SHORT CANYON, KERN COUNTY
APRIL 2004 PAGE TWO


   
Parry's linanthus
Linanthus parryae
Polemoniaceae

[Named for Emily Richmond Preston Parry, 1821-1915, 2nd wife of Charles Christopher Parry]


 
Strigose lotus
Acmispon strigosus
Fabaceae


 
 
Checker fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata
Boraginaceae

[Named for Wilhelm Amsinck, 1752-1831]
 
 



 
Pringle's woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum pringlei
Asteraceae

[Named for Cyrus Guernsey Pringle, 1838-1911]
  Beautiful rock-cress
Boechera pulchra
Brassicaceae

[Named for Tyge Wittrock Böcher, 1909-1983]


 
 
Tomcat clover
Trifolium wildenovii
Fabaceae

[Named for Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 1765-1812]
 
 
 
 
Fringe-pod
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Brassicaceae
Purple mat
Nama demissa var. demissa
Boraginaceae
 
 


   
Spiny hopsage
Grayia spinosa
Chenopodiaceae
[Named for Asa Gray, 1810-1888]



 
Silver lotus
Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus
Fabaceae
 
 
 
Two-seeded milkvetch
Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus
Fabaceae


 
Rock dudleya
Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides
Crassulaceae

[Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]


   
Scalebud
Anisocoma acaulis
Asteraceae


 
Green ephedra
Ephedra viridis
Ephedraceae

 
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