Desert zygadene Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum Melanthiaceae
Blue dicks Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus Themidaceae				Alkali mariposa lily Calochortus striatus Liliaceae

Nevada ephedra Ephedra nevadensis Ephedraceae		Viscid lip fern Myriopteris viscida Pteridaceae

Sand ricegrass Stipa hymenoides Poaceae Desert needlegrass Stipa speciosa Poaceae

Common wild oats * Avena fatua Poaceae

Six-weeks grass Festuca octoflora Poaceae Rabbitsfoot grass * Polypogon monspeliensis Poaceae

Hairy goldenheads Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus var. hirtellus Asteraceae		Pigweed amaranth * Amaranthus albus Amaranthaceae

		Yellow tackstem Calycoseris parryi Asteraceae		Small horseweed * Erigeron bonariensis Asteraceae
Cushion cryptantha Greeneocharis circumscissa var. circumscissa Boraginaceae [Named for Edward Lee Greene, 1843-1915]

		Anderson's thornbush Lycium andersonii Solanaceae [Named for Charles Lewis Anderson, 1827-1910]
Sand cress Calyptridium monandrum Montiaceae

Flat-topped buckwheat Eriogonum plumatella Polygonaceae		Birdnest buckwheat Eriogonum nidularium Polygonaceae		Little desert trumpet Eriogonum trichopes Polygonaceae

California brickellbush Brickellia californica Asteraceae		Mojave rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis Asteraceae

Nevada cryptantha Cryptantha nevadensis Boraginaceae

Nuttall's crinklemat Tiquilia nuttallii Ehretiaceae [Named for Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859]

		Desert dicoria Dicoria canescens Asteraceae
Sand blazng star Mentzelia involucrata Loasaceae

Dobiepod Tropidocarpum gracile Brassicaceae

Wild heliotrope Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum Heliotropiaceae

Prince's plume Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata Brassicaceae [Named for Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, 1775-1851]

Desert threadplant Nemacladus rubescens Campanulaceae		Mojave fishhook cactus Sclerocactus polyancistrus Cactaceae

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