Identifications L-R: Shooting star (
Primula clevelandii var. clevelandii
); Giant blazing star (
Mentzelia laevicaulis
); San Bernardino aster (
Symphiotrichum defoliatum
); Chaparral yucca (
Hesperoyucca whipplei
); Davy gilia (
Gilia latiflora ssp. davyi
).
California Plant Names
:
Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations
A Dictionary of Botanical and Biographical Etymology
Compiled by Michael L. Charters
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Parishii
Comarostaphylos
Bacigalupi
engelmannii
Ivesia
nevadensis
Robinia
Krascheninnikovia
tomentosa
Rydbergii
alpestris
Lobelia
orcuttii
sericea
Atriplex
Douglasii
frutescens
Gilia
hydrophiloides
Jepsonia
maculosa
quadrivulnera
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