ELIZABETH LAKE AND MUNZ RANCH ROAD
APRIL 2014 PAGE THREE


   
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Papaveraceae
[The legislation making the California poppy the official state flower was authored by Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon in 1903 after the California State Floral Society in 1890 selected it over its competitors Mariposa lily and Matilija poppy.]


 
Venus thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum
Asteraceae


 
 
Woolly-fruited lomatium
Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum
Apiaceae
[Dasycarpum means woolly- or hairy-fruited, and the fruits are somewhat hairy. This species has also been called woolly-fruited desert parsley and hog fennel, although there are other taxa that use the latter common name.]
 
   



 
Clasping-leaved caulanthus
Caulanthus amplexicaulis
Brassicaceae



 
 
 
Whispering bells
Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora
Boraginaceae
 
 



 
Painted lady
Vanessa cardui
Nymphalidae
[Photo on right from Palen Pass Road]


   
White tidy tips
Layia glandulosa
Asteraceae


 
Veatch's blazing star
Mentzelia veatchiana
Loasaceae


 
 
Common phacelia
Phacelia distans
Boraginaceae
 
 



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