PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, MILL CREEK SUMMIT TO MT. GLEASON
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013 PAGE TWO


   
Munz's buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum var. munzii
Polygonaceae

[Named for Philip Alexander Munz, 1892-1974]
 
Parish's oxytheca
Acanthoscyphus parishii var. parishii
Polygonaceae
 


 
Prickly cryptantha
Cryptantha muricata
Boraginaceae


Parry's manzanita
Arctostaphylos parryana ssp. parryana
Ericaceae


 
Canyon live oak
Quercus chrysolepis
Fagaceae

[Pictures show range of variation within this species]
 



 
Western or white-bark raspberry
Rubus leucodermis
Rosaceae
 
 
 
Bush poppy
Dendromecon rigida
Papaveraceae


 
Tall horseweed
Erigeron canadensis
Asteraceae


   
Common madia
Madia elegans
Asteraceae


 
 
Rock buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
Polygonaceae
Urn-flowered alumroot
Heuchera caespitosa
Saxifragaceae

[Named for Johann Heinrich von Heucher, 1677-1747]
 


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