CACTUS SPRING TRAIL, SANTA ROSA MOUNTAINS

MAY 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters




The trailhead for the Cactus Spring trail is located 8 miles east of the junction of SR74 and SR371 in the Santa Rosa Mts. The round-trip distance to Horsethief Creek is 4-3/4 miles and to Cactus Spring about 9-1/2. An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip.


   
Giant four o'clock
Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens
Nyctaginaceae
 
Acton encelia
Encelia actonii
Asteraceae


 
 
Rattlesnake weed
Chamaesyce albomarginata
Euphorbiaceae
Munz's mariposa lily ^
Calochortus palmeri var. munzii
Liliaceae
[Named for Edward Palmer, 1829-1911, and Philip Alexander Munz, 1892-1974]
 


 
 
Littleleaf rhatany
Krameria erecta
Krameriaceae
[Named for Johann Georg Heinrich Kramer, 1684-1744
 
 
Desert woolstar
Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum
Polemoniaceae
Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum
Hydrophyllaceae
   
Whitemargin oxytheca ^
Oxytheca emarginata
Polygonaceae
Desert prickly pear
Opuntia phaecantha
Cactaceae


 
 
Schott's calico
Loeseliastrum schottii
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Arthur Carl Victor Schott, 1814-1875
 
 
 
 
Whispering bells
Emmenanthe penduliflora
Hydrophyllaceae
Latimer's woodland-gilia
Saltugilia latimeri
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Arthur Carl Victor Schott, 1814-1875
 
 


 
Riverside spineflower ^
Chorizanthe xanti var. leucotheca
Polygonaceae
[Named for Janos Xantus, 1825-1894]
 
Desert bluebells
Phacelia campanularia ssp. campanularia
Hydrophyllaceae



 
 
Desert globemallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa
Malvaceae
 
White sage
Salvia apiana
Lamiaceae
Scarlet bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
Scrophulariaceae
   


   
Palmer's milkvetch ^
Astragalus palmeri
Fabaceae
[Named for Edward Palmer, 1829-1911]
 
Creek monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus
Scrophulariaceae
 
Rock buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
Polygonaceae
   
Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Cactaceae
Strigose lotus
Lotus strigosus
Fabaceae
   
Southern Chinese houses
Collinsia concolor
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Zacheus Collins, 1764-1831]
Woolly indian paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793
   


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