SHORT CANYON, KERN COUNTY
APRIL 2004 PAGE THREE


   
Paperbag bush
Scutellaria mexicana
Lamiaceae
 
Desert straw
Stephanomeria pauciflora
Asteraceae


 
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae


Desert calico
Loeseliastrum matthewsii
Polemoniaceae

[Named for Washington Matthews, 1843-1905]
 
 
     
Cooper's goldenbush
Ericameria cooperi var. cooperi
Asteraceae

[Named for James Graham Cooper, 1830-1902]


   
California juniper
Juniperus californica
Cupressaceae



 
 
 
Xantus pincushion
Chaenactis xantiana
Asteraceae

[Named for János Xántus, 1825-1894]
 
 



 
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Papaveraceae

[Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831]


Bigelow's coreopsis
Leptosyne bigelovii
Asteraceae

[Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878]
 
 
 
Cream cups
Platystemon californicus
Papaveraceae
 
 
Yellow turbans
Eriogonum pusillum
Polygonaceae
 
Coville's lip fern
Myriopteris covillei
Pteridaceae

[Named for Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1937]
 


 
Coulter's lupine
Lupinus sparsiflorus
Fabaceae
   
Desert paintbrush
Castilleja chromosa
Orobanchaceae

[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793]
 


 
California evening primrose
Oenothera californica ssp. californica
Onagraceae


   
Winterfat
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Chenopodiaceae

[Named for Stepan Petrovich Krascheninnikov, 1713-1755]

 
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