BACKBONE TRAIL, SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
SPRING 2002 PAGE SEVEN

     
Leather root
Hoita macrostachya
Fabaceae
  Fragrant pitcher sage
Lepechinia fragrans
Lamiaceae
[Named for Ivan Ivanovich Lepekhin, 1737-1802]
  Round-leaved boykinia
Boykinia rotundifolia
Saxifragaceae
[Named for Samuel E. Boykin, Sr., 1786-1848]
  Chicory-leaved stephanomeria
Stephanomeria cichoriacea
Asteraceae
   


   
Brown microseris
Stebbinsoseris microcarpa
Asteraceae

[Named for George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr., 1906-2000]
 
   
Bush poppy
Dendromecon rigida
Papaveraceae
Adobe popcorn flower
Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus
Boraginaceae


 
Chaparral pea
Pickeringia montana var. montana
Fabaceae
[Named for Charles Pickering, 1805-1878]
  Large-flowered lotus
Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus
Fabaceae
 


 
Collar lupine
Lupinus truncatus
Fabaceae
 
 
 
Harding grass *
Phalaris aquatica
Poaceae


   
Silver puffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Asteraceae

[Named for John Lindley, 1799-1865]
 
Purple sage
Salvia leucophylla
Lamiaceae


   
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Asteraceae
 
Coast goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii
Asteraceae

[Named for Archibald Menzies, 1754-1842]
 


 
California fuchsia
Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
Onagraceae
  Twiggy wreathplant
Stephanomeria virgata var. virgata
Asteraceae


 
 
 
Pacific sanicle
Sanicula crassicaulis
Apiaceae

 
 



   
Plummer's baccharis
Baccharis plummerae ssp. plummerae
Asteraceae

[Named for Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon, 1836-1923]
 
Sticky false-gilia
Allophyllum glutinosum
Polemoniaceae


   
Field willow-herb
Epilobium brachycarpum
Onagraceae
 
   
California saxifrage
Saxifraga californica
Saxifragaceae
Coffee fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pteridaceae






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