FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE ARROYO SECO, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
PAGE EIGHT


   
Leafy daisy
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Asteraceae
 
Chinese houses
Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla
Plantaginaceae

[Named for Zaccheus Collins, 1764-1831]
 
Musk monkeyflower
Erythranthe moschata
Phrymaceae

   


 
Hoaryleaf ceanothus
Ceanothus crassifolius var. crassifolius
Rhamnaceae
  Tomcat clover
Trifolium willdenovii
Fabaceae
[Named for Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 1765-1812]
 


Hairy ceanothus
Ceanothus oliganthus var. oliganthus
Rhamnaceae
Oak mistletoe
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. tomentosum
Viscaceae

 
 
 
Johnston's monkeyflower
Diplacus johnstonii
Phrymaceae

[Named for Ivan Murray Johnston, 1898-1960]
 
 
Pellitory
Parietaria hespera var. hespera
Urticaceae

Wild grape
Vitis girdiana
Vitaceae

[Named for Henry Harrison Gird, 1826-1913]


 
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Asteraceae
  Cocklebur
Xanthium strumarium
Asteraceae


   
Red-skinned onion
Allium haematochiton
Alliaceae
 
   
Palmer's monkeyflower
Erythranthe palmeri
Phrymaceae

[Named for Edward Palmer, 1829-1911]
Tall flat sedge
Cyperus eragrostis
Cyperaceae
 


 
Sticky false-gilia
Allophyllum glutinosum
Polemoniaceae
  Violet snapdragon
Antirrhinum nuttallianum ssp. nuttallianum
Plantaginaceae

 


 
 
Hemp dogbane
Apocynum cannabinum
Apocynaceae
 
 
 
 
Water pimpernel
Samolus parviflorus
Theophrastaceae

California false-indigo
Amorpha californica var. californica
Fabaceae

 
 


 
Chicalote
Argemone munita
Papaveraceae


   
White tidy tips
Layia glandulosa
Asteraceae

[Named for George Tradescant Lay, 1799?-1845]
 
California black walnut
Juglans californica
Juglandaceae
 


 
 
Common gumplant
Grindelia camporum
Asteraceae

[Named for David Hieronymus Grindel, 1776-1836]
Many-flowered linanthus
Leptosiphon floribundus
Polemoniaceae
 


 
Coulter's lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Fabaceae

 
 
California saxifrage
Micranthes californica
Saxifragaceae
Creambush
Holodiscus discolor var. discolor
Rosaceae

 
 
Canyon sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
Asteraceae

[Named for Miguel Venegas, 1680-1764]
 


 
California croton
Croton californicus
Euphorbiaceae

[Left: female flowers; Right: male flowers]


   
Woodland star
Lithophragma affine
Saxifragaceae

 
Slender tarplant
Deinandra fasciculata
Asteraceae
 
Milkmaids
Cardamine californica
Brassicaceae


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