CALIFORNIA BOTANIC GARDEN
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Photographs by Michael Charters


   
Firecracker penstemon
Penstemon eatonii var. undosus
Plantaginaceae

[Named for Daniel Cady Eaton, 1834-1895]
Foothill penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus var. heterophyllus
Plantaginaceae

 


 
Santa Susana tar plant
Deinandra minthornii
Asteraceae

[Named for Theodore Wilson Minthorn, 1886-1967]


 
 
Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx
Namaceae
 
 
Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Cupressaceae

Firecracker penstemon
Penstemon eatonii var. undosus
Plantaginaceae

[Named for Daniel Cady Eaton, 1834-1895]
Honey mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
Fabaceae
Fragrant pitcher sage
Lepechinia fragrans
Lamiaceae

[Named for Ivan Ivanovich Lepekhin, 1737-1802]


 
Leatherleaf ash
Fraxinus velutina var. coreacea
Oleaceae


 
 
California black walnut
Juglans californica
Juglandaceae

 
 
 
 
Inland scrub oak
Quercus berberidifolia
Fagaceae
Island alumroot
Heuchera maxima
Saxifragaceae
 
 


   
Baja phlox *
Acanthogilia gloriosa
Polemoniaceae

(Not a California taxon)



Mojave prickly-pear
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
Cactaceae
 
 
     
Jeffrey pine
Pinus jeffreyi
Pinaceae

[Named for John Jeffrey, 1826-?]


 
Muller's oak
Quercus cornelius-mulleri
Fagaceae

[Named for Cornelius Herman Muller 1909-1997]



 
Nevin's woolly sunflower
Constancea nevinii
Asteraceae

[Named for Lincoln Constance, 1909-2001, and Joseph Cook Nevin, 1835-1913]
 
 
 
Pancake prickly-pear
Opuntia chlorotica
Cactaceae



   
Pink-flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum
Grossulariaceae




Hollyleaf redberry
Rhamnus ilicifolia
Rhamnaceae

 
 
     
Sandbar willow
Salix exigua var. exigua
Salicaceae


 
Parish's goldeneye
Bahiopsis parishii
Asteraceae



   
Skunkbrush
Rhus aromatica
Anacardiaceae
 
Yerba mansa
Anemopsis californica
Saururaceae


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