PLACERITA CANYON STATE PARK
SPRING 2015 PAGE TWO


 
 
 
Hairy ceanothus
Ceanothus oliganthus var. oliganthus
Rhamnaceae
 
 



 
California chicory
Rafinesquia californica
Asteraceae

[Named for Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1783-1840]


 
Wild cucumber
Marah macrocarpa
Cucurbitaceae
 
 
 
Canyon sweet pea
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus
Fabaceae


   
Common eucrypta
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia
Hydrophyllaceae



   
Chaparral yucca
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Agavaceae

[Named for Amiel Weeks Whipple, 1817-1863]
 
Common sun cup
Camissoniopsis bistorta
Onagraceae
  Common fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia
Boraginaceae

[Named for Wilhelm Amsinck, 1752-1831]
 


 
Southern tauschia
Tauschia arguta
Apiaceae

[Named for Ignaz Friedrich Tausch, 1793-1848]


 
 
 
Tufted poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
Papaveraceae

 
 



   
Coast live oak
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia
Fagaceae
 
Thickleaf yerba santa
Eriodictyon crassifolium var. crassifolium
Namaceae


   
Chaparral gilia
Gilia angelensis
Polemoniaceae

[Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]
 
Fringe-pod
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Brassicaceae
 
Chaparral currant
Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium
Grossulariaceae
   


 
Big-berry manzanita
Arctostaphylos glauca
Ericaceae


   
Purple clarkia
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
Onagraceae

[Named for William Clark, 1770-1838]
 
Meadow nemophila
Nemophila pedunculata
Hydrophyllaceae
 

 
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