YUCCA VALLEY AND PIONEERTOWN
APRIL/MAY 2008
PAGE TWO


   
Blue sage
Salvia dorrii ssp. pilosa
Lamiaceae
[Named after Clarendon Herbert Dorr, 1816-1887
 
Yellow comet
Mentzelia affinis
Loasaceae
[Named after Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701
 
Desert bluebells
Phacelia campanularia ssp. vasiformis
Hydrophyllaceae
 



 
Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae


   
Bigelow's coreopsis
Coreopsis bigelovii
Asteraceae
 
Flat-topped buckwheat
Eriogonum plumatella
Polygonaceae
 
Common phacelia
Phacelia distans
Hydrophyllaceae
   
Fremont's pincushion
Chaenactis fremontii
Asteraceae
[Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890
Thurber's spineflower
Centrostegia thurberi
Polygonaceae
[Named for Dr. George Thurber, 1921-1890]
   
King's sandwort
Arenaria kingii
Caryophyllaceae
[Named for Clarence Rivers King, 1842-1901
Red mariposa lily
Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi
Liliaceae
[Named for William Ledlie Kennedy, c. 1827-1887
   


   
California evening primrose
Oenothera californica
Onagraceae
 
Desert woolstar
Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum
Polemoniaceae


 
 
Coville's fleabane
Erigeron breweri var. covillei
Asteraceae
[Named for William Henry Brewer, 1828-1910, and Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1917
 
 
Yellow tackstem
Calycoseris parryi
Asteraceae
[Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890
Silver puffs
Uropappus lindleyi
Asteraceae
[Named for John Lindley, 1799-1865]
 
   
Small wirelettuce
Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua
Asteraceae
Golden gilia
Linanthus aureus ssp. aureus
Polemoniaceae


 
Latimer's gilia
Saltugilia latimeri
Polemoniaceae
[Named for Howard Leroy Latimer, 1929- ]


 
 
Mojave linanthus
Linanthus breviculus
Polemoniaceae
 
 
 
 
Blue dicks
Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum
Liliaceae
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae
 
 


 
Parikh's threadplant ^
Nemacladus parikhiae
Campanulaceae
[Named for Dr. Anuja Parikh, 1959?-
 
Popcorn flower
Cryptantha sp.
Boraginaceae
 


   
Star-flowered bedstraw
Galium stellatum var. eremicum
Rubiaceae
 
Limestone phacelia
Phacelia affinis
Hydrophyllaceae


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