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Name List: Salazaria mexicana  

2.2 Salazaria mexicana Torrey. in "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains (35.0299,-115.3492,WGS1984) Small fragment. 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.
Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Woods Mtns Petroglyphs. Field Notes: Coll. No. 2.3.

Name List: Ambrosia salsola var. salsola  

2.3 Ambrosia salsola (Torr. & A. Gray) Strother & B. G. Baldwin var. salsola. in "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains (35.0299,-115.3492,WGS 1984.) (Insufficient material for voucher.) 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.

Coll. No. 2.3, Ambrosia salsola var. salsola
Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Woods Mtns Petroglyphs. Field Notes: Coll. No. 3.1.

Name List: Verbena gooddingii  

3.1 Verbena gooddingii Briq. In "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the southwest side of the Woods Mountains, 2.3 miles east southeast of the intersection of Black Canyon Road and Wild Horse Canyon Road. (35.0265,-115.3498,WGS 1984.) 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 3.1, Verbena gooddingii

Comments: 9 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 3.1, 16 Apr 1993, characters observed while keying: Annual/perennial unknown, perennial assumed, subshrub, soft-hairy; Leaves, opposite, petiole 12 mm., blade 33 mm., lobed at base, toothed; Calyx, 8 mm., cylindric, 5-toothed, hairs spreading; Corolla, petals fused, radial, 12 mm., throat hairy, 5-lobed, limb 7 mm., blue; Ovary, 4-chambered.

Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Woods Mtns Petroglyphs. Field Notes: Coll. No. 3.4.

Name List: Phacelia fremontii  

3.4 Phacelia fremontii Torr. in "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains (35.0299,-115.3491,WGS1984) Some dimensions and counts are small for P. fremontii; however, I this this is an early, small specimen. 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 3.4, Phacelia fremontii

Comments: 3 Jan 2012, Coll. No. 3.4, keyed 3 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, 11 cm., from slender taproot; Stem hairy to glandular-hairy distally; Leaf 6 mm., blades deeply pinnately lobed; Inflorescence coiled; Bracts 5 mm., entire, tip rounded, glandular-hairy; Corollas funnelform, 12 mm. x 10 mm. dia, deciduous in fruit Ovary 2 mm., hairy; Style 4.5 mm, forked; Stamens included; Seeds few. I think this is an early, small P. fremontii.

Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Woods Mtns Petroglyphs. Field Notes: Coll. No. 4.1.

Name List: Gilia  

4.1 Gilia . In "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains (35.0299,-115.3492,WGS1984) (Keys like a large G. minor, but fine details of corolla throat markings have faded.) 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 4.1, Gilia

Comments: 2 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 4.1, keyed 2 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual to 32 cm.; Stem ascending, glandular in distal half; Leaves, rosette and cauline, deeply pinnately lobed; Basal and lower leaves, 50 mm., hairs non-glandular, cob-webby; Cauline leaves alternate, terminal lobe ±= lateral lobes; Inflorescence open cyme, not in heads; Pedicels varying, 1-12 mm.; Calyx 3 mm in flower, to 5 mm in fruit, lobes equal, glandular, membrane not spout-like distally; Corolla funnel-shaped, 8-9 mm., radial, lobes < tube, tube purple to mid-throat, no spots; Stigma, 0.7 mm., = stamens, forked; Stamens 5, equal; Filaments 6-7 mm., free distal 1 mm.; Seeds, many per chamber, light brown, gelatinous when wet. Keys to a large G. minor but fine details of corolla throat colors have faded.

Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Woods Mtns Petroglyphs. Field Notes: Coll. No. 4.3.

Name List: Physalis crassifolia  

4.3 Physalis crassifolia Benth. in "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains (35.0299,-115.3492,WGS1984) Small fragment, without fruiting material. 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.

Coll. No. 4.3, Physalis crassifolia

Comments: 15 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 4.3, 16 April 1993, characters observed while keying: Annual/perennial unknown, subshrub; Hairs, dense, short, unbranched, glandular; Stem ridged; Leaf, petiole 8-10 mm, blade 11 mm, ovate, margin wavy; Pedicel 7 mm; Calyx, in flower 4 mm, in fruit unknown; Corolla, 7 mm, yellow Fruit unknown.

Name List: Nicotiana obtusifolia  

7.1 Nicotiana obtusifolia Martens & Galeotti. In "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains, near Hole in the Wall, and about 2.5 miles east southeast of the intersection of Wild Horse Canyon Road with Black Canyon Road. (35.0264,-115.3475,WGS 1984.) 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC )
Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Woods Mtns Petroglyphs. Field Notes: Coll. No. 8.2.

Name List: Acmispon rigidus  

8.2 Acmispon rigidus (Benth.) Brouillet. In "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains, 2.8 miles east southeast of the Hole-in-the-Wall Information Center. (35.0263,-115.3510,WGS 1984.) 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 8.2, Acmispon rigidus

Comments: 29 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 8.2, keyed 29 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial shrub or subshrub, to 40 cm., unarmed; Stem glabrous; Stipules gland-like; Leaves ternate, axis 3-4 mm.; Leaflets 3, not gland-dotted, few hairs, appressed, leaflet length 5x width; Inflorescence umbel, 1-3 flowered; Calyx conspicuous, strigose; Sepals fused > 1/2 length; Flower bilateral; Corolla conspicuous, 10 mm.; Stamens many fused, 1 free; Fruit indehiscent (expected to be dehiscent, perhaps insufficiently mature), flat.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 8.3.

Name List: Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum  

8.3 Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. capitatum. in "Woods Wash," i.e., that portion of Black Canyon Wash on the south side of the Woods Mountains (35.0298,-115.3491,WGS1984) Insufficient material for herbarium voucher. 4/16/1993 Woods Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.

Comments: 15 August 2012, Collection No. 8.3, 15 August 2012, characters observed while keying: Geophyte, scapose, > 30 cm., Scape straight, Bracts 12 mm., purple, Pedicels 4 mm., Perianth 17 mm., parts fused at base, tube not narrowed above ovary, Stamens 6, 3 larger, 3 smaller, Filaments forming a crown-like tube outside anthers.

Name List: Lepidium  

10. Lepidium . 4/16/1993 , (No county information available.), (No state information available.)

Name List: Salvia columbariae  

12. Salvia columbariae Benth. 4/16/1993 , (No county information available.), (No state information available.)
California Highway 178: in Freeman Cyn. Field Notes: Coll. No. 14.

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. pilosa  

14. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. Along California Highway 178, 3 km southeast of Walker Pass. (35.6493,-117.9975,WGS1984) Common in wash. 5/20/1993 Walker Pass, Kern County, California. (UC1953387 )
Bonanza King Road: at Bonanza King Cyn. Field Notes: Coll. No. 15.

Name List: Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides  

15. Dudleya saxosa (M. E. Jones) Britton & Rose ssp. aloides (Rose) Moran. Mouth of the canyon. (34.9812,-115.5081,WGS1984) Occasional, in crevice of limestone outcrop. 5/25/1993 Bonanza King Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953413 )

Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides at Bonanza King Canyon.

Coll. No. 15, Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Effects of the Hackberry Complex Fire in Mojave National Preserve, June 22-25, 2005.: 330350. Field Notes: Coll. No. 16. 20060607220.

Name List: Quercus chrysolepis  

16. Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa.With Amelanchier utahensis, Garrya flavescens, Juniperus osteosperma, Pinus monophylla, and Rhamnus ilicifolia. Rare. 5/25/1993 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis Liebm.) 1 year after the Hackberry Complex Fire.

Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis Liebm.) resprouting after the Hackberry Complex Fire.

Name List: Keckiella antirrhinoides ssp. microphylla  

17. Keckiella antirrhinoides (Benth.) Straw ssp. microphylla (A. Gray) N. Holmgren. With Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus monophylla. Rare, small colony in joints of welded tuff. 5/25/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Krameria erecta  

18. Krameria erecta Schultes. With Coleogyne ramosissima and Juniperus osteosperma. Rare. 5/26/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Woodsia  

19. Woodsia . Rare, in shaded rock crevices on north slopes. 5/26/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Penstemon eatonii ssp. eatonii  

20. Penstemon eatonii A. Gray ssp. eatonii. With Pinus monophylla. Occasional, on north slopes. 5/26/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Physalis acutifolia  

21. Physalis acutifolia (Miers) Sandw. With Juniperus osteosperma. Occasional, in shaded places. 5/26/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii  

22. Delphinium parishii A. Gray ssp. parishii A. Gray. With Pinus monophylla. Occasional, on shaded slopes. 5/26/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Asclepias erosa  

23. Asclepias erosa Torrey. Rare, on alluvial soil. 5/27/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Dalea searlsiae  

24. Dalea searlsiae (A. Gray) Barneby. Rare, in wash, at the water tank north of Wild Horse Mesa. 5/27/1993 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

25. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. North slope, on Winkler Fm., Tertiary lacustrine limestone. (35.0471,-115.4584,WGS1984) 5/27/1993 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Fraxinus anomala  

26. Fraxinus anomala S. Watson. North slope.With Garrya flavescens, Pinus monophylla, and Rhamnus ilicifolia. Occasional. 5/27/1993 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 8/25/2002, When I went to file this specimen, I discovered it was incorrectly determined as Amelanchier utahensis. Need to print a new label, steam the old one off and replace it.

Name List: Mirabilis laevis var. villosa  

27. Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. villosa (Kellogg) Spellenb. Under Juniperus osteosperma. Occasional. 5/27/1993 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Ribes velutinum  

28. Ribes velutinum E. Greene. Jackass Canyon (36.5383,-117.5423,WGS1984) Thicket. 5/18/1995 Hunter Mountain, Inyo County, California. (UC1953414 )

Name List: Eriogonum wrightii  

29. Eriogonum wrightii Torr. ex Benth. Under Pinus monophylla. Occasional. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Ambrosia eriocentra  

30. Ambrosia eriocentra (A. Gray) Payne. In washes with Prunus fasciculata. Common. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Artemisia ludoviciana  

31. Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. In woodland with Pinus monophylla and Rhus trilobata. Uncommon. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Baccharis sergiloides  

32. Baccharis sergiloides A. Gray. In wash near Lobo Point. Uncommon. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Ephedra viridis  

33. Ephedra viridis Cov. In woodland under Pinus monophylla. Common. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Symphoricarpos longiflorus  

35. Symphoricarpos longiflorus A. Gray. In shade beside wash with Pinus monophylla and Rhus trilobata. Uncommon. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California.

Name List: Rhus trilobata  

36. Rhus trilobata Nutt. In woodland with Pinus monophylla. Common. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Lycium  

37. Lycium . Uncommon. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa  

38. Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. var. glandulosa (Curran) M. E. Jones. In scrub and woodland with Pinus monophylla and Juniperus osteosperma. Common. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Ericameria linearifolia  

39. Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urb. & J. Wussow. In scrub and woodland. Common. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Ericameria cuneata  

40. Ericameria cuneata (A. Gray) McClatchie. In rocks. Common. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Fallugia paradoxa  

41. Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. 2.7 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns.Alongside washes. Uncommon. 4/29/1996 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Quercus chrysolepis  

42. Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. In sheltered valley on north slope of Wild Horse Mesa. Rare. 4/30/1996 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

43. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. (35.0471,-115.4584,WGS1984) Carbonate-based soils, north slope of Wild Horse Mesa. Uncommon. 4/30/1996 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Amelanchier utahensis  

44. Amelanchier utahensis Koehne. North slope. Uncommon. 4/30/1996 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Garrya flavescens  

45. Garrya flavescens S. Watson. North slope. Uncommon. 4/30/1996 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Rhamnus ilicifolia  

46. Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg. North slope. Uncommon. 4/30/1996 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

47. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. South slope. (35.1754,-115.3868,WGS1984) Winkler Formation (Tertiary lacustrine limestone). Uncommon. 5/1/1996 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: 1 May 2012.

Name List: Distichlis spicata  

48. Distichlis spicata (L.) E. Greene. Sterile collection. South slope.On Winkler Formation (Tertiary lacustrine limestone) with Swertia albomarginata. Uncommon. 5/1/1996 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California.

Coll. No. 48, Distichlis spicata

Name List: Salvia dorrii  

49. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams. On the ridge south of Lee Pump, Jackass Canyon, Hunter Mountain (36.5366,-117.5456,WGS1984) Uncommon. 5/18/1995 Lee Pump, Inyo County, California. (UC1953385 )

Name List: Salvia dorrii  

61. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams. East aide of South Warner Mountains, near the mouth of North Deep Creek Canyon, 3.6 km southwest of Cedarville, CA. (41.5124,-120.1305,WGS1984) Uncommon 6/29/1996 Warner Mountains, Modoc County, California. (UC1953386 )

Name List: Purshia tridentata var. tridentata  

62. Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. var. tridentata. East side of South Warner Mountains, near the mouth of North Deep Creek Canyon, 3.6 km southwest of Cedarville, CA. (41.5124,-120.1305,WGS1984) Uncommon 6/29/1996 Warner Mountains, Modoc County, California. (UC1953408 )

Name List: Forestiera pubescens  

63. Forestiera pubescens Nutt. At the water tank, in the wash on the north slope of mesa, 3½ km west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 278 km northwest of Los Angeles, California. (35.0529,-115.4568,WGS1984) 4/30/1996 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Comments: 1/2/2005, I am not going to mount this collection, but assume it is available for exchange, because I have so many other vouchers.

Fairview Avenue, City of Alameda, California: near Southwood. Field Notes: Coll. No. 83.

Name List: Juncus bufonius var. bufonius  

83. Juncus bufonius L. var. bufonius. Garden weed. Sunny to part-shade habitats. (37.7625,-122.2300,WGS 1984.) 4/12/1997 Alameda, Alameda County, California. (CAS1131494 , UC2015269 )

Coll. No. 83, Juncus bufonius var. bufonius

Comments: 9 June 2012, Coll. No. 83, 9 June 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, 10-11 cm.; Stem branched; Leaf margin glabrous; Perianth green to lt. brown; Bracts 6 in 2 series, 6 mm., lowest bract > infl., tip acuminate; Ovary 4 mm., 3 chambers; Fruit a capsule, tip rounded, < petals; Seeds many.

