COYOTE CANYON/BOX CANYON, ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK
FEBRUARY 2009 PAGE TWO

   
Desert tobacco
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Solanaceae

[Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]
 
Shortleaf baccharis ^
Baccharis brachyphylla
Asteraceae
 


 
Parish's viguiera
Bahiopsis parishii
Asteraceae

[Named for the Parish brothers]


 
 
Desert brickellbush
Brickellia desertorum
Asteraceae

[Named for John Brickell, 1749-1809]
 
 
Rock hibiscus
Hibiscus denudatus
Malvaceae
cf. Thomas' buckwheat
Eriogonum thomasii
Polygonaceae

[Named for George Henry Thomas, 1816-1870]
Slender poreleaf, Odora
Porophyllum gracile
Asteraceae
Knotty buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum
Polygonaceae

[Named for Charles Wright, 1811-1885]


 
Jojoba (male flowers)
Simmondsia chinensis
Simmondsiaceae

[Named for Thomas William Simmonds, 1767-1804]


 
 
California trixis
Trixis californica var. californica
Asteraceae
 
 
 
 
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Cactaceae

[Named for George Engelmann, 1809-1884]
Threadstem, Granny's hairnet
Pterostegia drymarioides
Polygonaceae
 
 


 
Beetle spurge
Euphorbia eriantha
Euphorbiaceae


   
Broom snakeweed
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Asteraceae

[Named for Pedro Gutierrez de Salceda, ?-?]
 
Parry's lip fern
Myriopteris parryi
Pteridaceae

[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890
 


 
Black-banded rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus paniculatus
Asteraceae


       
   
Parish's poppy
Eschscholzia parishii
Papaveraceae
[Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831]
   
    Fountain grass
Pennisetum setaceum
Poaceae


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