JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK

MARCH 2008
PAGE TWO



   
Purple mat
Nama demissum
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Rock daisy
Perityle emoryi
Asteraceae
[Named for William Hemsley Emory, 1811-1887]
 
Bristly pectocarya
Pectocarya setosa
Boraginaceae
   


 
Rosy gilia ^
Gilia sinuata
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]
 
Rock pennyroyal ^
Monardella robisonii
Lamiaceae
[Named for William Condit Robison, 1914-1992]


 
 
Windmills
Allionia incarnata
Nyctaginaceae
 
 
 
 
White tidy tips
Layia platyglossa
Asteraceae
[Named for George Tradescant Lay, 1799-1845]
Yellow tackstem
Calycoseris parryi
Asteraceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
 
 


 
Common phacelia
Phacelia distans
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Spanish needles
Palafoxia arida var. arida
Asteraceae
[Named for Jose Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi, 1776-1847]
 


 
 
Silver puffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Asteraceae
[Named for John Lindley, 1799-1865]
 
 
Schott's indigo bush
Psorothamnus schottii
Fabaceae
[Named for Arthur Carl Victor Schott, 1814-1875]
Thick-leaved ground cherry
Physalis crassifolius
Solanaceae
Veatch's blazing star ^
Mentzelia veatchiana
Loasaceae
[Named for Christin Mentzel, 1622-1701]
Star gilia
Gilia stellata
Polemoniaceae


   
Desert lavender
Hyptis emoryi
Lamiaceae
 
Sand cress
Calyptridium monandrum
Portulacaceae


   
Sand blazing star
Mentzelia involucrata
Loasaceae
 

Yellowheads
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus
Asteraceae

 
Scented cryptantha ^
Cryptantha utahensis
Boraginaceae


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