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
[Named for Christoph Entzelt, 1517-1583]
 


 
 
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
 
 
Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum
Hydrophyllaceae
Desert prickly pear
Opuntia phaecantha
Cactaceae
Desert woolstar
Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum
Polemoniaceae
Whitemargin oxytheca ^
Oxytheca emarginata
Polygonaceae


   
Strigose lotus
Lotus strigosus
Fabaceae
 
Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
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
   


 
Creek monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus
Scrophulariaceae
  Rock buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
Polygonaceae


 
 
Woolly indian paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793
 
 
 
 
Southern Chinese houses
Collinsia concolor
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Zacheus Collins, 1764-1831]
Palmer's milkvetch ^
Astragalus palmeri
Fabaceae
[Named for Edward Palmer, 1829-1911]
 
 


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