WONDERLAND WASH, JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
NOVEMBER 2017 PAGE THREE


   
Littleleaf rhatany
Krameria erecta
Krameriaceae

[Named for Johann Georg Heinrich Kramer, 1684-1744]


 
Rock ivesia
Ivesia saxosa
Rosaceae

[Named for Joseph Christmas Ives, 1828-1868]


 
 
 
Hole-in-the-sand plant
Nicolletia occidentalis
Asteraceae

[Named for Joseph Nicholas Nicollet, 1786-1843]
 
 



   
Mojave-aster
Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia
Asteraceae



 
 
Mojave cottonthorn
Tetradymia stenolepis
Asteraceae
 
 
 
 
Pancake prickly pear
Opuntia chlorotica
Cacataceae
Paperbag bush
Scutellaria mexicana
Lamiaceae
 
 


 
Parry's nolina
Nolina parryi
Ruscaceae

[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]


   
Mojave mound cactus
Echinocereus mojavensis
Cactaceae
 
Rock buckwheat
Eriogonum saxatile
Polygonaceae
 
Nevada ephedra
Ephedra nevadensis
Ephedraceae

 
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