MASON VALLEY, ANZA-BORREGO DESERT STATE PARK
OCTOBER 2021 PAGE THREE


   
Desert lavender
Condea emoryi
Lamiaceae

[Named for William Hemsley Emory, 1811-1887]
 
Gander's cholla
Cylindropuntia ganderi
Cactaceae

[Named for Frank Forest Gander, 1899-1976]
 
White rhatany
Krameria bicolor
Krameriaceae

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


 
Retrorse desert four o'clock
Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa
Nyctaginaceae


 
Fringed amaranth
Amaranthus fimbriatus
Amaranthaceae
 
 
 
Red-gland spurge
Euphorbia melanadenia
Euphorbiaceae


   
Threadstem carpet-weed
Mollugo cerviana
Molluginaceae

 
Coville's lip fern
Myriopteris covillei
Pteridaceae

[Named for Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1937]


 
 
 
Sacred datura
Datura wrightii
Solanaceae

[Named for Charles Wright, 1811-1885]
 
 



 
Desert straw
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Asteraceae


   
Jojoba
Simmondsia chinensis
Simmondsiaceae

[Named for Thomas William Simmonds, 1767-1804]
 
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Cactaceae

[Named for George Engelmann, 1809-1884]


     
Desert baccharis
Baccharis sergiloides
Asteraceae
  Desert apricot
Prunus fremontii
Rosaceae
[Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]
  Lotebush
Ziziphus parryi var. parryi
Rhamnaceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
  Longstem buckwheat
Eriogonum elongatum
Polygonaceae
   


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