CORN SPRINGS, CHUCKWALLA MOUNTAINS
MARCH 2009 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters




Since there were a few species that have been reported from the Corn Springs area that I didn't see the other day, I decided to go back and do a more detailed survey around the campground area which I didn't get to on my previous visit. This would be a great place to stay if you wanted to spend several days in the Chuckwalla Mts region with its many opportunities for exploration. There are some species duplications with the former Corn Springs Road gallery, but it's hard to pass up a beautiful flower. 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.


   
Holly-leaved burbush ^
Ambrosia ilicifolia
Asteraceae


 
Burrobush
Ambrosia dumosa
Asteraceae


 
 
Yellowheads
Trichoptilium incisum
Asteraceae
 
 
Desert dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
Asteraceae
Sand blazing star
Mentzelia involucrata
Loasaceae
[Named for Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701]
Rock hibiscus
Hibiscus denudatus
Malvaceae
Cooper's broom-rape
Orobanche cooperi
Orobanchaeceae
[Named for James Graham Cooper, 1830-1902]


 
Narrow-leaf suncup
Eremothera refracta
Onagraceae


 
 
Short-bannered coastal lotus
Lotus salsuginosus var. brevivexillus
Fabaceae
 
 
 
 
Broad-fruited pectocarya
Pectocarya platycarpa
Boraginaceae
Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
Asteraceae
[Named for Michael Schuck Bebb, 1833-1895]
 
 


 
California barrel cactus
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Cactaceae


 
 
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Cactaceae
[Named for George Engelmann, 1809-1884]
 
Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Cactaceae
Pencil cholla
Cylindropuntia ramosissima
Cactaceae
   


 
Curvenut pectocarya
Pectocarya recurvata
Boraginaceae


       
   
Smoke tree
Psorothamnus spinosus
Fabaceae		    
    Desert mistletoe
Phoradendron californicum
Viscaceae


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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
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