditchbanks, and in the open desert following winters of heavy precipitation.  "Flowers of the Southwest Deserts. Natt N. Dodge".