BOX CANYON ROAD, MECCA HILLS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY
JANUARY 2012 PAGE TWO


   
Sacred datura
Datura wrightii
Solanaceae

[Named for Charles Wright, 1811-1885]
 
Desert thornapple
Datura discolor
Solanaceae
 


 
Desert tobacco
Nicotiana obtusifolia
Solanaceae

[Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]


 
 
Bladderpod
Peritoma arborea
Cleomaceae
 
 
Desert stars
Monoptilon bellioides
Asteraceae
Purple mat
Nama demissum var. demissum
Boraginaceae
Common phacelia
Phacelia distans
Boraginaceae
Woolly plantain
Plantago ovata var. fastigiata
Plantaginaceae



 
Arizona lupine
Lupinus arizonicus
Fabaceae


 
 
 
Yellow cups
Chylismia brevipes ssp. brevipes
Onagraceae
 
 



   
Browneyes
Chylismia claviformis ssp. aurantiaca
Onagraceae
 



 
Desert sunflower
Geraea canescens
Asateraceae
 
 



 
 
Four-wing saltbush ^
Atriplex canescens var. laciniata
Chenopodiaceae

 
Nettleleaf goosefoot *
Chenopodium murale
Chenopodiaceae
 


 
Spanish needles
Palafoxia arida var. arida
Asteraceae

[Named for José Rebolledo de Palafox y Melzi, 1776-1847]
 
   
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae


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