SANTA CRUZ ISLAND
OCTOBER 2006 PAGE TWO

   
Seaside daisy
Erigeron glaucus
Asteraceae
 
Douglas's silver bush lupine
Lupinus albifrons var. douglasii
Fabaceae

[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]
 
Island redberry
Rhamnus pirifolia
Rhamnaceae
   


 
Fernleaf ironwood, Santa Cruz Island ironwood
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolia
Rosaceae

[Named for William Scrugham Lyon, 1851-1916}


 
Lady fern
Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosorum
Athyriaceae
 
 
 
Giant chain fern
Woodwardia fimbriata
Blechnaceae
[Named for Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, 1745-1820]


   
Island mountain-mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides var. blancheae
Rosaceae

[Named for Luella Blanche Engle Trask, 1865-1916]
 
Kikuyu grass *
Pennisetum clandestinum
Poaceae


   
Plummer's baccharis
Baccharis plummerae ssp. plummerae
Asteraceae

[Named for Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon, 1836-1923]
 
Asthmaweed *
Erigeron sumatrensis
Asteraceae
 


 
Santa Cruz Island bird's-foot trefoil
Acmispon argophyllus var. niveus
Fabacaeae
  Soft-leaved paintbrush
Castilleja mollis
Orobanchaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744?-1793]
 


   
Woolly sea-blite
Suaeda taxifolia
Chenopodiaceae
 
   
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Asteraceae
Coast prickly-pear
Opuntia littoralis
Cactaceae


 
Northern island morning glory
Calystegia macrostegia ssp. macrostegia
Convolvulaceae


 
 
Beach saltbush
Atriplex leucophylla
Chenopodiaceae
 
 
 
 
Island oak
Quercus tomentella
Fagaceae
Greene's dudleya
Dudleya greenei
Crassulaceae
[Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911, and Edward Lee Greene, 1843-1915]
 
 


   
Island bush monkeyflower
Diplacus parviflorus
Phrymaceae
 
Candleholder dudleya
Dudleya candelabrum
Crassulaceae


 
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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
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