Lobo Point Road: at Rhyolite outcrop. Field Notes: Coll. No. 84.

Name List: Euphorbia schizoloba  

84. Euphorbia schizoloba Engelm. Near Lobo Point, 1.9 miles northwest of the Hole-in-the-Wall Information Center. (35.0549,-115.4254,WGS 1984.) On rocks, faulted rhyolite with Salvia mohavensis, Rhus trilobata, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Ferocactus cylindracus. 4/28/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 84, Euphorbia schizoloba

Comments: 7 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 84, keyed 7 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial, to 30 cm.; Stem erect; Leaves alternate, ovate, margin entire; Petiole ± 1 mm.; Inflorescence open, ± flower-like, bisexual; Involucre without obvious white petal-like appendages on glands; Seed 2.7 mm., slightly ridged.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 85, 28 Apr 1997.

Name List: Salvia mohavensis  

85. Salvia mohavensis E. Greene. Near Lobo Point, 2.7 km by air northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, on faulted rhyolite, with Euphorbia, Rhus trilobata, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Ferocactus cylindraceus. (35.0549,-115.4259,WGS 1984.) No flowers on this collection. 4/28/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at Rhyolite outcrop. Field Notes: Coll. No. 86, 28 Apr 1997.

Name List: Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium  

86. Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. ssp. polifolium (A. DC.) Torrey & A. Gray. Near Lobo Point, 2.7 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall growing in rocks on faulted rhyolite, with Euphorbia, Rhus trilobata, Salvia mohavensis, and Ferocactus cylindraceus. (35.0549,-115.4259,WGS1984) 4/28/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 86, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

Collection No. 86, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

Collection No. 86, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Lobo Point Road: at Rhyolite outcrop. Field Notes: Coll. No. 87, 28 Apr 1997.

Name List: Salvia mohavensis  

87. Salvia mohavensis E. Greene. Near Lobo Point, 2.7 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, on rocks of faulted rhyolite, with Euphorbia, Rhus trilobata, Eriogonum fasciculatum, and Ferocactus cylindraceus. (35.0549,-115.4259,WGS 1984.) 4/28/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UCR248631 , Zzyzx s.n. )

Mohave Sage (Salvia mohavensis) near Lobo Point

Mohave Sage (Salvia mohavensis) near Lobo Point

Collection No. 87, Salvia mohavensis

Collection No. 87, Salvia mohavensis
Lobo Point Road: at Rhyolite outcrop. Field Notes: 28 Apr 1997.

Name List: Ephedra nevadensis  

88. Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson. Near Lobo Point, on rocks, faulted rhyolite, with Euphorbia, Rhus trilobata, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Salvia mohavensis, and Ferocactus cylindraceus. (35.0549,-115.4259,WGS 1984.) Coll. Nos. 88 and 89, included here with #88, comprise a mixed collection of male and female plants. 4/28/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 88, Ephedra nevadensis

Collection No. 88, Ephedra nevadensis

Comments: 8/25/2002, Collection No. 89 has been combined with Collection No. 88.

Lobo Point Road: near Wild Horse Cyn Rd. Field Notes: Coll. No. 90, 28 Apr 1997.

Name List: Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum  

90. Eriastrum eremicum (Jeps.) H. Mason var. eremicum. Unknown little purple flower, Near Lobo Point, in open areas on alluvial ridge among Juniperus osteosperma, Coleogyne ramosissima, Erigonum fasciculatum, and Opuntia acanthocarpa. (35.0611,-115.4397,WGS1984) 4/28/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 90, Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum

Comments: 8/25/2002, This collection was made along the road to Lobo Point, at the spot some use for a turn-around. , 10 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 90, keyed 10 January 2013, characters observed: Annual, to 6 cm.; Corolla, lobes 5-6 mm., blue, unequal; Stamens, attached well below the sinus, exserted > 1/2 length of corolla lobes, unequal.

Field Notes: 28 Apr 1997.

Name List: Coleogyne ramosissima  

91. Coleogyne ramosissima Torrey. Near Lobo Point, in open areas on alluvial ridge among Juniperus osteosperma, and Eriogonum fasciculatum. (35.0512,-115.4234,WGS1984) 4/28/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 92.

Name List: Ericameria linearifolia  

92. Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urb. & J. Wussow. Turpentine smell, yellow perennial composite. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 3.7 miles west of Hole-in-the-Wall, 7.5 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0421,-115.4606,WGS1984) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 92, Ericameria linearifolia

Comments: 27 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 92, 29 April 1997, characters observed while keying: Woody perennial, to 50 cm.; Stems erect; Leaves, alternate throughout, entire, glabrous, dotten with glands in sunken pits, resinous; Inflorescence, solitary heads on 35 mm. peduncles, some flowers with strap-shaped corollas, head radiate, composed of 2 kinds of flowers; Phyllaries, in 2+ overlapping series, ±equal in length, 6 mm. × 2.7 mm. wide, margins transparent, outer without oil glands, tips acuminate; Receptacle epaleate; Pappus of many well-developed bristles on ray and disc flowers, ±cylindric; Corolla, ray and disc, yellow.

Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Eriophyllum pringeli  

93. Eriophyllum pringeli A. Gray. Wooly composite. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 3.7 miles west of Hole-in-the-Wall, 7.5 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0421,-115.4606,WGS1984) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 93, Eriophyllum pringlei
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 95.

Name List: Layia glandulosa  

95. Layia glandulosa (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. White flowers. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 3.7 miles west of Hole-in-the-Wall, 7.5 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0421,-115.4606,WGS1984) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 95, Layia glandulosa

Coll. No. 95, Layia glandulosa
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 96, Phacelia ramosissima.

Name List: Phacelia ramosissima  

96. Phacelia ramosissima Douglas ex Lehm. Purple flowers. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa. (35.0421,-115.4606,WGS 1984.) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 96, Phacelia ramosissima

Comments: 13 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 96, keyed 13 Jan 2013, characters observed: Perennial, to 35 cm. tall, glandular and straight hairy; Stem decumbent to ascending; Leaves alternate, pinnate compound, pinnae lobed; Inflorescence coiled, unrolling, perianth in 2 or more whorls, parts in 5s, bisexual; Calyx lobes 5, free, 6 mm., elliptic-lanceolate, tip acute; Corolla tube fused 6 mm + lobes (5) 2 mm., = 8+ mm, radial; Ovary superior, 1 mm., entire, straight hairy distally, style attached to top; Style hairy proximally; Stigmas 2, exserted; Stamens 5, alternate, all fertile; Filaments fused near base (with accessory tissue where fused), turning downward at anther Anthers purple.

Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Coleogyne ramosissima  

98. Coleogyne ramosissima Torrey. -- lost? (35.0432,-115.4609,WGS1984) 4/29/1997 , (No location information available.), (No county information available.), (No state information available.)
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Phlox stansburyi var. stansburyi  

99. Phlox stansburyi (Torrey) A. A. Heller var. stansburyi. Pink flowers, along trail. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 3.7 miles west of Hole in the Wall. (35.0432,-115.4609,WGS 1984.) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 99, Phlox stansburyi var. stansburyi

Comments: 1 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 99, keyed 1 Jan 2012, characters observed:

Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Amelanchier utahensis  

100. Amelanchier utahensis Koehne. Uncommon. With Garrya flavescens, Pinus monophylla, and Juniperus osteosperma. 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Garrya flavescens  

101. Garrya flavescens S. Watson. Uncommon. With Amelanchier utahensis, Pinus monophylla, and Juniperus osteosperma. 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Rhamnus ilicifolia  

102. Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg. Uncommon. With Quercus chrysolepis, Pinus monophylla, and Juniperus osteosperma. 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Baccharis sergiloides  

103. Baccharis sergiloides A. Gray. Uncommon. NWHM, at water tank. (35.0530,-115.4579,WGS1984) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 104.

Name List: Packera multilobata  

104. Packera multilobata (Torr. & A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve. Yellow, annual. North face of Wild Horse Mesa, at the water tank, 3.5 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 8.25 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0530,-115.4579,WGS1984) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , d: UC(41) )

Coll. No. 104, Packera multilobata

Comments: 5 Nov 2013, Coll. No. 104, 29 April 1997, characters observed while keying: Annual, tap-rooted, 20-30 cm.; Stem, tomentose in leaf axils and at base of heads; Leaves, basal and cauline, alternate, basal pinnately lobed, tomentose at base, persistent; Inflorescence, some flowers with strap-shaped corollas, head composed of 2 kinds of flowers, radiate, heads 8-10; Phyllaries, in 1 series, #≥18, ±equal, free at base, not enfolding ray flowers, some margins slightly scarious, tip acute, green, minutely wooly; Receptacle, epaleate, flat; Pappus, of well-developed bristles on ray and disc flowers, thin, short plumose, dehiscing readily; Ray flowers yellow, blade 6.5 mm.

Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Forestiera pubescens  

105. Forestiera pubescens Nutt. NWHM, at water tank. (35.0530,-115.4579,WGS 1984.) 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Coleogyne ramosissima  

106. Coleogyne ramosissima Torrey. In the wash below Winkler's Cabin.With Eriogonum fasciculatum, Juniperus osteosperma, Prunus fasciculata, Purshia tridentata glandulosa, and Salvia dorrii. 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. pilosa  

107. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. In the wash below Winkler's CabinWith Eriogonum fasciculatum, Coleogyne ramosissima, Juniperus osteosperma, Prunus fasciculata, and Purshia tridentata glandulosa 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium  

108. Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. ssp. polifolium (A. DC.) Torrey & A. Gray. In the wash below Winkler's CabinWith Coleogyne ramosissima, Juniperus osteosperma, Prunus fasciculata, Purshia tridentata glandulosa, and Salvia dorrii. 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 109.

Name List: Castilleja chromosa  

109. Castilleja chromosa A. Nelson. In the wash below Winkler's Cabin (35.0556,-115.4528,WGS 1984.) With Coleogyne ramosissima, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Juniperis osteosperma, Prunus fasciculata, Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa, and Salvia dorrii. [C. angustifolia (Nutt.) G. Don, misappl.] 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 18 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 109, 29 April 1997, characters observed while keying: Perennial, of dry places, 30 cm.; Stems clustered; Hairs, not branched, multi-cellular, non-glandular throughout; Leaves, 3-lobed, not fleshy; Inflorescence reddish; Calyx, 21 mm, divided 4/21 (19%) abaxially/front, and 8/21 (38%) adaxial/back.

Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. pilosa  

110. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. In the wash below Winkler's CabinWith Eriogonum fasciculatum, Coleogyne ramosissima, Juniperus osteosperma, Prunus fasciculata, and Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa. 4/29/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Lycium cooperi  

111. Lycium cooperi A. Gray. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.4234,WGS1984) Changed det from L. andersonii, 10/16/98 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa  

112. Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. var. glandulosa (Curran) M. E. Jones. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.4234,WGS1984) 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Pinus monophylla  

113. Pinus monophylla Torrey & Fremont. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.4234,WGS1984) Verbatim coordinates: N 35° 03.069' W 115° 25.406 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Juniperus osteosperma  

114. Juniperus osteosperma (Torrey) Little. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. Verbatim coordinates: N 35° 03.069 W 115° 25.406 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Yucca baccata  

115. Yucca baccata Torrey. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. Verbatim Coordinates: N 35° 07.004' W 115° 27.145' 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 116.

Name List: Eriophyllum pringeli  

116. Eriophyllum pringeli A. Gray. "Little yellow cob-webby things." Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS 1984.) Common in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 116, Eriophyllum pringlei

Coll. No. 116, Eriophyllum pringlei

Comments: 18 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 116, 29 April 1997, characters observed while chasing my tail around the Gnaphalieae: Annual, to 2.5 cm., densely wooly; Leaves, alternate, 5.5 mm. × 3 mm. wide, 3-lobed, lobes ±folded abaxially, not spiny; Inflorescence, ray flowers 0, flowers of 2 kinds 1 kind, embedded in wooly hairs; Phyllaries in 1 series, 3 mm. × 0.7 mm wide, membraneous, few, non-overlapping, ±enclosing some outer flowers; Receptacle epaleate; Flowers ≥12 per head; Pappus a low crown; Corolla yellow; Fruit not compressed.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 117, 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Eriastrum sparsiflorum  

117. Eriastrum sparsiflorum (Eastw.) H. Mason. "Lavender flowers." Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS 1984.) Common in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 117, Eriastrum sparsiflorum

Coll. No. 117, Eriastrum sparsiflorum

Comments: 13 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 117, keyed 12 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, to 8 cm., wooly-hairy with small glands that can be seen through the wool; Leaves cauline, alternate, to 15 mm., pinnately-divided with only one pair of lobes; Inflorescence dense wooly; Calyx lobes 4.5-5.0 mm., two lobes slightly (0.5 mm.) longer and wider than the other three; Corolla tube 3.5 mm. + throat 2.0 mm. + lobes 3.5 mm. = 9 mm.; Ovary 1 mm.; Stigmas 3; Stamens 5, equal, attached at corolla sinus (top of throat), exserted ½ corolla lobes.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 118.

Name List: Eriophyllum wallacei  

118. Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS 1984.) Common in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 118, Eriophyllum wallacei

Coll. No. 118, Eriophyllum wallacei

Comments: 31 October 2013, Coll. No. 118, 29 April 1997, characters observed while keying: Annual, tap-rooted, wooly, to 4 cm.; Leaves, cauline, alternate, 7 mm., sessile or very short-petioled, without embedded oil glands; Inflorescence, some flowers with strap-shaped corollas, head radiate, composed of 2 kinds of flowers; Peduncle, 6-8 mm.; Phyllaries, in 1 series, flat, 5 mm., without embedded oil glands; Receptacle epaleate, conical (TJM2 says “hemispheric”); Pappus, 6-8 short (0.5 mm.) scales, ±equal; Corollas, yellow, ray tube 1 mm. + blade 5 mm.; Anther tips awl-like (almost look hair-like); Fruit, 2 mm.

Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Salvia columbariae  

119. Salvia columbariae Benth. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS1984) Common in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Fallugia paradoxa  

120. Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS1984) Uncommon in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Brickellia californica  

121. Brickellia californica (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS1984) Shaded areas alongside washes. Uncommon in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 122.

Name List: Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula  

122. Chaenactis glabriuscula DC. var. glabriuscula. Yellow composite w/o ray flowers. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS1984) Uncommon in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )

Coll. No. 122, Chaenactis glabriuscula

Coll. No. 122, Chaenactis glabriuscula

Comments: 7 Nov 2013, Coll. No. 122, 29 April 1997, characters observed while keying: Annual, tap-rooted, to 15 cm.; Stems, leaves, and phyllaries all wooly; Leaves, alternate, not decurrent, 1°(2°) pinnate lobed; Inflorescence, none of the flowers with strap-shaped corollas, flowers of 1 kind, heads discoid, peduncled, cylindric to obconic; Phyllaries, in 2 series, ±equal (outer ≤ inner), ≤7 mm., green, margins not scarious; Receptacle, epaleate; Pappus, of well-developed flat scales, #4, ≤3 mm.; Corollas, yellow, open during day.

This keyed out fairly easily to Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula by way of TJM2 Asteraceae Group 7. However, the location of this collection is way out of range for that taxon. There is one other collection of this taxon from the eastern Mojave (H. S. Reed, s.n., May 5, 1935, Wheaton Springs, UC914160) for which the determination or location has been questioned. If the corolla color is described as “... rarely pale yellow ...” then the Chaenactis key takes one to a determination of “Chaenactis hybrid.” However, the yellow color of the corolla looks strong to me, which pretty much forces one into Chaenactis glabriuscula.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: 29 Apr 1997.

Name List: Pectocarya setosa  

124. Pectocarya setosa A. Gray. Most flowers finished. Lobo Point Camp, 2.6 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.0423,WGS1984) Uncommon in the Lobo Point Camp. 4/30/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 124, Pectocarya setosa

Coll. No. 124, Pectocarya setosa

Coll. No. 124, Pectocarya setosa

Comments: 4 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 124, keyed 4 Nov 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual green, not-parasitic; Pedicel in fruit 1 mm. (2x > than described in TJM2); Calyx radial, 5-lobed, free in fruit, > nutlets in fruit, lobe tip bristles straight (not hooked, although nutlet margin cilia are hooked); Corolla white; Stamens number = corolla lobes; Nutlets 4, paired, spreading, obovate.

Field Notes: 19970430030.

Name List: Ribes velutinum  

125. Ribes velutinum E. Greene. Mid Hills ridge line, near Mid Hills Campground. (35.1167,-115.4524,WGS1984) Mid Hills with Pinus monophylla, Erigonum fasciculatum, Purshia tridentata glandulosa, Ephedra viridis, Yucca baccata, Opuntia mohavensis, Opuntia acanthocarpa, Ericamerica linearifolia, Rhus tridentata, Brickellia californica. Uncommon. Granite boulders, north facing slope. 4/30/1997 Mid Hills, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 19970430040.

Name List: Rhamnus ilicifolia  

126. Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg. Mid Hills ridge line, near Mid Hills Campground. (35.1167,-115.4524,WGS1984) Uncommon, in protected areas along the ridge line of the Mid Hills among granite boulders. 4/30/1997 Mid Hills, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 19970430050.

Name List: Ephedra viridis  

127. Ephedra viridis Cov. Among granitic boulders along the ridge line of the Mid Hills.Common, with Brickellia californica, Ericameria linearifolia, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Opuntia acanthocarpa, O. erinacea, Pinus monophylla, Purshia tridentata glandulosa, , Rhus trilobata,Ribes velutinum, and Yucca baccata. Verbatim Coordinates: N 35° 07.004 W 115° 27.145. 4/30/1997 Mid Hills, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 3 Apr 2012, Previously annotated as a missing collection. Voucher 2 was found in my case at UC. Presume voucher 3 is in fact at Zzyzx.

Field Notes: 19970430060.

Name List: Linum puberulum  

128. Linum puberulum (Engelm.) A. A. Heller. Small orange annual. Pinto Mountain, near experimental plots. Uncommon, on the south face of Pinto Mountain, in Winkler Formation (Tertiary lacustrine limestone). 4/30/1997 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )
Fairview Avenue, City of Alameda, California: near Southwood. Field Notes: Coll. No. 134.

Name List: Cyclospermum leptophyllum  

134. Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P. Wilson. (37.7623,-122.2302,WGS 1984.) Common garden weed. 5/18/1997 Alameda, Alameda County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 134, Cyclospermum leptophyllum

Coll. No. 134, Cyclospermum leptophyllum

Comments: 8 Nov 2013, Coll. No. 134, 18 May 1997, characters observed while keying: Annual, tap-rooted, to 35 cm.; Leaves, basal and cauline, alternate; Petiole base sheathing stem; Inflorescence, a simple umbel; Involucel, 0; Bracts, 0; Corolla, white, petal tips not narrowed; Fruit, central axis obvious, ±round, halves separating readily, glabrous.

Name List: Purshia tridentata var. tridentata  

138. Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. var. tridentata. (37.8883,-119.0934,WGS1984) 9/22/1997 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1953409 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 140, 22 Sep 1997. U. S. Highway 395: at Rush Creek.

Name List: Eriogonum davidsonii  

140. Eriogonum davidsonii Greene. Roadside of US Highway 395 at Rush Creek, 5.4 miles by road south of Lee Vining. (37.8883,-119.0934,WGS1984) 9/22/1997 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1203760 , UCR262129 )

Coll. No. 140, Eriogonum davidsonii

Comments: 1997, Coll. No. 140, 22 Sep 1997, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 18 cm.; Leaves, basal only, petiole 7 mm., blade 13 mm. × 11 mm. wide, round-ovate; Involucre, sessile in axils, 2.5 mm., angled, margins hairy; Flowers, 2 mm., pink, glabrous, outer perianth lobes neither fan-shaped nor hastate.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 141, 3 Oct 1997.

Name List: Amaranthus torreyi  

141. Amaranthus torreyi (A. Gray) Benth. In a small valley dominated by a point of rocks known locally as Lobo Point, 2.7 km northwest of current (2015) Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Center, 14.56 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0513,-115.4233,WGS 1984.) 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 141, Amaranthus torreyi

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 141, 3 Oct 1997, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 30 cm., monoecious; Nodes, without spines; Leaves, alternate, petiole 15 mm., blade 26 mm. × 9 mm. wide, lanceolate, base wedge-spaped, tip small mucronate; Inflorescence axillary; Flowers, pistillate, perianth parts #5, 2 mm., ±equal, oblong; Ovary, 1 mm.; Styles, #3, 0.8 mm.; Seed, 1.6 mm., dark red-brown.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll No. 142.

Name List: Mirabilis multiflora ssp. pubescens  

142. Mirabilis multiflora (Torrey) A. Gray ssp. pubescens S. Watson. 3 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0514,-115.4236,WGS 1984.) Common on alluvial soils. 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 142, Mirabilis multiflora ssp. pubescens
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 143.

Name List: Gutierrezia microcephala  

143. Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) A. Gray. Alluvial plains, flat areas, 1½ miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.4236,WGS 1984.) 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 143, Gutierrezia microcephala

Comments: 2014, Phyllaries 4, Rays 1, Disk fls 1.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 144.

Name List: Gutierrezia sarothrae  

144. Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britton & Rusby. Alluvial plains, flat areas, 1½ miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.4236,WGS 1984.) 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 144, Gutierrezia sarothrae

Comments: 19 Jan 2014, Coll. No. 144, 3 Oct 1997, characters observed: Perennial, tap-rooted, to 9 cm.; Leaves, alternate, linear, 20 mm. × 1 mm. mm. wide, dotted with embedded oil glands, very few short hairs; Peduncle, 0.5-1.5 mm.; Inflorescence, some flowers with strap-shaped corollas, flowers of two kinds in same heads, Involucre, 3.5 mm. × 2.5-3.0 mm. wide, obconic, not gummy; Phyllary, 2-3 unequal series, inner folded around ovary of ray flowers, dotted with embedded oil glands, tips appressed; Receptacle, epaleate; Rays, #5, yellow; Disk, #4; Pappus, a well-developed crown of scales on both ray and disk flowers; Keys easily to Gutierrezia sarothrae. However, inner phyllaries are folded around ovary of ray flowers, a character not mentioned in keys or description.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 145.

Name List: Sanvitalia abertii  

145. Sanvitalia abertii A. Gray. Alluvial plains, flat areas, 1½ miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.4236,WGS 1984.) 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) )

Flower parts of Coll. No. 145, Sanvitalia abertii

Coll. No. 145, Sanvitalia abertii

Coll. No. 145, Sanvitalia abertii
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll No. 146.

Name List: Fallugia paradoxa  

146. Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. Along the side of the wash below Lobo Point, 2.4 km northwest of Hole in the Wall. (35.0504,-115.4204,WGS 1984.) 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 146, Fallugia paradoxa

Collection No. 146, Fallugia paradoxa

Collection No. 146, Fallugia paradoxa

Name List: Fallugia paradoxa  

147. Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. 3 km west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California.
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 148.

Name List: Brickellia californica  

148. Brickellia californica (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray. 3 km west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 148 (Brickellia californica)

Name List: Eriogonum wrightii  

149. Eriogonum wrightii Torr. ex Benth. 3 km west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. 10/3/1997 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 149.1. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: 143000.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

149.1 Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. This specimen dried up when attempting to flower, and failed in bud. 10/3/1997 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Frasera albomarginata that failed in bud.

Frasera albomarginata that failed in bid.
Black Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: at Holliman Well. Field Notes: Coll. No. 150.

Name List: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus  

150. Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. ssp. viscidiflorus. West side of Black Canyon Road, near Holiman Well, 7.9 miles north of Hole-in-the-Wall, 2 miles south of Cedar Canyon Road. (35.1475,-115.4015,WGS 1984.) 10/3/1997 Black Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 150, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 150, 3 Oct 1997, characters observed: Perennial shrub, to 1 m.; Stem glabrous (few stray hairs); Leaves, alternate, linear, to 24 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, ±straight, glandless, glabrous; Inflorescence, heads exceeding distal leaves, flowers of 1 kind, no strap-shaped corollas; Involucre, 9 mm.; Phyllaries, graduated in several series, not in vertical ranks, unequal, narrowly ovate, without embedded oil glands; Receptacle, epaleate; Flowers 5; Corolla, yellow, tube 3.5 mm. + throat 0.5 mm. + fused lobes 3.0 mm. + free lobes 0.5 mm. = 7.5 mm., gradually expanded above the tube; Pappus, well-developed, bristles, #many; Pistil, 6.0 mm. + stigmatic portion 1.2 mm. + appendages 1.0 mm. = 8.2 mm.; Fruit, moderately hairy.

Kelso Cima Road - Mojave National Preserve: at Elnora. Field Notes: Coll No. 152.

Name List: Asclepias erosa  

152. Asclepias erosa Torrey. Along Kelso-Cima Road, near Kelso. (35.0549,-115.5936,NAD1983) 10/3/1997 Kelso, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 152, Asclepias erosa

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. pilosa  

154. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. 2 miles west of the intersection of US Highway 395 and California Highway 14, on north facing slopes. (35.7104,-117.9098,WGS1984) 4/27/1998 Short Canyon, Kern County, California. (UC1953388 )
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 154.2.

Name List: Astragalus cimae var. cimae  

154.2 Astragalus cimae M. E. Jones var. cimae. 5/23/1998 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 154.2, Astragalus cimae var. cimae
Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 155.

Name List: Collinsia parviflora  

155. Collinsia parviflora Lindl. South side of Pinto Mountain, on lacustrine limestone informally called Winkler Formation. (35.1754,-115.3860,WGS 1984.) 9/20/1998 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Purple Bird's-Beak (Cordylanthus parviflorus)

Purple Bird's-Beak (Cordylanthus paarviflorus)

Collection No. 155, Cordylanthus parviflorus

Comments: 8/25/2002, Labels need to be printed, then specimens mounted.

Name List: Eriogonum wrightii  

156. Eriogonum wrightii Torr. ex Benth. 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 157.

Name List: Gutierrezia microcephala  

157. Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) A. Gray. Alluvial flats, common in the informal campground, 1½ miles east northeast of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0512,-115.4236,WGS 1984.) 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 157, Gutierrezia microcephala

Coll. No. 157, Gutierrezia microcephala
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 158.

Name List: Galium munzii  

158. Galium munzii Hilend & J. T. Howell. North-facing slope of mudflow breccia, 1.7 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0501,-115.4223,WGS 1984.) 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 158, 20 Sep 1998, characters observed: Perennial, herb, sprawling, to 20 cm.; Stem, short stiff hairy; Leaves, whorls of 4, opposite to 3 mm, unequal, elliptic with acuminate tip; Flower minute, rotate; Style, 1, 2 branches; Stamens, 2(?), slightly exserted developing before gyn.; Fruit, black with sticky(?) white hairs.

Name List: Artemisia ludoviciana  

159. Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 3 km west-northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 160.

Name List: Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium  

160. Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. ssp. polifolium (A. DC.) Torrey & A. Gray. 3 km west-northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0511,-115.4227,WGS1984) 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953418 , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 160, Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium

Collection No. 160, Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium

Comments: 1/2/2002, 78Erifaspol, but leaves almost glabrous, inflorescence more open, and the stem has lighter bark, which is tomentose above. , 8/25/2002, Has older hand-written labels, need to print labels, then mount.

Name List: Brickellia californica  

161. Brickellia californica (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray. 3 km west-northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. Alongside washes. 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 162.

Name List: Oenothera californica ssp. avita  

162. Oenothera californica (S. Watson) S. Watson ssp. avita Klein. 3 km west-northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0512,-115.4228,WGS 1984.) In a wash. 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 162, Oenothera californica ssp. avita

Comments: 1/2/2002, Hairs straight, also strigose; Flowers white; seeds 1 row per chamber; fruit not wider at tip, possibly narrower; 4' stem peeling and bud nodding; 6? no info about shoots from lateral roots; free sepal tips in bud 0; upper leaves pinnately lobed. , 1/2/2002, Very similar to UC569234, O. d. var. piperi collected by Munz at Keystone Spring. Also UC 1080231, O. c. ssp. avita Klein. See also: Purpus 5416 from Argus Mtns, (UC140599), and Alexander & Kellogg 1394.

Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 163.

Name List: Fraxinus anomala  

163. Fraxinus anomala S. Watson. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, on Winkler Formation (lacustrine limestone) where an old road crosses a watercourse. (35.0484,-115.4584,WGS 1984.) With Pinus monophylla, Ericameria linearifolia, Rhamnus ilicifolia, Rhus trilobata, Garrya flavescens, and Juniperus osteosperma. 9/20/1998 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Single-Leaved Ash (Fraxinus anomala).

Close up of leaf of Fraxinus anomala.
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 164.

Name List: Verbena gooddingii  

164. Verbena gooddingii Briq. 3 km west-northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 279 km northeast of Los Angeles, California, (35.0513,-115.4228,WGS 1984.) 9/20/1998 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC MNP(4!) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 164, Verbena gooddingii, southwestern mock vervain.

Collection No. 164, Verbena gooddingii, southwestern mock vervain.
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 165.

Name List: Rhamnus ilicifolia  

165. Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa. 5 km west-northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. 9/20/1998 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Rhamnus ilicifolia on the north face of Wild Horse Mesa.

Holly-Leaved Redberry (Rhamnus ilicifolia) on the north face of Wild Horse Mesa.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 166. Harris Springs Road, Clark County, Nevada: near Harris Springs.

Name List: Purshia stansburyana  

166. Purshia stansburyana (Torr.) Henr. 36 km west northwest of Las Vegas on Harris Springs Road, Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada (36.2478,-115.5509,WGS 1984.) 9/26/1998 Harris Springs, Clark County, Nevada.

Collection No. 166, Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana, Stanbury cliffrose.

Collection No. 166, Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana, Stansbury cliffrose.

Collection No. 166, Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana, Stanbury cliffrose.

Name List: Amelanchier utahensis  

174. Amelanchier utahensis Koehne. Large shrub 2 m high by 4 m across, leaves serrate, flowers white. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, below cliff. Approximately 5 km WNW of Hole-in-the-Wall. 4/21/1999 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 175.

Name List: Packera multilobata  

175. Packera multilobata (Torr. & A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve. Flowers yellow. Valley floor near Lobo Point, 1½ miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0506,-115.4226,WGS 1984.) 5/29/1999 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Leaves of Coll. No. 175, Packera multilobata

Coll. No. 175, Packera multilobata

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 175, 29 May 1999, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 15 cm.; Irregularly hairy when young; Leaves, alternate, to 25 mm., deeply pinnately lobed; Peduncle, 10-18 mm., bracted; Inflorescence, some flowers with strap-shaped corollas, heads composed of two kinds of flowers; Heads, 6-10, radiate; Phyllaries, 2 series, #21, ±equal, not enfolding ray fruits, margins not scarious, tips green, without prominent tack-shaped gland; Receptacle, epaleate, flat; Ray corolla, yellow, 9 mm.; Pappus of well-developed fine bristles on ray and disk fruits.

Lobo Point Road: 75000. Field Notes: Coll. No. 176. A Bibliography on Great Basin Blue Sage (Salvia dorrii): 500100.

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. pilosa  

176. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. Twigs with parasite galls. Bajada 1 km N of Lobo Point, 3 km WNW of Hole-in-the-Wall. 5/29/1999 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Insect galls(?) on Salvia dorrii leaves.
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 177.

Name List: Krameria erecta  

177. Krameria erecta Schultes. Flowers purple. In rocks 100 m west of and above valley floor, 2.7 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. 5/29/1999 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Krameria erecta near Lobo Point.

Close-up of Krameria erecta flower.
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: November 1990.

Name List: Ambrosia eriocentra  

178. Ambrosia eriocentra (A. Gray) Payne. On valley floor, 2 km WNW of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0506,-115.4226,WGS 1984.) In granite sand washes. 5/29/1999 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Ambrosia eriocentra in the wash at Lobo Point.

Leaf of Ambrosia eriocentra in the wash at Lobo Point.
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 179.

Name List: Symphoricarpos longiflorus  

179. Symphoricarpos longiflorus A. Gray. Just above a wash, on a steep, north-facing slope, partly shaded by Pinyons, 2 km WNW of Hole-in-the-Wall, 281 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. (35.0506,-115.4226,WGS 1984.) 5/29/1999 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 179, Symphoricarpos longiflorus, fragrant snowberry.

Name List: Fraxinus anomala  

182. Fraxinus anomala S. Watson. On north slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 5 km WNW of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0475,-115.4573,WGS1984) 5/29/1999 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 183. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: 151510.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

183. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 5 km WNW of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0475,-115.4573,WGS1984) In open areas on broken limestones with little to no soil development. 5/29/1999 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 183, Wild Horse Mesa.
Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: 151510. at Coalpits Wash. Utah Highway 9: Coalpits Wash.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

184. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Near Zion National Park. (37.1707,-113.0790,WGS1984) 5/27/1998 Coalpits Wash, Washington County, Utah. (UC1953430 , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 184, Coal Pits Wash, Utah.
Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: in Beaver Dam Mtns. Beaver Dam Mountain Road, Washington County, Utah: below Hell Hole Pass.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

185. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. On the road to Hell Hole Pass. (37.1391,-113.8638,WGS1984) Open places, stony limestone soil, with Pinus monophylla, Ephedra viridis, Amelanchier utahensis, Juniperus osteosperma, Quercus gambellii, Berberis sp., Artemisia tridentata, and Purshia tridentata glandulosa. 5/27/1998 Beaver Dam Mountains, Washington County, Utah.

Typical habitat of F. albomarginata in the Beaverdam Mountains.
Caruthers Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: at the Giant Ledge Mine. Field Notes: Coll. No. 186.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

186. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Caruthers Canyon, New York Mountains, 300 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. (35.2550,-115.3002,WGS1984) Collection has buds, but no flowers. 5/25/1998 Giant Ledge Mine, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 186, Frasera albomarginata, desert elkweed.

Name List: Phacelia campanularia ssp. vasiformis  

187. Phacelia campanularia A. Gray ssp. vasiformis G. Gillett. 300 m northwest of the Columbia Mine.South facing slope in Precambrian gneiss, with Acacia greggii, Salvia columbariae, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Prunus fasciculata, Ferocactus cylindraceus, and Salazaria mexicana. 4/28/1998 Columbia Mine, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Heuchera  

187.1 Heuchera L. Probably H. rubescens Torr. Caruthers Canyon, New York Mountains. (35.2546,-115.3003,WGS 1984.) 5/25/1998 Giant Ledge Mine, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Salvia columbariae  

188. Salvia columbariae Benth. 300 m northwest of the Columbia Mine.South facing slope in Precambrian gneiss, with Acacia greggii, Salvia columbariae, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Prunus fasciculata, Ferocactus cylindraceus, and Salazaria mexicana. 4/28/1998 Columbia Mine, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 189, 29 May 1999.

Name List: Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia  

189. Eremogone macradenia (S. Watson) Ikonn. var. macradenia. Perennial from woody rootstock, opposite needle-like leaves, few yellow flowers on 15 cm stalk, 5 petals, 10 stamens North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 5 km WNW of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0470,-115.4583,WGS 194.) Open places on lacustrine limestone. 5/29/1999 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 189, Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 189, 29 May 1999, characters observed; Perennial, from woody rootstock, to 30 cm.; Stem, 16-27 cm.; Leaves, opposite, 18 mm. proximally to 6 mm. distally, needle-like, congested bear base, stipules 0; Inflorescence, open cyme; Sepals, free, 4.2-7.8 mm. × 2.5 mm wide, tip acute, folded tightly but not a spine; Petals, entire, claw 0; Styles, 3; Fruit, capsule, sutures 6.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 190.

Name List: Centaurea calcitrapa  

190. Centaurea calcitrapa L. Spiny purple perennial herb, flowers purple. At junction of old roads in saddle along ridge. (37.8560,-122.1950,NAD 1983.) California Department of Food and Agriculture Noxious Weed List: B. 11/27/1999 Sibley Volcanic Reqional Preserve, Alameda County, California. (UC1953379 )

Collection No. 190, Centaurea calcitrapa, purple starthistle.

Name List: Krascheninnikovia lanata  

198. Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A. D. J. Meeuse & Smit. 289 km northeast of Los Angeles, California.South slope of the mountain. 9/26/1999 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared two vouchers because this is a Mojave National Park collection. In addition there is probably enough material for three exchange sets.

Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 199.

Name List: Verbena gooddingii  

199. Verbena gooddingii Briq. About 19 air miles northeast of Kelso, and 33 air miles southwest of Searchlight, Clark County, Nevada.South slope of the mountain. 9/26/2000 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 199, Verbena gooddingii

Coll. No. 199, Verbena gooddingii
Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 200.

Name List: Chenopodium incanum var. occidentale  

200. Chenopodium incanum (S. Watson) A. Heller var. occidentale D. J. Crawford. About 19 air miles northeast of Kelso, and 33 air miles southwest of Searchlight, Clark County, Nevada. (35.1728,-115.3847,WGS 1984.) South slope of the mountain. 9/26/1999 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 200, Chenopodium incanum var. occidentale

Comments: 22 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 200, 26 Sep 1999, characters observed while keying: Annual, minutely scaly or powery; Stem not jointed, not fleshy; Leaves well-developed, not fleshy, or weakly fleshly, 3-veined from base, ± wide as long, sides not parallel, not spine-tipped, distal not clasping; Inflorescence bracts not spine-tipped; Flowers parts 5, calyx not horizontly winged in fruit, not tubercled, appendages 0, thin in fruit; Fruit wall free from seed, not pitted Seed horizontal, hidden by calyx, margins obtuse

Name List: Sanvitalia abertii  

201. Sanvitalia abertii A. Gray. 289 km northeast of Los Angeles, California.South slope of the mountain. 9/26/1999 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 199909260202.

Name List: Psilostrophe cooperi  

202. Psilostrophe cooperi (A. Gray) E. Greene. 289 km northeast of Los Angeles, California.South slope of the mountain. 9/26/1999 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared two vouchers because this is a Mojave National Park collection. In addition there is enough material for one exchange.

Coalinga Road - San Benito County: at the pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 203, 2 Apr 2000.

Name List: Toxicoscordion fremontii  

203. Toxicoscordion fremontii (Torr.) Rydb. In the saddle between Lorenzo Vasquez Canyon and Miller Canyon, on Coalinga Road, 11 miles south of the Junction with State Highway 25. (36.3603,-120.8488,WGS 1984.) Small grassland under oaks, on ridge. 4/2/2000 Diablo Range, San Benito County, California. (CAS1202609 , UCR262118 )

Coll. No. 203, Death Camas (Toxicoscordian fremontii) along Coalinga Road.

Coll. No. 203, Toxicoscordion fremontii

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 203, 2 Apr 2000, characters observed: Perennial geophyte, to 40 cm.; Bracts, 7 mm.; Pedicel, 11 mm.; Flowers, bisexual on lower branches; Perianth, rotate; Petals, 9.5 mm. × 2.3 mm. wide; Stamens, 6 mm., stamens < perianth; Filaments, straight, proximally thick.

Coalinga Road - San Benito County: at the pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 204, 2 Apr 2000.

Name List: Ranunculus californicus var. californicus  

204. Ranunculus californicus Benth. var. californicus. In the saddle between Lorenzo Vasquez Canyon and Miller Canyon, on Coalinga Road, 11 miles south of the Junction with State Highway 25. (36.3603,-120.8488,WGS 1984.) Small grassland under oaks, on ridge. 4/2/2000 Diablo Range, San Benito County, California. (CAS1202613 )

Coll. No. 204, Ranunculus californicus var. californicus

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 204, 2 Apr 2000, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, to 25 cm.; Stem, not floating, not rooting at nodes, erect, hairy; Leaves, basal and cauline, cauline, alternate, deeply lobed; Flower, radial; Perianth, parts in 2 whorls, sepals and petals different; Sepals, 5 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, spurs 0, yellow, hairy abaxially, reflexed; Petals, #11, 7 mm. × 2.8 mm. wide, clawed, yellow, round nectary near base of blade; Stamens, yellow; Ovule, 1 per ovary; Pistils, many; Style, present; Fruit, follicle (not a berry), 3.2 mm. × 3 mm. wide × 1 mm. thick, width 3 × depth, not inflated, wall tough, not papery, faces smoooth, beak, 0.6 mm., curved.

New Idria Road - San Benito County: near New Idria. Field Notes: Coll. No. 205.

Name List: Castilleja foliolosa  

205. Castilleja foliolosa Hook. & Arn. Along creek 1 mile below New Idria Mine. (36.4261,-120.6694,WGS 1984.) Steep hill slope on sandstone. 4/2/2000 San Carlos Creek, San Benito County, California. (CAS1160962 , UC , UCR250008 )

Coll. No. 205, Castilleja foliolosa

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 205, 2 April 2000, characters observed: Perennial subshrub, to 30 cm.; Stems, decumbent to ascending; Herbage gray-green; Hairs, much branched; Leaves, alternate, sessile, 14 mm. oblong, to few 3- lobed distally; Calyx, 14 mm., cleft equally 4 mm., entire on sides; Corolla, tube 8 mm. + beak 13 mm. = 21 mm., lower lip small.

New Idria Road - San Benito County: near New Idria. Field Notes: Coll. No. 206, 2 Apr 2000.

Name List: Erysimum capitatum  

206. Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene. Along creek 1 mile below New Idria Mine. (36.4261,-120.6694,WGS 1984.) Steep hill slope on sandstone. 4/2/2000 New Idria Mine, San Benito County, California. (UC2045763 , UCR262117 )

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 206, 2 Apr 2000, characters observed: Perennial or biennial, to 45 cm.; Stems, proximal not woody; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, petiole + blade, 100 mm. × 3 mm. wide, margin sparsely toothed, proximal cauline leaves, adaxial surface, hairs 2 & 3 rayed; Pedicels, 3-5 mm., elongating as flower matures; Petals, yellow, 16 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide; Fruit, unknown; Seeds, unknown.

New Idria Road - San Benito County: near New Idria. Field Notes: Coll. No. 207.

Name List: Ericameria linearifolia  

207. Ericameria linearifolia (DC.) Urb. & J. Wussow. Along San Carlos Creek 1 mile below New Idria Mine. (36.4259,-120.6693,WGS 1984.) Steep hill slope on sandstone. 4/2/2000 San Carlos Creek, San Benito County, California. (? , CAS1160961 )

Coll. No. 207, Ericameria linearifolia

Coll. No. 207, Ericameria linearifolia

Comments: 19 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 207, 2 April 2000, characters observed: Perennial, herb, woody below, to 30 cm.; Leaves, alternate, some in clusters, linear, 20 mm. × 1 mm. wide, glandular-sticky, regularly spaced resin pits; Inflorescence, some flowers with strap-shaped corollas, head composed of two kinds of flowers; Receptacle, epaleate; Phyllaries, in 5 not-fully-overlapping series, graduated in size, 6-11 mm. × 1.5-2.5 mm. wide, mid phyllary vein prominent throughout length though not raised, margin fringed; Rays, 7, yellow, 22-23 mm. × 5 mm. wide, 0-2 appendages to 14 mm.; Disk flowers, ±20; Pappus of well-developed bristles on both ray and disk flowers, ± cylindric; Pistil, style 8 mm. + stigma 1.5 mm. + appendages 1.0 mm.; Fruit, dense silky hairy. This collection is determined as Ericameria linearifolia, although it does not key there, primarily because the phyllaries are definitely not equal, whereas E. linearifolia requires phyllaries that are ±equal. The ray corollas are larger than typically described, and some of them have long thin appendages.

Name List: Juniperus californica  

208. Juniperus californica Carriere. Hillsides, 2 miles below New Idria Mine, 86 km southwest of Fresno, California. (36.4465,-120.6636,NAD1983) Hill slopes above and below road. 4/2/2000 San Carlos Creek, San Benito County, California. (UC1953367 )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared one voucher. Material for one exchange.

New Idria Road - San Benito County: 50000. Field Notes: Coll. No. 209, 2 Apr 2000.

Name List: Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum  

209. Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. capitatum. Hillsides, 2 miles by road below the townsite of New Idria, 86 km southwest of Fresno, California.Hill slopes above and below road. 4/2/2000 San Carlos Creek, San Benito County, California. (UCR261800 )

Coll. No. 209, Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 209, 2 Apr 2000, characters observed: Perennial geophyte, to 35 cm.; Scape, curved; Bracts, 12.5 mm.; Pedicel, 5 mm.; Perianth, tube 6 mm. + lobes 9.5 mm. = 15.5  mm., blue-purple, inner crown, 1.5 mm. > anthers, color unknown, straw color when dry; Stamens, #6; Anthers, unequal, #3 @ 2.7 mm., #3 @ 4.2 mm.

New Idria Road - San Benito County: in Griswold Cyn. Field Notes: Coll. No. 210, 2 Apr 2000.

Name List: Ephedra californica  

210. Ephedra californica S. Watson. Hillslopes, on New Idria Road in Griswold Canyon, 5 miles by road south of Panoche, 16.5 miles by road northwest of New Idria, (36.5450,-120.8374,WGS 1984.) Hill slopes above road. 4/2/2000 Griswold Canyon, San Benito County, California. (OBI82170 , OBI82171 , UC2045758 , UCR262116 , UCR262115 )

Comments: 3/29/2020, Collection have been split into two vouchers at UCR.

Name List: Ephedra  

211. Ephedra L. Hillslopes, 15 miles north of New Idria Mine.Hill slopes above road. 4/2/2000 , (No location information available.), San Benito County, California.
Basin Road - Mojave Desert: 58000. Field Notes: Coll. No. 212.

Name List: Physalis crassifolia  

212. Physalis crassifolia Benth. Former railroad roadbed at Cave Mountain Limestone mine, mouth of Afton Canyon, north side of Mojave River, ½ mile northwest of current Union Pacific Railroad station named Basin.Only one seen. 4/26/2000 Baxter, San Bernardino County, California. (? , CAS1161734 , UCR250011 )

Coll. No. 212, Physalis crassifolia

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 212, 26 April 2000, characters observed: Annual/Perennial, subshrub, to 20 cm., root/rhizome unknown, sparsely hairy; Leaf, alternate, ovate, petiole 15 mm. + blade 12 mm. × 8 mm. wide, margin entire to wavy; Pedicel, 10-13 mm. in flower and fruit; Calyx, in fruit bladder like; Corolla, rotate, 9-10 mm., limb 10 mm., pale yellow, not spotted adaxially, tube not hairy (s/b hairy); Filaments, sparsely hairy near bases; Anthers, 2 mm., < filaments, opening from tip to near base, not twisted after opening; Fruit, a berry, 10 mm.

Basin Road - Mojave Desert: 58000. Field Notes: 200004260040.

Name List: Eucnide urens  

213. Eucnide urens (A. Gray) C. Parry. (35.0430,-116.2892,WGS1984) Several seen in rocks and cliff faces. 4/26/2000 Baxter, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953402 , Zzyzx s.n. )

"Rock Nettle" (Eucnide urens) in the Cave Mountain (Baxter) Limestone Quarry
Basin Road - Mojave Desert: 54000. Field Notes: 200004260060.

Name List: Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata  

214. Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet ssp. arcuata (Fosb.) Henrickson. South of US Interstate 15, 214 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. (35.0876,-116.2661,NAD1983) One of many plants in this area. 4/26/2000 Mojave River Wash, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953374 , Zzyzx s.n. )

Chilopsis linearis "Desert Willow"

Chilopsis linearis "Desert Willow"

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared two vouchers, one for UC, one for Zzyzx. Materials for two exchanges.

Field Notes: 200004260070.

Name List: Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana  

215. Prosopis glandulosa Torrey var. torreyana (L. Benson) M. Johnston. 214 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. (35.0876,-116.2661,NAD1983) Not many flowers here, though I had seen many flowers on other bushes elsewhere along Basin Road. 4/26/2000 Mojave River Wash, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953410 , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared two vouchers, one for UC, one for Zzyzx. Materials for two exchanges.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 216, 26 Apr 2000. U. S. Interstate 15: near Basin Road.

Name List: Parkinsonia aculeata  

216. Parkinsonia aculeata L. Has spines at nodes. On Interstate 15 at Basin Road, collected north side of highway, at the edge of the wash, west of Basin Road overpass. (35.1007,-116.2704,WGS 1984,) [Crappy, dried out specimen, discarded.] 4/26/2000 Mojave River Wash, San Bernardino County, California.

Coll. No. 216, Parkinsonia aculeata
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 217.

Name List: Castilleja chromosa  

217. Castilleja chromosa A. Nelson. North face of Wild Horse Mesa, about 1.5 miles by road and trail southwest of Wild Horse Canyon Road, and about 8 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0471,-115.4583,WGS 1984.) Solitary plants or growing in Prunus fasciculata. 4/27/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 217, Castilleja chromosa

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 217, 27 April 2000, characters observed: Perennial subshrub, to 25 cm., green, hairs simple, not glandular anywhere especially proximal to inflorescence, pinyon-juniper woodland; Leaves alternate (sometimes nearly appearing opposite), sessile, 50 mm. × 5 mm. wide, lanceolate to 5-lobed distally, not fleshy; Calyx, 18 mm., cleft ab- and ad-axially 5 mm. (28%), lobes not curved upward; Corolla, tube 11 mm. + beak 13 mm. = 24 mm., straight, not curved through abaxial side of side of calyx sinus, upper lobes tip open, projected forward, lower lip small; Stamens, 4, fused in pairs; Anther, sacs per stamen obscured by twinning, looks like at least 3 sacs per pair of stamens; Stigma, lobes obscured by pollen.

Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 218, 27 Apr 2000.

Name List: Phlox stansburyi var. stansburyi  

218. Phlox stansburyi (Torrey) A. A. Heller var. stansburyi. North face of Wild Horse Mesa, about 1.5 miles by road and trail southwest of Wild Horse Canyon Road, and about 8 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0471,-115.4583,WGS 1984.) Solitary plants or growing out of Coleogyne ramosissima. 4/27/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 218, Phlox stansburyi var. stansburyi

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 218, 27 Apr 2000, characters observed: Perennial, subshrub, open, not matted or cushion-like, Stem, woody below, Leaves, mostly opposite, some alternate, simple, entire, 45 mm. × 3 mm. wide, lance-linear; Inflorescence, not head-like; Calyx, lobes equal, membrane ±keeled; Corolla, salverform, tube 11 mm. + lobes 6 mm. = 17 mm.; Anthers, 3 short, 2 long; Style, 5.5 mm.; Stigma, 1 mm.

Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 219, 27 Apr 2000.

Name List: Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii  

219. Astragalus lentiginosus Hook. var. fremontii (A. Gray) S. Watson. North slopes of Wild Horse Mesa, 5.73 km west of the current (2012) Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Center, 12.49 km north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0471,-115.4583,wgs 1984.) On the old road with Dalea searlesiae, just starting to bloom. 4/27/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 282, Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 220, 27 Apr 2000.

Name List: Chamaesyce albomarginata  

220. Chamaesyce albomarginata (Torrey & A. Gray) Small. North face of Wild Horse Mesa, about 1.5 miles by road and trail southwest of Wild Horse Canyon Road, and about 8 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0471,-115.4583,WGS 1984.) In the old road. 4/27/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 220, Chamaesyce albomarginata on the north slope of Wild Horse Mesa.

Coll. No. 220, Chamaesyce albomarginata

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 220, 27 Apr 2000, characters observed: Perennial, tap-rooted, prostrate, to 7 cm. dia.; Leaves, opposite, ovate, 5 mm. × 4 mm. wide, margins entire, petioles 0.7 mm., stipules fused into wide membraneous scale; Inflorescence, 1 involucre per node, of separate ♂ and ♀ flowers; Involucre, glabrous, appendage white; Styles, #3, each divided ½; Fruit, glabrous.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 221.

Name List: Chrysothamnus depressus  

221. Chrysothamnus depressus Nutt. Low-growing woody perennial. 4 km west of Hole-in-the-Wall, 278 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. (35.0468,-115.4580,NAD1983) With Juniperus osteosperma, Pinus monophylla, Coleogyne ramosissima, and Eriogonum fasciculatum. Occasional in experimental plots of Swertia albomarginata, no flowers when collected. See also collection number 265. 4/27/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 221, Chrysothamnus depressus longflower rabbitbrush

Collection No. 221, Chrysothamnus depressus Longflower rabbitbrush

Comments: 2017, Coll. No. 1581, 18 April 2017, characters observed: Low-growing perennial subshrub, to 15 cm., woody at base; Twigs, green-striate, glandular-punctate, becoming white-scaly with age; Leaves, alternate, subsessile, 20 mm. × 2 mm. wide, margins rolled, glandular punctate, few white hairs, becoming white-scaly in age; Inflorescence, heads borne singly; Involucre, 10 mm. × 15 mm wide; Phyllaries, 2+ series, graduated, 6-10 mm. × 1.5-1.8 mm wide, base thick, center green, mid-vein prominent, short-stalked glandular, margin variously chartaceous entire to irregularly small-toothed; Receptacle, epaleate; Pappus, 1 series of bristles, 6 mm.; Rays, fertile, #6-8, tube 5 mm. + blade 12 mm. × 3.6 mm. wide, yellow; Disc flowers, #18-20, yellow; Style, stigma 0.7 mm., appendage 1.0 mm.; Cypsela, 4 mm., hairy. The phyllaries of this collection vary from the Jepson (2012) key and description by virtue of being graduated in size and much variation in the phyllary margins. I don't see any reason to think this might be a hybrid with E. cooperi.

Winkler's Cabin Road: where I park. Field Notes: Coll. No. 222, 27 Apr 2000..

Name List: Cryptantha flavoculata  

222. Cryptantha flavoculata (A. Nelson) Payson. Solitary Plants. Stinging hairs. In open areas on limestone, about 5.5 km. west of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0471,-115.4583,WGS 1984.) With Swertia albomarginata, Juniperus osteosperma, Pinus monophylla, Coleogyne ramosissima, and Eriogonum fasciculatum. 4/27/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 222, Cryptantha flavoculata

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 222, 27 April 2000, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 20 cm.; Hairs of two kinds, short appressed, long single-celled “bulbous-based bristles;” Leaves basal and cauline, cauline alternate, to 65 mm. × 12 mm. wide; Corolla, salverform, white, tube 4 mm. + lobe 3.5 mm., appendages prominent; Nutlets not sufficiently developed.

Field Notes: 200004270090.

Name List: Forestiera pubescens  

223. Forestiera pubescens Nutt. In bottom of wash at the water tank. 278 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. 4/27/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared two vouchers, one for UC, one for Zzyzx. Materials for two exchanges. , 11/6/2004, Prepared only one voucher. Should have prepared two: one for UC, one for Zzyzx, then material for one exchange.

Field Notes: 200004270110.

Name List: Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa  

224. Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray var. rugosa Kearney. On the ridge line south of Lobo Point, with southwest exposure.With Ferocactus cylindraceus and Ericameria cooperi. Most plants of this species in less exposed area are not in bloom yet. 4/27/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 225, 27 Apr 2000.

Name List: Acmispon rigidus  

225. Acmispon rigidus (Benth.) Brouillet. On north-facing outcrops of pyroclastic mudflow, growing from fractures in rock, 170 m south of the “campsite,” now closed, 2.65 km northwest of the current (2012) Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Center, 14.55 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns (35.0498,-115.4233,WGS 1984.) 4/27/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 225, Acmispon rigidus

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 225, 27 Apr 2000, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, woody at base, erect, to 20 cm., not gland-dotted; Leaves, compound, leaflets 3-4, subpalmate (axis apparent beyond lower-most leaflet), main axis extending as a leaflet, leaflets, ovate, 7 mm. × 3 mm. wide, length 2.3 × width, entire, flat, stipules, gland-like, black; Inflorescence, 1-2 flowered, peduncle (5)6-10 mm.; Flower bilateral; Corolla 10 mm.; Calyx, tube 3 mm. + lobes 2-3 mm. = 5-6 mm., tube ≥ lobes; Fruit, 9 mm., flat, curved 90°, beak, 2 mm., straight. The various combinations of short peduncles, strigose caylx lobes, and curved fruit do not fit any of the taxa known to the eastern Mojave Desert very well. Therefore, A. ridigus is a compromise.

Lobo Point Road: at andesite outcrop. Field Notes: 200004270140.

Name List: Ephedra nevadensis  

226. Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson. Along the road out of the Lobo Point camp site, between the opal beds and the andesite outcrop, 2.9 km northwest of the current (2015) Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Center. (35.0539,-115.4243,WGS 1984.) Collection from both male and female plants, great clouds of pollen are produced by the male plants when tapped. 4/27/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Male Ephedra nevadensis in bloom near Lobo Point.
Field Notes: 200004270150.

Name List: Eschscholzia glyptosperma  

228. Eschscholzia glyptosperma E. Greene. Along the road out of the Lobo Point camp site, between the opal beds and the andesite outcrop. 4/27/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Undetermined Poppy near Lobo Point
Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 229, 27 Apr 2000.

Name List: Linum lewisii  

229. Linum lewisii Pursh. Blue flower. On the lowest south-facing slopes of Pinto Mountain, 600 meters north of Cedar Canyon Road, and 12.7 km by air southeast of Cima. (35.1728,-115.3847,WGS 1984.) Few seen. 4/27/2000 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 200004270190.

Name List: Thamnosma montana  

230. Thamnosma montana Torrey & Fremont. On alluvial surfaces on the south side of Pinto Mountain, 290 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. 4/27/2000 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared two vouchers, one for UC, one for Zzyzx. Materials for one exchange.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 231, 30 Apr 2000.

Name List: Atriplex  

231. Atriplex L. At a former settlement 0.5 km southeast of the Spring, 14 km east of Tecopa, Inyo County, and 90 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.8142,-116.0523,WGS1984) 4/30/2000 Tule Spring, Inyo County, California.
Mesquite Valley Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Tule Spring. Field Notes: Coll. No. 232, 30 Apr 2000.

Name List: Atriplex confertifolia  

232. Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frém.) S. Watson. At a former settlement 0.5 km southeast of the Spring, 14 km east of Tecopa, Inyo County, and 90 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.8142,-116.0523,WGS1984) 4/30/2000 Tule Spring, Inyo County, California.

Coll. No. 232, Atriplex confertifolia

Coll. No. 232, Atriplex confertifolia

Comments: Coll. No. 232, 30 Apr 2000, characters observed; Perennial, woody shrub, to 1 m.; Stem, some branch tips spiny, smooth not striate; Leaves, petiole 4-5 mm., blade 16-18 mm. × 9.0-9.5 mm. wide, length 1.7-2.0  × width, margins entire; Inflorescence, dioecious or monoecious (staminate or pistillate flowers are borne separately, but when the collection was made, I did not note separate branches or separate plants); Bracts, fruiting, to 5 mm. × 4 mm. wide, ±leaf-like (small, per description in TJM2, but all different sizes and likely still growing).

Field Notes: 200004300050.

Name List: Lepidium fremontii var. fremontii  

233. Lepidium fremontii S. Watson var. fremontii. At a former settlement 0.5 km southeast of the Spring, 14 km east of Tecopa, Inyo County, and 90 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.8142,-116.0523,NAD 1983.) 4/30/2000 Tule Spring, Inyo County, California. (UC1953366 )

Collection No. 233, Lepidium fremontii var. lepidium, desert pepperweed.
Old Spanish Trail Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: 52000. Field Notes: 200004300120.

Name List: Menodora spinescens  

235. Menodora spinescens A. Gray. 65 km west of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.9995,-115.8393,WGS1984) Solitary plants, in area covered with desert pavement, on top of spring deposits. 4/30/2000 Pahute Mesa, Nye County, Nevada. (UC(TAS) )

Spiny Menodora (Menodora spinescens) near Stump Spring

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared one voucher. Material for one exchange.

Field Notes: 200004300130.

Name List: Heliotropium curassavicum  

236. Heliotropium curassavicum L. On the Old Spanish Trail, 64 km west of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.9836,-115.8253,NAD1983) Moist bank of wash. 4/30/2000 Stump Spring, Clark County, Nevada. (UC(TAS) )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared one voucher. Materials for two exchanges.

Field Notes: 200004300150.

Name List: Amsonia tomentosa  

237. Amsonia tomentosa Torrey & Fremont. Leaves alternate, seed glabrous. Along a small road on the California-Nevada border, southwest side of Black Butte, approximately 1½ km southeast of Lovell Wash, 62 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.8915,-115.7566,NAD 1983.) Edge of wash. 4/30/2000 Mesquite Valley, Inyo County, California. (? , UC1953392 )

Collection No. 237, Amsonia tomentosa, woolly bluestar.

Collection No. 237, Amsonia tomentosa, woolly bluestar.
Field Notes: 200004300160.

Name List: Plantago ovata  

238. Plantago ovata Forsskal. Banks of Lovell Wash north of Black Butte. (35.8875,-115.7483,NAD1983) Many seen along the road. 4/30/2000 Mesquite Valley, Clark County, Nevada. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Name List: Chorizanthe rigida  

239. Chorizanthe rigida (Torrey) Torrey & A. Gray. Banks of Lovell Wash north of Black Butte. (35.8934,-115.7555,WGS1984) 4/30/2000 Mesquite Valley, Clark County, Nevada. (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Asclepias erosa  

240. Asclepias erosa Torrey. Large hairy clasping leaves. On Old Spanish Trail highway, just west of Nevada border. (35.9719,-115.8637,NAD1983) 4/30/2000 Mesquite Valley, Inyo County, California. (UC1953393 )
California Highway 178: 63000. Field Notes: 200005010030. 20020927030. 20021004020.

Name List: Phacelia calthifolia  

241. Phacelia calthifolia Brand. Beside Highway 178, 1 mile east of Shoshone. (35.9763,-116.2509,NAD1983) On top of lake beds, possibly aligned to subsurface shrinkage polygons. 5/1/2000 Shoshone, Inyo County, California. (UC1953370 , Zzyzx s.n. )

Phacelia calthifolia Brand growing in pattern aligned with subsurface cracks.

Phacelia calthifolia Brand near Shoshone.

Comments: 9/27/2002, The spheric fruit on this one iced it. This would be a good collection for UC/JEPS because they have none from the east side of Death Valley. , 10/4/2002, On second thought the flowers are larger, and the fruit less densely packed on the stem, so Phacelia calthifolia.

Field Notes: 200006040020.

Name List: Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana  

242. Purshia mexicana (D. Don.) S. L. Welsh var. stansburyana (Torrey) S. L. Welsh. On Winkler Formation (lacustrine limestone) near experimental plots in Swertia albomarginata, approximately 12 km southeast of Cima. Two shrubs, each approximately 1 meter in diameter. 6/4/2000 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 200006050020.

Name List: Salvia mohavensis  

243. Salvia mohavensis E. Greene. On rhyolite outcrop along road 1/2 mile north of Lobo Point.With Squawbush (Rhus trilobata), California Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus cylindraceus), and California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium). 6-8 shrubs. 6/5/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Mohave Sage (Salvia mohavensis) near Lobo Point

Mohave Sage (Salvia mohavensis) near Lobo Point
Field Notes: 200006050040.

Name List: Acacia greggii  

244. Acacia greggii A. Gray. On landslide east side of Lobo Point, 2.7 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. This small shrub on the exposed eastern slope was the only one seen in bloom. 6/5/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 200006050060.

Name List: Nicotiana obtusifolia  

245. Nicotiana obtusifolia Martens & Galeotti. Cauline leaves clasping, corolla open during day. In the watercourse on the south side of the landslide on the east side of Lobo Point. Only one seen, small, pitiful. 6/5/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyxz s.n. )
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 246.

Name List: Bahiopsis parishii  

246. Bahiopsis parishii (Greene) E. E. Schill. & Panero. In the watercourse on the south side of the landslide on the east side of Lobo Point, about 1.7 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0510,-115.4257,WGS 1984.) Common, many heads had no ray flowers. 6/5/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. no. 246, Bahiopsis parishii

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 246, 5 June 2000, characters observed: Perennial (assumed), to 40 cm.; Leaves, basal unknown, cauline present; Phyllaries, in 2 series, ±equal, abruptly narrowed at middle, not subtending ray flowers; Receptacle, flat, paleate, palea folded around disk flower ovary; Flowers, of two kinds, heads radiate; Rays, yellow, sterile, style 0, pappus of short scales; Disk, pappus of short scales and 2 long scales; Fruit, compressed, hairy, but margin not ciliate.

Field Notes: 200006050080.

Name List: Krameria erecta  

247. Krameria erecta Schultes. Fruit spines are barbed along shaft. On the landslide, near the bottom, 2.7 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. Common, all in seed, no flowers. 6/5/2000 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 248, 5 Jun 2000.

Name List: Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii  

248. Astragalus lentiginosus Hook. var. fremontii (A. Gray) S. Watson. North slope of the Mesa, on old roads. (35.0471,-115.4583,WGS 1984.) Seed pods only, no flowers, near where Astragalus sp. was collected in April, 2000. 6/5/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California.
Field Notes: 200006050120.

Name List: Dalea searlsiae  

249. Dalea searlsiae (A. Gray) Barneby. North slope of the Mesa, on old roads.Growing in center of old roads, not in blackbrush on either side of road. Looks more dried out than finished blooming. 6/5/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 200006050130.

Name List: Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata  

250. Stanleya pinnata (Pursh) Britton var. pinnata. North slope of the Mesa, colony under Pinyon Pine, beside old roads. 278 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. 6/5/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared one voucher. Material for one exchange. , 11/5/2004, Two vouchers should have been prepared: one for UC, one for Zzyzx.

Field Notes: 200006050170.

Name List: Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium  

251. Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. ssp. polifolium (A. DC.) Torrey & A. Gray. Leaves ± clustered, oblanceolate, slightly rolled under, tomentose above and below. On the road to north Wild Horse Mesa, sandy wash. 278 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. 6/5/2000 Wild Horse Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared two vouchers, one for UC, one for Zzyzx. Materials for two exchanges.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 252, 5 Jun 2000.

Name List: Eriogonum  

252. Eriogonum . On the road to north Wild Horse Mesa, sandy wash. (35.0581,-115.4470,WGS 1984.) 6/5/2000 Wild Horse Canyon, San Bernardino County, California.

Coll. No. 252, Eriogonum
Field Notes: 200006050190.

Name List: Opuntia acanthocarpa var. coloradensis  

254. Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J. Bigelow var. coloradensis L. Benson. On the road to north Wild Horse Mesa, sandy wash. 279 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. 6/5/2000 Wild Horse Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared one voucher. Material for one exchange. , 11/5/2004, Should be two vouchers: one for UC, one for Zzyzx.

Winkler's Cabin Road: w. side Wild Horse Cyn wash. Field Notes: Coll. No. 255, 5 Jun 2000.

Name List: Asclepias erosa  

255. Asclepias erosa Torrey. In Wild Horse Canyon Wash on the cherry stem road into the Blue Jay Mine, north end of Wild Horse Mesa. 278 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. 6/5/2000 Wild Horse Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Milk Weed in Wild Horse Canyon Wash

Composite photograph of a bee and a butterfly on Milk Weed in Wild Horse Canyon.

Comments: 9/26/2004, Prepared one voucher. Material for one exchange. , 11/5/2004, Should be two vouchers, one for UC, and one for Zzyzx.

Caruthers Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: in cyn. Field Notes: 200006060020.

Name List: Eriodictyon angustofolium  

256. Eriodictyon angustofolium Nutt. Along Caruthers Canyon Road, 1/2 mile north of OX Ranch well. 6/6/2000 Caruthers Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Yerba santa in Caruthers Canyon.
Field Notes: 200006070020.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

257. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. On an old gravel road, near the intersection of NV Hwy 157 (Kyle Canyon Road) and NV Hwy 158 (Deer Creek Road), 42 km west of Las Vegas, NV. (36.2648,-115.6017,WGS1984) 6/7/2000 Kyle Canyon, Clark County, Nevada. (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

258. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. On Harris Springs Road, 35 km west of Las Vegas, NV. (36.2478,-115.5509,WGS1984) 6/7/2000 Harris Springs, Clark County, Nevada. (UC(TAS) )
Field Notes: 200006070040.

Name List: Quercus gambelii  

259. Quercus gambelii Nutt. Just off Harris Springs Road, accessed from Kyle Canyon Road (NV State Route 157), 15.9 miles by road west of US Highway 95. (36.2478,-115.5509,WGS1984.) Collected with Frasera albomarginata. 6/7/2000 Harris Springs, Clark County, Nevada. (? , OBI82144 , UC2045757 , UCR262114 )
Field Notes: 200006070050.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

260. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Potosi Mountain Road, just past private camps, 3 km west of NV Highway 160. (35.9931,-115.5145,WGS1984) Loose limestone soil on moderate slopes. 6/7/2000 Potosi Mountain, Clark County, Nevada. (? )
Field Notes: 200006070060. 20020927080.

Name List: Asclepias asperula  

261. Asclepias asperula Woodson. Potosi Mountain Road, just past private camps, 3 km west of NV Highway 160. (35.9931,-115.5145,NAD1983) Loose limestone soil on moderate slopes. 6/7/2000 Potosi Mountain, Clark County, Nevada. (UC1953435 )

Comments: 9/27/2002, Looks a lot like Asclepias capricornu occidentalis.

Field Notes: 200006070070.

Name List: Penstemon eatonii ssp. eatonii  

262. Penstemon eatonii A. Gray ssp. eatonii. Potosi Mountain Road, just past private camps, 3 km west of NV Highway 160. (35.9931,-115.5145,NAD1983) Loose limestone soil on moderate slopes. 6/7/2000 Potosi Mountain, Clark County, Nevada. (? )

Comments: 2/5/2005, Unable to find the exchange for this collection.

Name List: Lepidium latifolium  

263. Lepidium latifolium L. Weed: CAL-IPC, List: High. Inyo National Forest, priority: High, List: B. Flowers white. On the edge of Cutoff Slough at the Joyce Island bridge. (38.1927,-121.9961,NAD1983) 7/23/2000 Potrero Hills, Solano County, California. (CAS1142941 , UC1953417 )

Name List: Frankenia salina  

264. Frankenia salina (Molina) I. M. Johnston. Flowers pink, stems and leaves encrusted with salt crystals. On the edge of Cutoff Slough at the Joyce Island bridge. (38.1927,-121.9960,NAD1983) 7/23/2000 Potrero Hills, Solano County, California. (UC1953400 )
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 265.

Name List: Chrysothamnus depressus  

265. Chrysothamnus depressus Nutt. Low growing composite, occasional in my Swertia albomarginata plots. North face of Wild Horse Mesa, 3¼ miles west of Hole-in-the-Wall, 8 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0510,-115.4567,WGS 1984.) North-facing lacustrine limestone slopes of the informally named Winkler Formation. 9/1/2000 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 265, Chrysothamnus depressus

Comments: 8/25/2002, In September 2000, Cheryl and I drove to San Diego where I gave a talk at the San Diego ShareNet. We then drove to Parker, Needles and the eastern Mojave for me to do my research. I believe these were collected on the north face of Wild Horse Mesa at that time. , 8/25/2002, This collection needs location information. , 10/29/2013, Coll. No. 265, 1 Sep 2000, characters observed while keying: Woody perennial shrub, to 30 cm.; Stem, young, puberulent (not tomentose); Leaves, alternate, lanceolate, entire, without embedded oil glands, with short stalked glands; Inflorescence, none of the flowers with strap-shaped corollas, flowers of 1 kind; Involucre, obconic, 10 mm.; Phyllaries, graduated in 5 series, arranged in vertical ranks, without embedded oil glands; Corolla, yellow; Pappus of well-developed bristles, #many, Style appendages ±=stigmatic portion; Fruit with few glandular hairs.

Field Notes: 20001007100.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

266. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. On bench below summit. (37.2613,-117.6851,WGS1984) Gravelly soil. 10/7/2000 Last Chance Mountain, Inyo County, California.

Rosette on Last Chance Mountain

Area on Last Chance Mountain where Frasera albomarginata was found.
Field Notes: 20010421040.

Name List: Menodora spinescens  

268. Menodora spinescens A. Gray. Flowers white. Southeast of the dinosaur trackways. (34.4368,-115.5236,WGS1984) Occasional on volcanic rocks, not on the sandstone above. With Yucca brevifolia, Thamnosma montana, Coleogyne ramosissima, Sphaeralcea ambigua, and Ferocactus cylindraceus. 4/21/2001 Mescal Range, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953380 )

Spiny Desert Olive (Menodora spinescens) in bloom.
Halloran Springs Road: ar dark hills. Field Notes: Coll. No. 269, 22 Apr 2001.

Name List: Eschscholzia minutiflora  

269. Eschscholzia minutiflora S. Watson. Halloran Hills, just southwest of Halloran Springs Road, 2 miles north of U. S. Interstate 15, accessed from Halloran Springs Exit. (35.3949,-115.9174,WGS 1984.) 4/22/2001 Halloran Hills, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1202612 , OBI103995 , UC2045756 , UCR262113 )

Coll. No. 269, Eschscholzia minutiflora

Coll. No. 269, Eschscholzia minutiflora
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 270, 24 Apr 2001.

Name List: Boechera perennans  

270. Boechera perennans (S. Watson) W. A. Weber. North face of Wild Horse Mesa, on Winkler Formation below Swertia albomarginata experimental plot, 5.49 km west of the current (2015) Hole-in-the-Wall Visitor Center, 12.67 KM north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0476,-115.4583,WGS 1984.) 4/24/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , d: UC(41) )

Coll. No. 270, Boechera perennans

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 270, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 60 cm., not scapose; Stem, proximal, hairy, nearly all stalked much-branched hairs; Leaves, mostly cauline, 31 mm. × 4 mm. wide, sessile, base sagittate, hairs branched, 5-6 branches, tree-like (stalked, stellate); Inflorescence, not 1-sided; Bracts, 0; Sepals, hairy; Petals, 9 mm. × 2.3 mm. wide, purple-tipped; Fruit, a silique, linear, 44 mm. × 1.9 mm. wide, length 23× width, ascending to horizontal to descending, glabrous, pedicel, glabrous, base straight to ascending.

Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 271.

Name List: Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata  

271. Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray var. tessellata. Lower slopes of north face of Wild Horse Mesa, about 1.1 miles by road and trail west of Wild Horse Canyon Road, and 8.2 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (37.0510,-115.4567,WGS 1984.) East facing slope on Precambrian gneiss and schist with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus osteosperma, and Coleogyne ramosissima. 4/24/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyxz s.n. )

Coll. No. 271, Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Coll. No. 271, Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 271, 24 April 2001, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 25 cm., green, non-parasitic, inland; Stem, erect, straight hairy; Leaf, alternate, 50 mm. × 6 mm. wide, somewhat reduced above, entire, bulbous hairy, not glaucus; Inflorescence, coiled, spike-like cyme; Calyx, 3 lobes separate + 2 lobes fused = 4 lobes, notched at tip; Receptacle conic; Corolla, yellow/orange, ±tubular, 8 mm. × limb 1.5 mm.; Ovary, deeply lobed, style base hidden within lobes; Nutlets, erect, 3 mm., scar lateral, flat, without thick rim, margin prickles 0.

Field Notes: 20010424034.

Name List: Gilia ophthalmoides  

272. Gilia ophthalmoides Brand. North slope of Wild Horse Mesa, 6.6 km west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall.East facing slope on Precambrian gneiss and schist with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus osteosperma, and Coleogyne ramosissima. 4/24/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) )

Comments: 2/28/2003, Not Eriastrum, flower heads not wooly.
1'. Lvs simple, entire to deeply lobed.
2'. Lvs present.
3'. Calyx membrane present between ribs.
4' leaves mostly basal
7'. leaves not deeply palmately lobed (in fact, they are pinnately lobed; excludes Leptodactylon.)
8'. leaves and calyx lobes not bristle-tipped (excludes Langloisia and Loeseliastrum).
10'. Infl. not a dense, spiny-bracted head (excludes Eriastrum and Navarretia).
12'. Stems not clearly scapose (inconclusive)
13'. Flowers not densely clustered.
15'. Upper leaves pinnately lobed (excludes Allophyllum with upper leaves palmately lobed.
16. Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped --> Gilia
(Excludes Ipomopsis)


1. Cobwebby hairs (on rosette leaves) --> Group 1 (Sect. Arachnion
1'. Calyx or pedicel barely or not glandular.
4'. Cauline leaves not expanded or clasping at base.
12. Calyx … (not glandular)
13'. Stamens < corolla lobes.
16. Basal leaf lobes spreading (?), corolla throat yellow.
17'. Throat yellow, > lobes, length of corolla could fit either G. ophthalmoides or G. clokeyi
However, looking at specimens at UC, the prominence of the calyx ribs, i.e., white membranes between dark ribs, better fits G. ophthalmoides
Field Notes: 20010424036.

Name List: Gilia  

273. Gilia . East facing slope on Precambrian gneiss and schist with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus osteosperma, and Coleogyne ramosissima. 4/24/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California.

Tiny Gilia found at Wild Horse Mesa.
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 273.1.

Name List: Phacelia fremontii  

273.1 Phacelia fremontii Torr. Lower slopes of north face of Wild Horse Mesa, about 1.1 miles by road and trail west of Wild Horse Canyon Road, and 8.2 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0510,-115.4567,WGS 1984.) East facing slope on Precambrian gneiss and schist with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus osteosperma, and Coleogyne ramosissima. 4/24/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 273.1, Phacelia fremontii

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 273.1, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 12 cm., green; Stem, branched at base; Leaves, mostly basal, few cauline, alternate, deeply lobed; Inflorescence coiled; Calyx, sinus appendages 0; Sepals 5, none cordate; Flowers open, bisexual; Perianth in 2 or more whorls, parts 5; Corolla radial, deciduous in fruit; Petals fused 9 mm. + free 2 mm. = 11 mm., lobes blue; Stamens, #=corolla lobes, inserted, alternate, 5 mm.; Filaments, free, glabrous; Ovary superior, entire, hairy distally; Pistil 1; Style 1, 3 mm., hairy proximally; Stigma, 2-lobed; Seeds, # unknown (s/b 10-18), surface unknown (s/b furrowed).

Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 274.

Name List: Layia glandulosa  

274. Layia glandulosa (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. Annual composite with white ray flowers, and yellow disk flowers. 3.4 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 8 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0510,-115.4567,WGS 1984.) East facing slope on Precambrian gneiss and schist with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus osteosperma, and Coleogyne ramosissima. 4/24/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Partially dissected head of Coll. No. 274, Layia glandulosa

Coll. No. 274, Layia glandulosa

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 274, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 15 cm.; Stem, leaves, and phyllaries with round black stalked glands and white hairs; Inflorescence, some flowers of head have ligulate flowers, head composed of 2 kinds of flowers, head radiate; Phyllaries in 1 series, each subtending a ray flower, margins folded, enclosing a ray flower; Receptacle, paleate, flat; Ray flowers, #8, white; Disk flowers, #±20; Pappus awl-shaped and fine bristles; Fruit, mature ray compressed front to back, adaxial face covered by papery phyllary margins.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 276, 24 Apr 2001.

Name List: Leptosiphon aureus ssp. aureus  

276. Leptosiphon aureus (Nutt.) Benth. ex E. Vilm. ssp. aureus. In a small valley 1.5 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.0513,-115.4231,WGS 1984.) 4/24/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Golden Linanthus (Leptosiphon aureus ssp. aureus) at Lobo Point.

Coll. No. 276, Leptosiphon aureus var. aureus

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 276, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm.; Leaves, opposite, palmate compound; Flowers in small clusters; Pedicels, 6 mm.; Calyx, 5 mm., lobes 5, ±equal, 4 mm., membrane width ±equal lobe width; Corolla, mostly yellow, tube 2 mm. + purple/yellow throat 3 mm. + yellow lobes 6 mm. = 11 mm., no hairy ring; Filaments glabrous.

Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 277.

Name List: Plagiobothrys arizonicus  

277. Plagiobothrys arizonicus (A. Gray) A. Gray. Alluvial terrace west of informal camp site, 1.5 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. 4/24/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 277, Plagiobothrys arizonicus
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 278.

Name List: Eriophyllum wallacei  

278. Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray. Alluvial flats and washes, 1½ miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0513,-115.4231,WGS 1984.) 4/24/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) )

Partially dissected head of Coll. No. 278, Eriophyllum wallacei

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 278, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Annual, to 3 cm., cobwebby, not gland-dotted; Leaves, basal and cauline, alternate, to 9 mm., obovate, entire; Peduncle, 8-15 mm.; Inflorescence, composed of two kinds of flowers, some with strap-shaped corollas; Phyllaries, in 1-series, (ஃequal); Receptacle, epaleate, conical, slightly pitted; Ray flowers, 5 mm., yellow, corolla not papery, deciduous; Anther tip awl-like; Pappus of well-developed scales, 0.5 mm., on both ray and disk flowers; Fruit, 2 mm., black, some appressed hairy.

Field Notes: 20010424070.

Name List: Prunus fasciculata  

279. Prunus fasciculata (Torrey) A. Gray. 2.7 km northeast of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 14.7 km northeast of Mitchell Caverns. 4/24/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )
Field Notes: 20010424075.

Name List: Phacelia pedicellata  

280. Phacelia pedicellata A. Gray. 3 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall.East facing slope among rock outcrops high on Lobo Point. 4/24/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , UC(TAS) )

Phacelia pedicellata found in the rocks just below Lobo Point.
Lobo Point Road: at the camp site. Field Notes: Coll. No. 281.

Name List: Plantago patagonica  

281. Plantago patagonica Jacq. Near the top of the landslide on the east side of Lobo Point, 1.7 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 9 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0511,-115.4271,WGS 1984.) 4/24/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 281, Plantago patagonica

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 281, 24 April 2001, characters observed: Annual, herb, to 10 cm., drying light green; Leaves, basal rosette, 55 mm. × 2.5 mm., narrowly oblanceolate, entire; Peduncle, 55 mm., not grooved, hairs ascending (not spreading), diameter >> than leaf hairs, Inflorescence, scapose, 10-12, in single terminal spikes, axis not visible between flowers; Bract, linear, 1-2 × calyx, exserted; Flower, bisexual, Corolla, lobes 1.8 mm., 1 erect, 3 spreading, tube glabrous (should be hairy); Stamens, 4, inserted; Style 1.2 mm.; Fruit, 2.5 mm Seeds 2, 1.4 mm., inner side deep concave (much easier to dissect fruit and examine seeds when dry, rather than when wetted with Pohl's solution).

Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 282, 24 Apr 2001.

