ANGELES FOREST HIGHWAY/MILL CREEK SUMMIT/MT. GLEASON
ROAD, SAN GABRIEL MTS MAY 2009 PAGE THREE


 
 
Transverse fine-flower gilia
Gilia leptantha ssp. transversa
Polemoniaceae
(Pictures show flower color variation)
 
 
   




 
 
Popcorn flower
Cryptantha sp.
Boraginaceae
 
Clustered broom-rape
Orobanche fasciculata
Orobanchaceae
 

       
   
Silver puffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Asteraceae 		   
    Veatch's blazing star
Mentzelia veatchiana
Loasaceae


   
Davidson's phacelia
Phacelia davidsonii
Boraginaceae
(The white flowers are examples of typically blue flowers sometimes throwing off a white form)


 
Coulter pine
Pinus coulteri
Pinaceae
 
Shrubby interior live oak
Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens
Fagaceae


   
Mt. Gleason paintbrush
Castilleja gleasonii (or. C. pruinosa)
Scrophulariaceae


     
Cushion cryptantha
Cryptantha circumscissa
Boraginaceae
 
Broad-leaved lotus
Lotus crassifolius var. crassifolius
Fabaceae


 
 
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae
 
Scarlet bugler
Penstemon centranthifolius
Plantaginaceae
 


   
  Skunkbush, Basket brush
Rhus aromatica (= R. trilobata)
Anacardiaceae