ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY. SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
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Poodle-dog bush
Eriodictyon parryi
Namaceae

[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]



 
Fragrant shooting star
Primula fragrans
Primulaceae




 
 
 
Four-wing saltbush
Atriplex canescens var. canescens
Chenopodiaceae
 
 



 
Giant blazing star
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Loasaceae

[Named for Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701]


 
White catchfly
Silene verecunda
Caryophyllaceae

 
 
 
California dogface
Colias euridyce
Pieridae



 
Grant's woodland-gilia
Saltugilia splendens ssp. grantii
Polemoniaceae

[Named for George Barnard Grant, 1849-1917]
  Tree tobacco *
Nicotiana glauca
Solanaceae

[Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]


Martin's paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii
Orobanchaceae

[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744?-1793, and Elmer Ivan Applegate, 1867-1949. The sub-species name comes from Martin's camp in the San Gabriels]
 
     
Many-flowered monkeyflower
Erythranthe floribunda
Phrymaceae


   
Mojave phacelia
Phacelia mohavensis
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Strigose lotus
Acmispon strigosus
Fabaceae



   
Large-flowered phacelia
Phacelia grandiflora
Hydrophyllaceae

 
Stickleaf
Mentzelia micrantha
Loasaceae
 
Miner's lettuce
Claytonia perfoliata ssp. perfoliata
Montiaceae

[Named for John Clayton, 1694-1773]
   


 
Spanish broom *
Spartium junceum
Fabaceae


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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
VIRGINIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS