PLANTS OF BIG MORONGO CANYON PRESERVE Compiled by Updated Sept. 2017 by George K. Helmkamp, Ph. D. Ann Garry, Docent SCIENTIFIC NAME, GENUS AND SPECIES FAMILY, SCIENTIFIC FAMILY, COMMON Names are the present & most current. COMMON NAME A B C D Parentheses denote previous names. Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea Adoxaceae Muskroot Blue Elderberry N W 6 SpSu (S. mexicana) Hesperoyucca whipplei Agavaceae Agave Our Lord's Candle N W 4,5 Sp (Yucca whipplei) Agavaceae Agave Yucca schidigera Mojave Yucca N W 4,5 Sp Amaranthaceae Amaranth Amaranthus albus Tumbleweed NN A 1,2 V Amaranthaceae Amaranth Amaranthus fimbriatus Fringed Amaranth N A 1,2,4 SuF Amaranthaceae Amaranth Amaranthus palmeri Palmer Amaranth N A 1 SuF Anacardiaceae Sumac Rhus ovata Sugar-Bush N W 5 SpSu Apiaceae Carrot Apium graveolens Common Celery NN P 3 SpSu Apiaceae Carrot Berula erecta Cut-Leaf Water Parsnip N P 3 SpSu Apiaceae Carrot Lomatium mohavense Mojave Wild-Parsley N P 4 Sp Apocynaceae Dogbane Apocynum cannabinum Indian Hemp N P 3,7 SpSu Apocynaceae Dogbane Asclepias fascicularis Mexican Whorled Milkweed N P 4 Sp Arecaceae Palm Washingtonia filifera California Fan Palm N W 1,3 Su Asteraceae Sunflower Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus Goldenhead N W 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Ambrosia acanthicarpa Annual Burweed, Ragweed N A 1,2 SuF Asteraceae Sunflower Ambrosia dumosa Burrobush N W 4,5 V Asteraceae Sunflower Ambrosia psilostachya Western Ragweed N A 3,7 SuF Ambrosia salsola Asteraceae Sunflower Cheese-Bush N W 4,5 Sp (Hymenoclea salsola) Asteraceae Sunflower Anisocoma acaulis Scale-Bud N A 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Artemisia dracunculus Tarragon N P 4,5 SuF Asteraceae Sunflower Artemisia ludoviciana Silver Wormwood N P 4,6 V FAMILY, SCIENTIFIC FAMILY, COMMON SCIENTIFIC NAME, GENUS AND SPECIES COMMON NAME A B C D Asteraceae Sunflower Baccharis brachyphylla Short-Leaved Baccharis N W 4 SpSu Baccharis salicifolia ssp.salicifolia Asteraceae Sunflower Mule Fat N W 6 V (B. glutinosa) Baccharis salicina Asteraceae Sunflower Water Willow N W 3 V (B. Emoryi) Asteraceae Sunflower Baccharis sergiloides Desert Baccharis N W 6 V Bahiopsis parishii Asteraceae Sunflower Parish's Goldeneye, Parish Viguiera N W 4 V (Viguiera parishii) Asteraceae Sunflower Baileya pleniradiata Wooly Desert Marigold N A 4,5 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Bebbia juncea Sweet-Bush N W 4,5 SpSu Brickellia atractyloides var. arguta Asteraceae Sunflower Pungent Brickellia N W 4 Sp (B. arguta) Asteraceae Sunflower Brickellia desertorum Desert Brickellia N W 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Calycoseris parryi Yellow Tack-Stem N A 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Carthamus tinctorius Safflower N A 1 V Asteraceae Sunflower Chaenactis carphoclinia Pebble Pincushion N A 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Chaenactis fremontii Fremont Pincushion N A 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Cirsium vulgare Bull Thistle NN A 1 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Cotula coronopifolia Common Brass Buttons NN A 3 SpSu Asteraceae Sunflower Dicoria canescens Desert Twinbugs N A 5 FW Asteraceae Sunflower Encelia actoni Acton's Encelia N W 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Encelia farinosa Brittle-Bush N W 4 SpSu Ericameria nauseosus Asteraceae Sunflower Rubber Rabbit-Brush N W 4 SuF (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) Ericameria paniculata Asteraceae Sunflower Black-Banded Rabbit-Brush N W 4 F (Chrysothamnus paniculatus) Ericameria teretifolia Asteraceae Sunflower Green Rabbit-Brush N W 4 SuF (Chrysothamnus teretifolius) Ericameria linearifolia Asteraceae Sunflower Linear-Leaved Golden-Bush N W 4 Sp (Haplopappus linearifolius) Erigeron canadensis Asteraceae Sunflower Horse-Weed N A 1,2 V (Conyza canadensis) Asteraceae Sunflower Eriophyllum confertiflorum Golden Yarrow N P 4 SpSu Asteraceae Sunflower Eriophyllum wallacei Wallace's Woolly Daisy N A 4 Sp FAMILY, SCIENTIFIC FAMILY, COMMON SCIENTIFIC NAME, GENUS AND SPECIES COMMON NAME A B C D Euthamia occidentalis Asteraceae Sunflower Western Goldenrod N P 3,6 SuF (Solidago occidentalis) Asteraceae Sunflower Gutierrezia microcephala Small-Flowered Matchweed N P 4 SuF Asteraceae Sunflower Isocoma acradenia Alkali Goldenbush N W 2,5,7 F Asteraceae Sunflower Heterotheca grandiflora Telegraph-Weed N A 1 V Asteraceae Sunflower Heterotheca villosa Hairy Golden-Aster N P 4 SpSu Asteraceae Sunflower Iva axillaris Western Poverty-Weed N P 1,2 SpSu Asteraceae Sunflower Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce NN A 1,2,3 SpSu Laennicia coulteri Asteraceae Sunflower Coulter's Horseweed N A 1,2 V (Conyza coulteri) Asteraceae Sunflower Lasthenia californica Goldfields N A 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Layia glandulosa White Tidy-Tips N A 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Lepidospartum squamatum Scale-Broom N W 5,7 SuF Leptosyne californica Asteraceae Sunflower California Tickseed N A 4 Sp (Coreopsis californica) Logfia arizonica Asteraceae Sunflower Arizona Cottonrose N A 1,2,4 Sp (Filago arizonica) Logfia depressa Asteraceae Sunflower Dwarf Cottonrose N A 1,2,4 Sp (Filago depressa) Asteraceae Sunflower Malacothrix glabrata Desert Dandelion N A 1,4 Sp Matricaria discoidea Asteraceae Sunflower Pineapple-Weed N A 1 SpSu (M. matricariodes) Asteraceae Sunflower Monoptilon bellidiforme Desert Star N A 4 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Monoptilon bellioides Mohave Desert-Star N A 4 Sp Palafoxia arida Asteraceae Sunflower Spanish Needle N A 4,5 Sp (P. linearis) Asteraceae Sunflower Pectis papposa var. papposa Chinch-Weed N A 4 V Asteraceae Sunflower Perityle emoryi Emory Rock Daisy N A 3,4,5 Sp Asteraceae Sunflower Peucephyllum schottii Pygmycedar N W 4 WSp Asteraceae Sunflower Pleurocoronis pleuriseta Arrow-Leaf N P 4 Sp Pluchea odorata Asteraceae Sunflower Marsh Fleabane N P 3 SuF (P. purpurascens) Asteraceae Sunflower Pluchea sericea Arrow-Weed N W 7 SpSu FAMILY, SCIENTIFIC FAMILY, COMMON SCIENTIFIC NAME, GENUS AND SPECIES COMMON NAME A B C D Pseudognaphalium californicum Asteraceae Sunflower California Cudweed N A 1,2 V (Gnaphalium californicum) Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Asteraceae Sunflower White Cudweed NN A 1,2,4 V (Gnaphalium luteo-albens) Pulicaria paludosa Asteraceae Sunflower Spanish False Fleabane NN A 3,6 V (P. hispanica) Asteraceae Sunflower Rafinesquia californica California Chicory N A 4 SpSu Asteraceae Sunflower Rafinesquia neomexicana New Mexico Chicory N A 4 Sp Senecio flaccidus Asteraceae Sunflower Threadleaf Ragwort, Groundsel N P 1,2 SuF (S. douglasii) Asteraceae Sunflower Solidago confinis Southern Goldenrod N P 3,6 SuF Asteraceae Sunflower Sonchus asper ssp. asper Prickly Sow Thistle NN A 3,6 V Asteraceae Sunflower Stephanomeria exigua Small Wire-Lettuce, Annual Mitra N A 4 V Asteraceae Sunflower Stephanomeria pauciflora Wire- Lettuce N P 4 V Stylocline gnaphaloides Asteraceae Sunflower Everlasting Nest-Straw N A 4,5 Sp (S. gnaphalioides) Symphyotrichum subulatum Asteraceae Sunflower Annual Saltmarsh Aster N A 2,7 Sp (Aster subulatus) Uropappus lindleyi Asteraceae Sunflower Silver-Puffs N A 4 Sp (Microseris linearifolia) Asteraceae Sunflower Xanthium strumarium Cocklebur N A 2,3 SuF Asteraceae Sunflower Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia Mohave Aster N P 4 Sp Betulaceae Birch Alnus rhombifolia White Alder N W 1,6 WSp Bignoniaceae Trumpet-Creeper Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow N W 5 SpSu Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Amsinckia intermedia Common Fiddleneck N A 1,2,4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Amsinckia menziesii Small-Flowered Fiddleneck N A 1,2,4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Amsinckia tesselata Checker Fiddleneck N A 1,2,4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha angustifolia Narrow-Leaf Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha barbigera Bearded Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha circumcissa Western Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha decipiens Gravel Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha intermedia Common Cryptantha N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha maritima White-Haired Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha micrantha Purple-Rooted Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp FAMILY, SCIENTIFIC FAMILY, COMMON SCIENTIFIC NAME, GENUS AND SPECIES COMMON NAME A B C D Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha nevadensis Nevada Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha pterocarya Wing-Nut Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha racemosa Bushy Cryptantha N P 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Cryptantha utahensis Scented Forget-Me-Not N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Emmenanthe penduliflora Whispering Bells N A 4,5 Sp Eriodictyon parryi Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Poodle-Dog Bush N P 2 Su (Turricula parryi) Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Eriodictyon trichocalyx Yerba Santa N W 4,5,6 SpSu Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia Common Eucrypta N A 4 Sp Nama demissa Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Purple Mat N A 4 Sp (N. demissum) Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Pectocarya linearis Slender Comb-Bur N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Pectocarya penicillata Hairy-Leaved Comb-Bur N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Pectocarya platycarpa Broad-Nutted Comb-Bur N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Pectocarya recurvata Arch-Nutted Comb-Bur N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Pectocarya setosa Stiff-Stemmed Comb-Bur N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Phacelia campanularia Desert Blue Bells, Canterbury Bells N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Phacelia crenulata Notch-Leaved Phacelia N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae Borage or Waterleaf Phacelia cryptantha Hiddenflower Phacelia N A 4 Sp Boraginaceae