ELEPHANT TREES, ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK
MARCH 2010 PAGE FOUR


   
Slender-lobed four o'clock ^
Mirabilis tenuiloba
Nyctaginaceae


 
 
Three-awn
Aristida adscensionis
Poaceae
Narrow-leaved cryptantha
Cryptantha angustifolia
Boraginaceae
 


 
 
Smooth western tansy mustard
Descurainia pinnata ssp. glabra
Brassicaceae
 
 



 
Desert straw
Stephanomeria pauciflora var. pauciflora
Asteraceae
 
Gravel cryptantha
Cryptantha decipiens
Boraginaceae
 


 
Narrow-leaf suncup
Camissonia refracta
Onagraceae
 
 
Wingnut cryptantha
Cryptantha pterocarya
Boraginaceae
 
 
Newberry's velvet mallow
Horsfordia newberryi
Malvaceae
 


     
  Pedicellate phacelia
Phacelia pedicellata
Boraginaceae
 


   
Desert rock pea
Lotus rigidus
Fabaceae
 
Schott's indigo bush
Psorothamnus schottii
Fabaceae
 
California mustard
Guillenia lasiophylla
Brassicaceae


 
Short-bannered coastal lotus
Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus
Fabaceae


   
Retrorse desert four o'clock
Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa
Nyctaginaceae




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