TEJON RANCH, KERN AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES
MARCH 2016 PAGE FIVE


   
San Joaquin adobe sunburst ^
Pseudobahia peirsonii
Asteraceae
[Named for California plant collector Frank Warrington Peirson, 1865-1951]


 
Tomcat clover
Trifolium wildenovii
Fabaceae



     
Kern tarplant ^
Deinandra pallida
Asteraceae


   
Mojave sun cup
Camissonia campestris ssp. campestris
Onagraceae



 
 
 
Thistle sage
Salvia carduacea
Lamiaceae
 
 



 
Dwarf nettle *
Urtica urens
Urticaceae


     
Round-fruited bladderpod ^
Peritoma arborea var. globosa
Cleomaceae


 
Oak violet
Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum
Violaceae


   
Leaves of various Lomatium plants we saw on the Ranch the species of which remain for the moment unclear. None were in fruit. There are currently seven taxa on the Tejon Ranch plant list.


 
Slender phlox
Microsteris gracilis
Polemoniaceae


 
 
 
Crum's monolopia ^
Monolopia stricta
Asteraceae
[Published by California botanist Ethel Katherine Crum]
 
 



     
Nuttall's poverty weed
Monolepis nuttalliana
Chenopodiaceae

[Named for Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859, English botanist, ornithologist, curator of the Harvard Botanic Gardens, and author in 1816 of Genera of North American Plants]




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