McCAIN VALLEY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY
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Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae



 
Palmer's oak
Quercus palmeri
Fagaceae

[Named for Edward Palmer, 1829-1911]


   
Lemmon's linanthus
Leptosiphon lemmonii
Polemoniaceae

[Named for John Gill Lemmon, 1832-1908]


   
Apricot mallow
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Malvaceae


 
 
 
Torrey's scrub oak
Quercus acutidens
Fagaceae
[Named for John Torrey, 1796-1873]
 
 



 
Red shanks
Adenostoma sparsifolium
Rosaceae


   
Acton encelia
Encelia actoni
Asteraceae
[Named for Christoph Entzelt, 1517-1583}


   
Hollyleaf cherry
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia
Rosaceae



   
Mexican elderberry
Sambucus mexicana
Viburnaceae
 
Annual bur-sage
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Asteraceae


 
California rock-cress
Boechera californica
Brassicaceae

[Named for Tyge Wittrock Böcher, 1909-1983]
  Wild heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum
Heliotropiaceae
 


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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
VIRGINIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS