UPPER SOLSTICE CANYON, SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
APRIL 2009
PAGE THREE


   
Two-tone everlasting
Pseudognaphalium biolettii
Asteraceae
[Named for Frederic Theodore Bioletti, 1865-1939]


 
Scarlet pimpernel *
Anagallis arvensis
Primulaceae

 
Diadasia bee
Diadasia sp.
Apidae



 
 
American vetch
Vi80cia americana var. americana
Fabaceae
 
 
 
 
Pacific sanicle
Sanicula crassicaulis
Apiaceae
Sticky cinquefoil
Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa
Rosaceae
 
 


   
Silver puffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Asteraceae
[Named for John Lindley, 1799-1865]
 
 



     
Tomcat clover
Trifolium willdenovii
Fabaceae

[Named for Carl Ludwig Willdenow, 1765-1812]
 
Fiesta flower
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum
Hydrophyllaceae


 
 
Meadow-rue
Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum
Ranunculaceae
 
Crimson pitcher sage
Salvia spathacea
Lamiaceae
Winter cress
Barbarea orthoceras
Brassicaceae
   


 
Milk maids
Cardamine californica var. californica
Brassicaceae
 
Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana
Asteraceae

[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]
 


 
 
Coast paintbrush
Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis
Scrophulariaceae

[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744?-1793]
 
 
Canyon sweet pea
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus
Fabaceae
Prickly phlox
Linanthus californicus
Polemoniaceae
Hedge-parsley *
Torilis sp.
Apiaceae
Mountain dandelion
Agoseris grandiflora
Asteraceae


 
Canyon sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
Asteraceae

[Named for Miguel Venegas, 1680-1764]


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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
VIRGINIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS