FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
NATIONAL RECREATION AREA PAGE THREE


   
Canyon sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
Asteraceae

[Named for Miguel Venegas, 1680-1764]


 
California figwort
Scrophularia californica
Scrophulariaceae

  California hedge-nettle
Stachys bullata
Lamiaceae


 
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Papaveraceae

[Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831]
 
 
 
California chicory
Rafinesquia californica
Asteraceae

[Named for Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1783-1840]


   
Marsh bulrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus ssp. paludosus
Cyperaceae

 
Franciscan broomrape
Aphyllon franciscanum
Orobanchaceae



Caterpillar phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida
Hydrophyllaceae

 
 
     
Chalk dudleya
Dudleya pulverulenta
Crassulaceae


 
Chinese houses
Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla
Plantaginaceae

[Named for Zaccheus Collins, 1764-1831]
 
Climbing bedstraw
Galium nuttallii ssp. nuttallii
Rubiaceae

[Named for Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859]
 


English plantain *
Plantago lanceolata
Plantaginaceae
Boccone's sand spurrey *
Spergularia bocconi
Caryophyllaceae

[Named for Paolo Boccone, 1633-1703]
 
 
Spanish broom *
Spartium junceum
Fabaceae
 
 
Sweet fennel *
Foeniculum vulgare
Brassicaceae
Shortpod mustard *
Hirschfeldia incana
Brassicaceae
[Named for Christian Caius Lorenz Hirschfeld, 1742-1792]


 
Telegraph weed
Heterotheca grandiflora
Asteraceae
  Common scouring rush
Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine
Equisetaceae



 
 
Crimson pitcher sage
Salvia spathacea
Lamiaceae
 
 
 
 
Creek monkeyflower
Erythranthe guttata
Phrymaceae

Common deerweed
Acmispon glaber var. glaber
Fabaceae
 
 


   
Elegant clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata
Onagraceae

[Named for William Clark, 1770-1838]
 
Fairy lantern
Calochortus albus
Liliaceae


 
Few-leaved checkerbloom
Sidalcea sparsifolia
Malvaceae
 
Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
Grossulariaceae
 
 
 
Fiesta flower
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum
Hydrophyllaceae



 
Hollyleaf cherry
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia
Rosaceae



   
Giant Horsetail
Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii
Equisetaceae

[Named for Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun, 1805-1877]
 
Large-flowered cryptantha
Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia
Boraginaceae
 
 
Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae
 


 
Miniature lupine
Lupinus bicolor
Fabaceae

  Mexican elderberry
Sambucus mexicana
Viburnaceae




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