OJAI VALLEY, VENTURA COUNTY
JUNE 2008

The purpose of this field trip was simply to find and photograph Ojai navarretia because it's a species I had been looking for and was eager to find. My wife came along on this trip and I benefitted from her sharp eyes.

   
Ojai navarretia
Navarretia ojaiensis
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Francisco Fernandez de Navarrete, 1680-1742]
 
Slender tarplant
Hemizonia fasciculata
Asteraceae
 


 
Purple sage
Salvia leucophylla
Lamiaceae
  
Indian milkweed
Asclepias eriocarpa
Asclepiadaceae


 
 
Foothill penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus var. heterophyllus
Plantaginaceae
 
 
 
 
Field hedge-parsley
Torilis arvensis
Apiaceae
Common deerweed
Acmispon glaber var. glaber
Fabaceae
 
 


   
Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae
 
Spreading larkspur
Delphinium patens ssp. hepaticoideum
Ranunculaceae


   
Soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
Agavaceae
 
   
Common linanthus
Leptosiophon parviflorus
Polemoniaceae
Santa Barbara milkvetch
Astragalus trichopodus var. phoxus
Fabaceae


Golden stars
Bloomeria crocea var. crocea
Themidaceae
[Named for Hiram Green Bloomer, 1819-1874]


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