EASTERN SIERRAS
PAGE THREE


 
Sierra onion
Allium campanulatum
Alliaceae
 
 
Single-stemmed groundsel
Senecio integerrimus
Asteraceae
 
 
Slender cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis
Rosaceae
 


 
 
cf. Silver lupine
Lupinus albifrons
Fabaceae
 
Rayless fleabane
Erigeron aphanactis var. aphanactis
Asteraceae
 


 
 
Yellow salsify, Goatsbeard *
Tragopogon dubius
Asteraceae
 
 
Mountain strawberry
Fragaria virginiana
Rosaceae
Whisker brush
Leptosiphon ciliatus
Polemoniaceae
 
Spreading phlox
Phlox diffusa
Polemoniaceae
Toad lily
Montia chamissoi
Montiaceae
[Named for Giuseppe Monti, 1682-1760, and Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso, 1781-1838]


     
Locoweed
Astragalus sp.
Fabaceae
 
Western wallflower
Erysimum capitatum
Brassicaceae


Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Rosaceae
 
 
Western blue flag
Iris missouriensis
Iridaceae
 
 
 
Water-plantain buttercup
Ranunculus alismifolius
Ranunculaceae


     
Sticky cinquefoil
Potentilla glandulosa
Rosaceae
 
Three-leaved lewisia
Lewisia triphylla
Montiaceae
  


 
Arctic willow
Salix arctica
Salicaceae
Alpine sheep sorrel
Rumex paucifolius
Polygonaceae
 
 
Alpine laurel
Kalmia polifolia
Ericaceae
[Named for Pehr Kalm 1716-1779]
Western bistort
Bistorta bistortoides
Polygonaceae
Brewer's navarretia
Navarretia breweri
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Fernandez de Navarrete, 1680-1742]
 
 
Arrowleaf butterweed
Senecio triangularis
Asteraceae
Dwarf alpine paintbrush
Castilleja nana
Scrophulariaceae
 


 
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Asteraceae
 
Yellow sweetclover *
Melilotus officinalis
Fabaceae
 


   
Alpine macronema
Ericameria suffruticosa
Asteraceae
 
Desert sweet, Fern bush
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Rosaceae
 
Basin butterweed
Packera multilobata
Asteraceae
[Named for John George Packer, 1929-2019]
   


PHOTO GALLERIES
INDEX 		CALFLORA.NET PAGE FOUR
OF FIVE
CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
VIRGINIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS