SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS FRONT RANGE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
JUNE 2008 PAGE ONE
Photographs by Michael Charters




This gallery contains photos of species observed in the San Antonio Canyon area and along Glendora Ridge Road.



 
 
Poodledog bush
Turricula parryi
Hydrophyllaceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
 
 
Clasping-leaved caulanthus
Caulanthus amplexicaulis var. amplexicaulus
Brassicaceae
Stream orchid
Epipactis gigantea
Orchidaceae
 
   
Coffeeberry
Rhamnus californica ssp. californica
Rhamnaceae
Longstalk phacelia
Phacelia longipes
Hydrophyllaceae



   
Low canyon dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. pumila
Crassulaceae
[Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]
 
San Antonio Canyon bedstraw
Galium angustifolium ssp. gabrielense
Rubiaceae
 
Grinnell's penstemon
Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 1882-1943]
 


 
Hairy yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Arched elegant rock-cress
Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata
Brassicaceae


 
 
Woolly indian paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793]
 
 
 
 
Giant blazing star
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Loasaceae
[Named for Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701]
Jeffrey pine
Pinus jeffreyi
Pinaceae
[Named for John Jeffrey, 1826-1854]
 
 


 
Flannelbush
Fremontodendron californicum ssp. californicum
Sterculiaceae


 
 
Coville's lip fern
Myriopteris covillei
Pteridaceae
[Named for Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1917]
 
Western vervain
Verbena lasiostachys var. lasiostachys
Verbenaceae
Canyon live oak
Quercus chrysolepis
Fagaceae
   


 
 
Dudley's clarkia
Clarkia dudleyana
Onagraceae
[Named for William Clark, 1770-1838, and William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]
 
 
Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Asteraceae
Broadleaf stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium
Crassulaceae
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Asteraceae
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae


   
Mountain prickly phlox
Leptodactylon pungens
Polemoniaceae
 
Curl-leaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontantus
Rosaceae
 
Sticky cinquefoil
Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa
Rosaceae
   


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