CUSHENBURY CANYON, SAN BERNARDINO MTS JUNE 2011
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Scaly-stemmed sand plant
Pholisma arenarium
Boraginaceae


 
 
 
Bigelow's desert four o'clock
Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
Nyctaginaceae

[Formerly M. bigelovii var. bigelovii]



 
 
 
Shiny-leaf sandpaper plant ^
Petalonyx nitidus
Loasaceae
 
 



   
Birdnest buckwheat
Eriogonum nidularium
Polygonaceae
 
 



 
 
 

Single-leaf pinyon pine
Pinus monophylla
Pinaceae

 
 



 
Indian ricegrass
Stipa hymenoides
Poaceae
[Formerly Achnatherum h.]
 
 



 
Cushenbury oxytheca ^
Acanthoscyphus parishii var. goodmaniana
Polygonaceae

[Previously Oxytheca p. var. g. Named for George Jones Goodman (1904-1999)}
 
 
 
Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris
Cactaceae


 
 

Parry's hulsea
Hulsea vestita ssp. parryi
Asteraceae
[The yellow flower is strange because
this taxon is not supposed to be yellow]

 
 
   



   
Blue sage
Salvia dorrii var. dorrii
Lamiaceae



 
 
Chicalote
Argemone munita
Papaveraceae
 
 



 
Apricot mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua
Malvaceae




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