WEST FORK, SAN GABRIEL RIVER
MAY/JUNE 2011
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California thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. californicum
Asteraceae


     
Hollyleaf cherry
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia
Rosaceae
 
Goldback fern
Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis
Pteridaceae


 
 
 
Sticky madia, Gumweed
Madia gracilis
Asteraceae
 
 



 
California blackberry
Rubus ursinus
Rosaceae
 
Himalaya-berry *
Rubus discolor
Rosaceae


 
 
Blue larkspur, Parry's larkspur
Delphinium parryi ssp. parryi
Ranunculaceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
 
 



 
 
Purple nightshade
Solanum xanti
Solanaceae

[Named for János Xántus (de Vesey) 1825-1894]
 
Small-flowered meconella
Meconella denticulata
Papaveraceae
 


 
 
 
California polypody
Polypodium californicum
Polypodiaceae



 
Golden ear drops
Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Papaveraceae

[Named for Friedrich Ehrendorfer, 1927-2023]
 
Gabb's checkerspot
Chlosyne gabbii
Nymphalidae

 
 


 
 
Fremont's cottonwood
Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii
Salicaceae

[Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]
 
 
 
 
Coffee fern
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pteridaceae
Yellow pincushion
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Asteraceae
 
 


   
Pacific spiketail dragonfly
Cordulegaster dorsalis
Cordulegastridae
 



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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
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