ANTELOPE VALLEY APRIL 2008

An upside-down V symbol next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip.

Deltoid balsamroot ^ Balsamorhiza deltoidea Asteraceae

Common linanthus Linanthus parviflora Polemoniaceae

Creamcups Platystemon californicus Papaveraceae

Common fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Boraginaceae

Davis's pitted onion Allium lacunosum var. davisiae Liliaceae

California poppy Eschscholzia californica Papaveraceae

Grape soda lupine Lupinus excubitus Fabaceae

Dobie pod Tropidocarpum gracile Brassicaceae

Jacumba milkvetch Astragalus douglasii var. douglasii Fabaceae

Pale primrose Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida Onagraceae

Goldfields Lasthenia californica Asteraceae

Purple owl's clover Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta Scrophulariaceae

Yellow comet Mentzelia affinis Loasaceae

Tansy phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia Hydrophyllaceae

Red maids Calandrinia ciliata Portulacaceae