CUSHENBURY CANYON, SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS
JUNE 2011 PAGE THREE



 
 
Cushenbury buckwheat
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. vineum
Polygonaceae
 
 
   



 
Smooth-leaf yerba santa
Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx
Boraginaceae


 
 
Beautiful rock-cress
Boechera pulchra
Brassicaceae

[Named for Danish botanist Tyge Wittrock Böcher (1909-1983)]
 
 
   



     
Joshua tree
Yucca brevifolia
Agavaceae
 
Mojave mound cactus
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Cactaceae


 
 
 

Desert sandwort
Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia
Caryophyllaceae

 
 



   
Desert larkspur
Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii
Ranunculaceae

 
 
Popcorn flower
Cryptantha sp.
Boraginaceae


   
Arching rock-cress, Arched elegant rock-cress
Boechera arcuata
Brassicaceae

[Named for Tyge Wittrock Böcher (Boecher), 1909-1983]


 
 
Curl-leaf mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus
Rosaceae
Common phacelia
Phacelia distans
Boraginaceae
 


 
 
Heermann's buckwheat
Eriogonum heermannii var. heermannii
Polygonaceae
[Named for Adolphus Lewis Heermann, 1821-1865]
 
 



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CALIFORNIA PLANT NAMES: LATIN AND GREEK MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS
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