JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK
MAY 2008
PAGE TWO


   
Anderson thornbush
Lycium andersonii
Solanaceae
[Named for Charles Lewis Anderson, 1927-1910]
 
Schott's indigo bush
Psorothamnus schottii
Fabaceae
[Named for Arthur Carl Victor Schott, 1814-1875
 
Pencil cholla
Opuntia ramosissima
Cactaceae
 


 
 
Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
Simmondsiaceae
[Named for Thomas William Simmonds, 1767-1804]
 
 
Thick-leaved ground cherry
Physalis crassifolia
Solanaceae
Desert willow
Chilopsis linearis
Bignoniaceae
Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa
Asteraceae
Coyote melon ^
Cucurbita palmata
Cucurbitaceae


   
 
Buckwheat
Eriogonum sp.
Polygonaceae


   
Parish's poppy
Eschscholzia parishii
Papaveraceae
[Named for the Parish brothers]
 
California wild buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Polygonaceae
 
Desert trumpet
Eriogonum inflatum
Polygonaceae
 


   
Desert woolstar
Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum
Polemoniaceae


 
 
Parry's lip fern
Myriopteris parryi
Pteridaceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
 
 
Desert mistletoe
Phoradendron californicum (On Acacia greggii)
Viscaceae
Barrel cactus
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Cactaceae
Desert dodder
Cuscuta denticulata (On Senna armata)
Cuscutaceae
Flat-topped buckwheat
Eriogonum plumatella
Polygonaceae


 
Jumping cholla, Teddy bear cholla
Opuntia bigelovii
Cactaceae
[Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878]


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