WHITEWATER CANYON
FEBRUARY 2009
PAGE TWO


 
 
Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
Asteraceae

[Named for Michael Schuck Bebb, 1833-1895]
 
Wild cucumber
Marah macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Cucurbitaceae
Narrow-leaved cryptantha
Cryptantha angustifolia
Boraginaceae
   


 
Perennial rock-cress
Arabis perennans
Brassicaceae


   
Oak mistletoe
Phoradendron villosum
Viscaceae
 
California croton (Male flowers)
Croton californicus
Euphorbiaceae
 
Creek monkeyflower
Mimulus guttatus
Scrophulariaceae


 
London rocket *
Sisymbrium irio
Brassicaceae
 
Heermann's lotus
Acmispon heermannii var. heermannii
Fabaceae

[Named for Adolphus Lewis Heermann, (\1821-1865]
 


       
   
Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Cactaceae
   
    Woolly indian paintbrush
Castilleja foliolosa
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744?-1793]


 
Narrow-leaved stillingia
Stillingia linearifolia
Euphorbiaceae

[Named for Benjamin Stillingfleet, 1702-1771]


 
 
Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Echinocereus engelmannii
Cactaceae
 
 
Common phacelia
Phacelia distans
Hydrophyllaceae
 
Salt cedar *
Tamarix ramosissima
Tamaricaceae
Silver lotus
Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus
Fabaceae
Jacumba milkvetch
Astragalus douglasii var. douglasii
Fabaceae


 
Common goldfields
Lasthenia gracilis
Asteraceae
 
Bigelow's spike-moss
Selaginella bigelovii
Selaginellaceae


 
 
California bur-clover *
Medicago polymorpha
Fabaceae
 
 
 
 
Bird's-foot fern
Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata
Pteridaceae
Silver cholla
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
Cactaceae
 
 


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