CHILAO, SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS
JUNE 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters
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The entrance road to the 5,200' Chilao area is along the Angeles Crest Highway about 26 miles from La Canada. There is a nice Visitor Center and a couple of campgrounds there. Trails extend in several directions to Charlton Flat and Mt. Hilyer. [NOTE: As of February, 2022, there are still closures in this area due to the devastating Bobcat Fire of 2021. Check before going.] 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. |
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Whiskerbrush Linanthus ciliatus Polemoniaceae |
Mojave phacelia Phacelia mohavensis Hydrophyllaceae |
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Plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus Liliaceae |
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Douglas's violet Viola douglasii Violaceae [Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834] |
Groundsmoke Gayophytum sp. Onagraceae [Named for naturalist Claude Gay, 1800-1873 ] |
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Davis's pitted onion Allium lacunosum var. davisiae Liliaceae [Named for Nancy Jane Davis, 1833-1921] |
Parry's collinsia Collinsia parryi Scrophulariaceae [Named for Zacheus Collins, 1764-1831] |
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Diamond-petalled clarkia Clarkia rhomboidea Onagraceae [Named for explorer William Clark, 1770-1838] |
Grant's carpet clover Trifolium monanthum ssp. grantianum Fabaceae [Named for George Barnard Grant, 1849-1917] |
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Miniature lupine Lupinus bicolor Fabaceae |
Dense false-gilia Allophyllum gilioides ssp. gilioides Polemoniaceae |
Curved-stem phacelia Phacelia curvipes Hydrophyllaceae |
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Creek monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus Scrophulariaceae |
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Bajada lupine
Lupinus concinnus Fabaceae |
Canyon dodder Cuscuta subinclusa Cuscutaceae |
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Palmer's monkeyflower Mimulus palmeri Scrophulariaceae [Named for Edward Palmer, 1829-1911] |
Lesser indian paintbrush Castilleja minor ssp. spiralis Scrophulariaceae [Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793] |
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Southern mountain lupine Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus Fabaceae |
Hairy yerba santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx Hydrophyllaceae |
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