WHITEWATER CANYON
APRIL 2009
PART ONE PAGE TWO


 
 
Desert bluebells
Phacelia campanularia var. vasiformis
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Sun cup
Camissonia bistorta
Onagraceae

[Named for Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso, 1781-1838]
Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
Asteraceae

[Named for Michael Schuck Bebb, 1833-1895]
   


 
Yellow pincushion
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Asteraceae



   
Jacumba milkvetch
Astragalus douglasii var. douglasii
Fabaceae
[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]


 
Salt cedar *
Tamarix ramosissima
Tamaricaceae


       
   
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae
   
    Sand cress
Calyptridium monandrum
Portulacaceae


 
Yellow-throated phacelia
Phacelia brachyloba
Hydrophyllaceae
  Water speedwell *
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Scrophulariaceae


 
 
Veatch's blazing star
Mentzelia veatchiana
Loasaceae

[Named for Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701, and Andrew Allen Veatch, c.1832-1871]
 
 
Silver lotus
Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus
Fabaceae
Threadstem
Pterostegia drymarioides
Polygonaceae
Sugarbush
Rhus ovata
Anacardiaceae
Smallflower cryptantha
Cryptantha micrantha var. micrantha
Boraginaceae


 
Pale primrose
Camissonia pallida
Onagraceae


   
San Diego gilia
Gilia diegensis
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]


 
 
California filago
Filago californica
Asteraceae
Whispering bells
Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora
Hydrophyllaceae
 


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