PLACERITA CANYON STATE PARK
APRIL 2014
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Caterpillar phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida
Boraginaceae
[cicutaria = with leaves resembling those of Cicuta, the ancient Latin name for poison hemlock]


   
Chaparral honeysuckle
Lonicera interrupta
Caprifoliaceae



 
 
 

Chaparral gilia
Gilia angelensis
Polemoniaceae

[angelensis = presumably a reference to Los Angeles]

 
 



   
Coast prickly pear
Opuntia littoralis
Cactaceae
 
Coffee fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pteridaceae


Common fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
Boraginaceae

[Named for German patron of botany Wilhelm Amsinck, 1752-1831]
 
 
     
Collar lupine, Truncate-leaf lupine
Lupinus truncatus
Fabaceae


 
Chickweed, Chickenwort *
Stellaria media
Caryophyllaceae
  Cheeseweed, Smallflower Mallow *
Malva parviflora
Malvaceae


 
 
Common linanthus
Leptosiphon parviflorus
Polemoniaceae

[Formerly genus Linanthus]
 
 
   



 
Common muilla, Sea muilla
Muilla maritima
Themidaceae


 
 
 
Wild cucumber
Marah macrocarpa
Cucurbitaceae
 
 



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