KINGS RIVER CANYON, SIERRA NEVADAS JUNE 2010 PAGE THREE


   
Sierra stonecrop ^
Sedum obtusatum ssp. obtusatum
Crassulaceae
 
Whiskerbrush
Leptosiphon ciliatus
Polemoniaceae


 
Arrowleaf balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Asteraceae

 
 
Pride of the mountains
Penstemon newberryi var. newberryi
Plantaginaceae
[Pictures show woolly anther sacs,
hairy corolla floor, and staminode,
Named for John Strong Newberry]
 
 
   



 
 
Mrs. Cooper's lip fern ^
Myriopteris cooperae
Pteridaceae
[Named for Mrs. Elwood Cooper]
 
Lace lip fern ^
Myriopteris gracillima
Pteridaceae
 


 
Haircap moss
Polytrichum sp. (juniperinum?)
[Photosynthezing leaves below, at upper right are splash cups formed by modified leaves surrounding the male sex organs,
allowing sperm to be splashed to neigh-
boring stalks by falling raindrops]
   
Redstem spring beauty ^
Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra
Portulacaeae
     

     
  Hall's fleabane ^
Erigeron aequifolius
Asteraceae		  

 
 
Pygmy madia
Hemizonella minima
Asteraceae
 
 
 
 
Big arroyo rockmat ^
Petrophyton acuminatum
Rosaceae
Pink alumroot ^
Heuchera rubescens var. alpicola
Saxifragaceae
 
 

   
Violet false-gilia
Allophyllum gilioides ssp. violaceum
Polemoniaceae



       
   
Blue dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
Themidaceae		    
    Poodle-dog bush
Turricula parryi
Boraginaceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, Picture on right taken elsewhere]


 
Tall agoseris ^ ~
Agoseris elata
Asteraceae
 
Mouse-ear cress
Arabidopsis thaliana
Brassicaceae