JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
SPRING/FALL 2003 PAGE TWO


   
Desert dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
Asteraceae
 
Pygmyweed
Crassula connata
Crassulaceae
 
Blackbrush
Coleogyne ramosissima
Rosaceae


 
 
Chinchweed
Pectis papposa var. papposa
Asteraceae


 
Desert mistletoe
Phoradendron californicum
Viscaceae
 
 
 
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae


 
Desert calico
Loeseliastrum matthewsii
Polemoniaceae

[Named for Washington Matthews, 1843-1905]


 
 
Nevin's bird's beak
Cordylanthus nevinii
Orobanchaceae

[Named for Joseph Cook Nevin, 1835-1913]
 
 
Anderson's thornbush
Lycium andersonii
Solanaceae

[Named for Charles Lewis Anderson, 1827-1910]
Coulter's lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Fabaceae

[Named for Thomas Coulter, 1783-1843]
Cooper's jewelflower
Caulanthus cooperi
Brassicaceae

[Named for James Graham Cooper, 1830-1902]
Muller's oak
Quercus cornelius-mulleri
Fagaceae

[Named for Cornelius Herman Muller, 1909-1997]


 
Desert larkspur
Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii
Ranunculaceae

[Named for Samuel Bonsall Parish, 1838-1928, and his brother William Fletcher Parish, 1840-1918]


 
Desert parsley
Lomatium mohavense
Apiaceae
 
 
 
Southern woodland-gilia
Saltugilia australis
Polemoniaceae


   
Spiny hopsage
Grayia spinosa
Chenopodiaceae

[Named for Asa Gray, 1810-1888]
(Left - female fls, Right - male fls)



   
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Cactaceae

[Named for George Engelmann, 1809-1884]
  Shrub live oak
Quercus turbinella
Fagaceae
 


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