SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FRONT RANGE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
JUNE 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters




This gallery contains photos of species observed in the San Gabriel Mountains on a field trip led by Lorrae Fuentes of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.and on two follow-up trips I made to the San Antonio Canyon area and along Glendora Ridge Road,


 
 
Poodledog bush
Turricula parryi
Hydrophyllaceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
 
 
Stream orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Orchidaceae
 
Longstalk phacelia
Phacelia longipes
Hydrophyllaceae
Clasping-leaved caulanthus
Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. amplexicaulus
Brassicaceae
Coffeeberry
Rhamnus californica ssp. californica
Rhamnaceae


   
Low canyon dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila
Crassulaceae
[Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]
 
San Antonio Canyon bedstraw
Galium angustifolium ssp. gabrielense
Rubiaceae
 
Grinnell's penstemon
Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 1882-1943]
 


 
Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Arched elegant rock-cress
Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata
Brassicaceae


 
 
Woolly paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793]
 
 
 
 
Giant blazing star
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Loasaceae
[Named for Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701]
Jeffrey pine
Pinus jeffreyi
Pinaceae
[Named for John Jeffrey, 1826-1854]
 
 


 
Flannelbush
Fremontodendron californicum ssp. californicum
Sterculiaceae


 
 
Coville's lip fern
Myriopteris covillei
Pteridaceae
[Named for Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1917]
 
Western vervain
Verbena lasiostachys var. lasiostachys
Verbenaceae
Canyon live oak
Quercus chrysolepis
Fagaceae
   


 
 
Dudley's clarkia
Clarkia dudleyana
Onagraceae
[Named for William Clark, 1770-1838, and William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]
 
 
Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Asteraceae
Broadleaf stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
Crassulaceae
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Asteraceae
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae


   
Mountain prickly phlox
Leptodactylon pungens
Polemoniaceae
 
Curl-leaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontantus
Rosaceae
 
Sticky cinquefoil
Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa
Rosaceae
   


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