ELEPHANT TREES, ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK
FEBRUARY 2010 PAGE TWO


   
Thick-leaved ground cherry
Physalis crassifolia
Solanaceae
 
Scott's indigo bush
Psorothamnus schottii
Fabaceae
[Named for Arthur Carl Victor Schott, 1814-1875]
 

 
 
Rock daisy
Perityle emoryi
Asteraceae
 
Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
Asteraceae
[Named for Michael Schuck Bebb ,1833-1895]
 


 
 
Elephant tree
Bursera microphylla
Burseraceae
[Named for Joachim Burser; 1583-1649]
 
 
   



 
Chuparosa
Justicia californica
Acanthaceae
[Named for James Justice, 1698-1763]
  
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
Zygophyllaceae
[Named for Juan Antonio Hernández Perez de Larrea, 1731-1803]
 


       
   
Smoke tree
Psorothamnus spinosus
Fabaceae		    
    California barrel cactus
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Cactaceae


   
Narrowleaf ditaxis
Ditaxis lanceolata
Euphorbiaceae



   
Cheesebush
Ambrosia salsola
Asteraceae


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