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]
 
 


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


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


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