SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS MID-ELEVATION SUMMER FLORA
JULY 2009
PAGE FIVE


   
Mexican elderberry
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea
Adoxaceae
 
Monardella
Monardella sp.
Lamiaceae


 
Spineless horsebrush
Tetradymia canescens
Asteraceae


 
 
Purple nightshade
Solanum xanti
Solanaceae

[Named for János Xántus (de Vesey) 1825-1894]
 
 
 
 
Mountain sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata var. vaseyana
Asteraceae

[Named for George Richard Vasey, 1853-1921]
Leafy daisy
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Asteraceae
 
 


 
Common linanthus
Leptosiphon parviflorus
Polemoniaceae


 
 
Prickly lettuce *
Lactuca serriola
Asteraceae
 
White hedge nettle
Stachys albens
Lamiaceae
California geranium
Geranium californicum
Geraniaceae
   


 
Common knotweed *
Polygonum arenastrum
Polygonaceae


   
Yellow salsify, Goat's beard *
Tragopogon dubius
Asteraceae


 
Golden ear drops
Dicentra chrysantha
Papaveraceae


       
   
Jerusalem-oak goosefoot *
Dysphania botrys
Chenopodiaceae
   
    Slender cinquefoil
Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata
Asteraceae


     
Water speedwell *
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Plantaginaceae
 
Yellow sweetclover *
Melilotus officinalis
Fabaceae


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