The pictures in this gallery were taken in a number of different locations on two trips into the San Bernardino Mountains in June and September of 2004. The first trip was with R.T. Hawke into a burn area near Lake Arrowhead and the second was by myself along Jenks Lake Road.

Bolander's monkeyflower Diplacus bolanderi Phrymaceae [Named for plant collector and educator Henry Nicholas Bolander, 1831-1897]

Bigelow's sneezeweed Helenium bigelovii Asteraceae [Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878, surgeon and botanist]

The genus Helenium has been said to have been named by Linnaeus for Helen of Troy, according to the legend that these flowers sprang up from the ground where her tears had supposedly fallen after she was abducted by Paris. Linnaeus is known to have been fond of using mythological references.

Parry's rabbitbrush Ericameria parryi var. aspera Asteraceae [Named for botanical collector Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]

Parish's buckwheat Eriogonum parishii Polygonaceae [Named for the Parish brothers]

		Broom snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae Asteraceae

Earth brodiaea Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis Themidaceae [Named for Scottish botanist James Brodie, 1744-1824]

		Whiskerbrush Leptosiphon ciliatus Polemoniaceae
Fringed onion Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum Alliaceae

Grayleaf skullcap Scutellaria siphocampyloides Lamiaceae

Large-flowered collomia Collomia grandiflora Polemoniaceae

Threadleaf rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa ssp. oreophila Asteraceae

Short-stemmed bastard sage Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum Polygonaceae [Named for botanical collector Charles Wright, 1811-1885]

PHOTO GALLERIES INDEX CALFLORA.NET PAGE TWO OF TWO CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS

Copyright @ 2022 by Michael L. Charters
The photographs contained on these pages may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the author.
Comments and/or questions may be addressed to mmlcharters[at]gmail.com.