SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS MAY 2009 PAGE FIVE


   
Southern California rock draba ^
Draba corrugata var. saxosa
Brassicaceae

RARE SPECIES


 
Southern jewelflower ^
Streptanthus campestris
Brassicaceae


   
Giant four o'clock
Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens
Nyctaginaceae


 
California false-indigo
Amorpha californica var. californica
Fabaceae
 
   
cf. Heermann's lotus
Lotus heermannii var. heermannii
Fabaceae


   
Mojave prickly pear, Old man cactus
Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea (= Opuntia erinacea)
Cactaceae
 
San Jacinto beardtongue
Penstemon clevelandii var. connatus
Plantaginaceae


 
Palmer's ceanothus
Ceanothus palmeri
Rhamnaceae

(Difficult to tell apart from integerrimus, but thicker, sometimes notched leaves plus presence of mostly palmeri vouchers in SJt indicate this species)
 
Chaparral whitethorn
Ceanothus leucodermis
Rhamnaceae


   
Arched elegant rock-cress
Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata
Brassicaceae
 
 



 
Red boerhavia
Boerhavia coccinea
Nyctaginaceae
 
   
Fremont's cottonwood
Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii
Salicaceae

Bracken fern
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Dennstaedtiaceae

 
 
 
 
 
California fan palm
Washingtonia filifera
Arecaceae
 
 
Arrowweed
Pluchea sericea
Asteraceae
 


   
Narrowleaf ditaxis
Ditaxis lanceolata
Euphorbiaceae
 
 
Stream orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Orchidaceae


   
Desert brickellbush
Brickellia desertorum
Asteraceae
 
Broad-leaved cattail
Typha latifolia
Typhaceae
 
Deergrass
Muhlenbergia rigens
Poaceae