WHITEWATER CANYON
MARCH 2010
PART TWO PAGE TWO


       
   
Short-winged deerweed
Lotus scoparius var. brevialatus
Fabaceae
   
    Cheesebush
Ambrosia salsola var. salsola
Asteraceae


 
 
Large-flowered cryptantha
Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia
Boraginaceae
 


   
Common goldfields
Lasthenia gracilis
Asteraceae
 
Purple mat
Nama demissum var. demissum
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Scalebroom
Lepidospartum squamatum
Asteraceae


 
Slender volcanic gilia
Gilia ochroleuca ssp. exilis
Polemoniaceae

[Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]
 



 
Big galleta grass
Pleuraphis rigida
Poaceae
   
Creek monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus
Phrymaceae
     


 
Blue dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
Themidaceae


Tall horseweed
Conyza canadensis
Asteraceae
(Above and below)
 
 
Salt cedar *
Tamarix ramosissima
Tamaricaceae
[With European honey bee]
 
 
Pulicaria, Spanish false fleabane *
Pulicaria paludosa
Asteraceae
(Above and below)



 
Prickly lettuce *
Lactuca serriola
Asteraceae


 
 
Collar lupine
Lupinus truncatus
Fabaceae
 
 
 
 
White alder
Alnus rhombifolia
Betulaceae
Arrow weed
Pluchea sericea
Asteraceae

[Named for Noël-Antoine Pluche, 1688-1761]
 
 


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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