MISHE MOKWA TRAIL/SANDSTONE PEAK, SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
MAY 2009 PAGE FOUR


   
Bush monkeyflower
Mimulus aurantiacus
Phrymaceae
 
Large-flowered cryptantha
Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia
Boraginaceae


 
California striped racer, Chaparral whipsnake
Masticophis lateralis lateralis
Colubridae
  Western fence lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
Phrynosomatidae


 
 
Prickly phlox
Linanthus californicus
Polemoniaceae
 
 
 
 
Chinese houses (white form)
Collinsia heterophylla
Plantaginaceae
Red-skinned onion
Allium haematochiton
Alliaceae
 
 


   
Bigberry manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca
Ericaceae
 
 



     
Phlox-leaved bedstraw
Galium andrewsii ssp. intermedium
Rubiaceae
[Named for Timothy Langdon Andrews, 1819-1908]
      Bigpod ceanothus
Ceanothus megacarpus var. megacarpus
Rhamnaceae
 


 
Stink beetles
Eleodes sp.
Tenebrionidae
 
  Aphids and moth eggs
On Clarkia epilobioides


   
Bush lupine
Lupinus longifolius
Fabaceae


 
Red shanks
Adenostoma sparsifolium
Rosaceae


Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae
 
 
 
 
Tomcat clover
Trifolium willdenovii
Fabaceae
[Named for Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 1765-1812]
 


 
Common eucrypta
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia
Hydrophyllaceae


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