GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK AUGUST 2016
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Cliff rose
Purshia stansburyana
Rosaceae

[Named for explorer, plant collector and horticulturist Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820, and civil and topographical engineer Howard Stansbury, 1806-1863]


   
Broom snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Asteraceae

[Named for Pedro Gutiérrez Bueno, 1745-1826]
 
Blackbrush
Coleogyne ramosissima
Rosaceae


 
 
 
Utah juniper
Juniperus osteosperma
Cupressaceae

 
 



 
Wright's bedstraw
Galium wrightii
Rubiaceae


   
Catnip *
Nepeta cataria
Lamiaceae


 
Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis
Poaceae

[Named for Spanish botanists Claudio, 1774-1842, and Estéban, 1776-1813, Bouteloua Agraz]



 
 
 
Golden crownbeard, Cowpen daisy
Verbesina encelioides
Asteraceae
 
 



 
Common mallow *
Malva neglecta
Malvaceae
  Fetid goosefoot
Dysphania graveolens
Chenopodiaceae


 
 
 

Two-needle pinyon pine, Colorado pinyon
Pinus edulis
Pinaceae

 
 
 






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