McCAIN VALLEY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY
MAY 2024 PAGE SEVEN


 
 
 
Desert woolstar
Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum
Polemoniaceae
 
 
 



 
Interior live oak
Quercus wislizenii var. wislizenii
Fagaceae

[Named for Frederick Adolf Wislizenus, 1810-1889]


 
 
 
Fringed spineflower
Chorizanthe fimbriata var. fimbriata
Polygonaceae
 
 



 
Narrow-leaved bedstraw
Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
Rubiaceae


 
 
 
cf. Desert prickly-pear
Opuntia phaeacantha
Cactaceae
 
 



     
Small-flowered lotus
Acmispon micranthus
Fabaceae


 
 
 
Gander's cholla
Cylindropuntia ganderi
Cactaceae

[Named for Frank Forest Gander, 1899-1976]
 
 



 
Mountain red-root cryptantha
Eremocarya lepida
Boraginaceae






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


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