YUCCA VALLEY AND PIONEERTOWN APRIL/MAY 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters

An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip.

Hole-in-the-sand plant Nicolletia occidentalis Asteraceae

Scalebud Anisocoma acaulis Asteraceae

White tidy tips Layia glandulosa Asteraceae

Mojave sun cup Camissonia campestris Onagraceae

Bigelow's desert four o'clock Mirabilis bigelovii var. bigelovii Nyctaginaceae

Apricot mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua Malvaceae

Engelmann's hedgehog cactus Echinocereus engelmannii var. engelmannii Cactaceae

		Woolly sunflower Eriophyllum lanatum var. obovatum Asteraceae		Grape soda lupine Lupinus excubitus var. excubitus Fabaceae
Bajada lupine Lupinus concinnus Fabaceae

Small-seeded spurge Chamaesyce polycarpa Euphorbiaceae

Bigelow's monkeyflower Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii Scrophulariaceae

Pringle's woolly sunflower Eriophyllum pringlei Asteraceae

		Pale primrose Camissonia pallida ssp. pallida Onagraceae
Desert larkspur Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii Ranunculaceae

Fringed onion Allium fimbriatum var. fimbriatum Liliaceae

Purple mat Nama demissum Hydrophyllaceae

Woolly daisy Eriophyllum wallacei Asteraceae

		Desert calico Loeseliastrum matthewsii Polemoniaceae
Xantus pincushion Chaenactis xantiana Asteraceae				Beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Cactaceae
Star gilia Gilia stellata Polemoniaceae				Whispering bells Emmenanthe penduliflora Hydrophyllaceae

Wild rhubarb Rumex hymenosepalus Polygonaceae

Interior goldenbush Ericameria linearifolia Asteraceae