| WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT APRIL 2017 PAGE TWO |
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| Broad-flowered gilia Gilia latiflora ssp. latiflora Polemoniaceae |
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Blue dicks Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Themidaceae |
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Extensive research has not turned up any definitive answer to the question of why this plant is so named, but it seems likely that its name derived as a nickname shortened from Dick-el-oh-STEM-ma, which was an epithet first published in 1843. |
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| Desert zygadene Toxicoscordion brevibracteatum Melanthiaceae |
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| Ironclad beetle Asbolus verrucosus Tenebrionidae |
Inflated beetle Cysteodemus armatus Meloidae |
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Cushion cryptantha |
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