Name List: Astragalus cimae var. cimae  

282. Astragalus cimae M. E. Jones var. cimae. Experimental plots in Frasera albomarginata, southwest slopes of Pinto Mountain, in Winkler Formation, a lacustrine limestone. (35.1755,-115.3867,WHS 1984.) 4/24/2001 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 282, Astragalus cimae var. cimae

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 282, 24 Apr 2001, characters observed: Perennial, of desert (TJM2 Group 2), to 20 cm.; Leaves compound, leaflets, #19, 9-15 mm. × 6.5-14 mm., obovate to near round, tip slightly notched, sparse simple white hairs on veins and margins, spaces between leaflets generally equal to leaflet width, terminal leaflet jointed to mid-rib, i.e., tissue between mid-rib and terminal leaflet is thinner, brownish, and similar to that of lateral leaflets; Inflorescence, raceme, flowers #11-17; Calyx, tube 4.5 mm. + lobes 2.0 mm. = 6.5 mm., hairs sparse simple appressed purple; Flowers, early ascending, then reflexed; Corolla, color blue-purple, Fruit, glabrous, 20-22 mm. × 8-9 mm. wide.

Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 283 24 Apr 2011.

Name List: Gilia ophthalmoides  

283. Gilia ophthalmoides Brand. South side of Pinto Mountain, north of Cedar Canyon Road, and the abandoned telephone cable road. (35.1701,-115.3869,WGS 1984.) 4/24/2001 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 283, Gilia ophthalmoides

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 283, 24 April 2001, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm.; Leaves, mostly basal, much reduced above, basal deeply pinnately lobed, cobwebby hairs, lobes bristle-tipped, cauline alternate, not clasping or expanded at base; Pedicel slightly glandular, adjacent pedicels unequal; Calyx membraneous between lobes, few glands and hairs, lobes not bristle-tipped; Corolla, tube 7 mm. + yellow throat 2 mm. + lobes 3 mm. = 12 mm.; Stamens, slightly exserted, not exceeding lobes; Fruit, ovoid, 4.5 mm.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 283.1, 24 Apr 2001.

Name List: Ipomopsis polycladon  

283.1 Ipomopsis polycladon (Torr.) V. E. Grant. 250 meters south of Cedar Canyon Road, opposite Pinto Mountain, 7.6 miles by Cedar Canyon Road east of Kelso-Cima Road. (35.1656,-115.3884,WGS 1984) 4/24/2001 Cedar Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 283.1, Ipomopsis polycladon

Comments: 12/25/2004, This collection found in the "Ready to Mount" stack. Possibly a second voucher of Collection No. 283. , 5 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 283.1, keyed 5 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual to 7 cm.; Stem branched from base, decumbent to ascending; Leaves basal and cauline, alternate, 20 mm, 1-pinnately lobed, tips sharp pointed, not bristle tipped; Inflorescence crowded at branch tips, flowers sessile or nearly so; Calyx lobes equal, 4 mm., > tube (but not >> tube); Corolla tube 3 mm + lobes 1 mm = 4 mm, funnel-shaped, lobes radial, throat not well developed; Seeds 2 mm., 6, paired in 3 chambers, gelatinous when wet.

Macedonia Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: 17500. Field Notes: Coll. No. 284.

Name List: Nama demissum var. demissum  

284. Nama demissum A. Gray var. demissum. In Macedonia Canyon, about 5 miles east of Kelso-Cima Road, and 1.25 miles west of Wild Horse Canyon, both by way of Macedonia Canyon Road. (35.0746,-115.4765,WGS 1984.) 4/24/2001 Macedonia Canyon, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Purple Mat (Nama sp.) in Macedonia Canyon.

Coll. No. 284, Nama demissum var. demissum

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 284, 24 April 2001, characters observed: Annual, sprawling, to 4 cm., green; Leaves, basal and cauline, sessile, oblanceolate, 11 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide; Calyx, lobes 5, equal, not cordate, sinus appendages 0, free from ovary; Corolla, 14 mm., limb 11 mm.; Ovary, entire; Styles, 2.

Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 285.

Name List: Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum  

285. Eriastrum eremicum (Jeps.) H. Mason var. eremicum. Along the old telephone cable road on the south side of Pinto Mountain. (35.1694,-115.3872,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2001 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 285, Eriastrum eremicum near Pinto Mountain.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 285.1.

Name List: Eriogonum inflatum  

285.1 Eriogonum inflatum Torrey & Fremont. 5/25/2001 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 285.1, Eriogonum inflatum

Comments: 12/25/2004, This collection found in the "Ready to Mount" stack. Presumed to be from Pinto Mountain.

Field Notes: Fragrant Snowberry, May 26, 2001.

Name List: Symphoricarpos longiflorus  

286. Symphoricarpos longiflorus A. Gray. No flowers, but a little fruit on the specimens. 3 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. Found in one location, alongside wash,growing up the rocky slope, shaded by Pinyon Pines. 5/25/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Fragrant Snowberry at Lobo Point.
Field Notes: 20010526060.

Name List: Menodora scoparia  

287. Menodora scoparia A. Gray. Yellow flowers on ascending branches, 2 stamens, 2 chambers, leaves ± opposite, ovary superior, petals falling off easily. 3 km northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall. Found on rocky, dry, exposed colluvial flats. 5/25/2001 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 9/27/2002, Checked determinationat herbarium, JEPS has two collections from Fountain Canyon by Mary Beal. Collection ready to take home to mount.

Field Notes: 20010526070.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

288. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. 6 km west of Hole-in-the-WallIn Pinyon-Juniper forest on lacustrine limestone informally known as Winkler Formation 5/26/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )
Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 289.

Name List: Hymenoxys cooperi  

289. Hymenoxys cooperi (A. Gray) Cockerell. Thread-like leaves. Mid-slope on the north slopes of Wild Horse Mesa, 3.4 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 8.2 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0485,-115.4580,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) )

Coll. No. 289, Hymenoxys cooperi

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 289, 26 May 2001, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, to 40 cm.; Leaves, basal and cauline, alternate, dissected into linear lobes, glandular punctate; Inflorescence, composed of 2 kinds of flowers; Phyllaries, in 2 equal series (appearing as though outer < inner), outer basally fused, without large glands; Receptacle epaleate; Pappus of well-developed scales on ray and disk flowers.

Field Notes: 20010526090.

Name List: Penstemon eatonii ssp. eatonii  

290. Penstemon eatonii A. Gray ssp. eatonii. Found on disturbed soil (former road) on north face of Wild Horse Mesa, in Winkler Formation (lacustrine limestone). 5/26/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Comments: 3/2/2003, Dried leaves of Penstemon get very brittle, making it difficult to strap the vouchers without breaking the leaves.

Wild Horse Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: near Wild Horse Mesa. Field Notes: Coll. No. 291.

Name List: Baileya multiradiata  

291. Baileya multiradiata Harv. & A. Gray ex Torr. Lower slopes of the north face of Wild Horse Mesa, 3.3 miles west northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, and 8.3 miles north northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0536,-115.4553,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2001 Wild Horse Mesa, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Partially dissected head of Coll. No. 291, Baileya multiradiata

Lower leaf of Coll. No. 291, Baileya multiradiata

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 291, 26 May 2001, characters observed: Perennial, to 50 cm., gray tomentose; Leaves, alternate, petiole 40 mm. + blade 25 mm., ovate, pinnate-lobed; Inflorescence, composed of 2 kinds of flowers, Head, hemispheric, radiate; Phyllaries, in 2 series, ±equal, erect, overlapping, long spreading hairs; Receptacle epaleate; Ray, #32+, corolla, 13 mm., yellow, prominently 3-lobed, persistent when dry, papery, reflexed; Pappus, 0; Fruit, achene, ±smooth (minutely papillate on ribs).

Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: 20010915030. Eastern Mojave Geology -- A Botanist's View: Winkler Formation.

Name List: Collinsia parviflora  

292. Collinsia parviflora Lindl. Few "bird's beak" flowers on glandular-sticky plants, often encrusted with dust and sand, leaves green with purple margins and ends. Common plants on and below the Winkler Formation, a lacustrine limestone, with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus osteosperma, and Purshia mexicana var. stansburyana. Summer annual, Fall bloomer. 9/15/2001 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Purple Bird's-Beak (Cordylanthus parviflorus)

Purple Bird's-Beak (Cordylanthus paarviflorus)

Name List: Undet.  

293. Undet. . , (No location information available.), (No county information available.), (No state information available.) (UC(TAS) )

Name List: Undet.  

294. Undet. . , (No location information available.), (No county information available.), (No state information available.) (UC(TAS) )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 295. Nevada County Route 719: 50000.

Name List: Allium bisceptrum  

295. Allium bisceptrum S. Watson. Pinkish-purple flowers, bulb gives off onion odor. At spring near the head of Huntington Creek, 66 road miles south of Elko, Nevada. (39.9994,-115.7625,WGS 1984.) This collection is from dry ground on the edge of the spring vegetation. 6/5/2002 Huntington Creek, White Pine County, Nevada. (UCR240679 )

Coll. No. 295, Allium bisceptrum

Comments: 14 August 2012, Collection No. 295, 14 August 2012, characters observed while keying: Geophyte, not rhizomatous, very few increase bulbs, those present smaller than parent bulbs (last two characters conflict in FNANM key), bulb coat reticulation indistinct with elongation perhaps in the vertical direction, Leaves, generally 3, to 16 cm. long, sheathing the scape 1/3 to 1/2 (This character leads to A. paniculatum which is not known from Nevada), to 7 mm. wide, flat, withering from tip during anthesis (leads to A. campanulatum), Scape to 15 cm., 1-2 mm. dia., fistulose (i.e., hollow; however, this character leads to giant onions, such as leeks), Pedicels floriferous (i.e., not replaced by bulbils), Tepals lanceolate, outer and inner tepal margins entire, tips acuminate, papery in fruit, Stamens included, Filaments unappendaged, Ovary prominently crested.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 296 on 5 Jun 2002. Nevada County Route 719: 50000.

Name List: Allium acuminatum  

296. Allium acuminatum Hook. On the east side of the Diamond Mountains, east of Diamond Peak, where a ridge comes down to the road and a spring, 44.6 miles north of US Hwy 50 via NV S. R. 892 and White Pine Cty Rd 1, and 66 miles south of Elko via NV S. R. 228 and White Pine Cty Rd 1 (39.9911,-115.7625,WGS 1984.) In sagebrush. 6/5/2002 Huntington Valley, White Pine County, Nevada. (CAS1131495 , UCR240680 )

Allium collected among sagebrush.

Coll. No. 296, Allium acuminatum
Field Notes: Coll. No. 297. Nevada County Route 719: 50000.

Name List: Delphinium andersonii  

297. Delphinium andersonii A. Gray. On the east side of the Diamond Mountains, east of Diamond Peak, where a ridge comes down to the road and a spring. (39.9911,-115.7625,WGS 1984.) In sagebrush. 6/5/2002 Big Springs, White Pine County, Nevada. (UC2015268 , UCR240681 )

Coll. No. 297 Delphinium andersonii

Comments: 24 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 297, 5 June 2002, characters observed while keying(?): Stem 50-60 cm, generally 1 stem; Leaf blade base truncate; Petiole proximal hairs 0; Petiole slightly sigmoid; Sepals blue; Petals lower plades > 1/5 length of lateral sepals, hairy adaxially; Seed without inflated collar.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 298.

Name List: Lupinus arbustus  

298. Lupinus arbustus Douglas. 44.6 miles north of US Highway 50 by way of Nevada State Route 892 and White Pine County Road 1, on the east side of the Diamond Mountains, east of Diamond Peak, where a ridge comes down to the road and a spring. (39.9911,-115.7625,WGS 1984.) In sagebrush. 6/5/2002 Big Springs, White Pine County, Nevada. (CAS1148733 , UC2015267 , UCR240682 )

Coll. No. 298, Lupinus arbustus

Comments: 1 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 298, keyed 1 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial of Great Basin, to 45 cm.; Leaf palmate; Leaflets 12-14, 35 mm. x 7 mm. wide, strigose; Calyx 6 mm., hairy, spur 1 mm. +, lower lip folded down; Bract 4-5 mm.; Corolla yellow; Banner 9 mm., back hairy, else glabrous; Wings 10 mm., dense patch of hair near tip; Keel ciliate in distal half.

Field Notes: 20020605152.

Name List: Lepidium perfoliatum  

299. Lepidium perfoliatum L. Perfoliate cauline leaves. Mouth of Big Canyon, east side of central Diamond Mountains, 342 km west of Salt Lake City, Utah.. (39.8810,-115.7534,WGS1984) 6/5/2002 Big Canyon, White Pine County, Nevada. (UC(TAS) )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 300.

Name List: Sphaeralcea munroana  

300. Sphaeralcea munroana (Douglas ex Lindl.) Spach ex A. Gray. Mouth of Big Canyon, east side of central Diamond Mountains. (39.8802,-115.7488,WGS 1984.) 6/5/2002 Big Canyon, White Pine County, Nevada. (UC2015266 , UCR240683 )

Coll. No. 300, Sphaeralcea munroana

Comments: 9 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 300, keyed 9 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial to 45 cm., moderate density of stellate hairs (less than s. ambigua); Herbage green; Leaf 30 mm x 25 mm, broadly lanceolate, lobed, irregularly toothed; Inflorescence panicle (not raceme); Involucel of 3 bractlets; Pedicel 1 mm, lengthening to 5 mm at anthesis; Calyx 4-5 mm, uniformly stellate; Petals to 10 mm (smaller than S. ambigua); Seed immature. Keyed from Welsh, et al., 1993.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 301.

Name List: Chorispora tenella  

301. Chorispora tenella (Pall.) DC. Mouth of Big Canyon, east side of central Diamond Mountains. (39.8802,-115.7488,WGS 1984.) 6/5/2002 Big Canyon, White Pine County, Nevada. (UC2015265 , UCR240684 )

Coll. No. 301, Chorispora tenella

Coll. No. 301, Chorispora tenella

Comments: 5 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 301, keyed 5 Nov 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, hairs 0, sparsely stalked-gland-dotted; Leaves basal, withered at flowering, cauline simple, not basally lobed or clasping; Flowers radial; Corolla purple; Stamens 6; Ovary linear when young; Fruit linear, bilateral, to 4 cm, seed in proximal 2.5 cm., tip pointed; Seeds in two rows, brown, 1 mm.

Shell Creek Road: at Shell Creek tree. Field Notes: Coll. No. 302.

Name List: Layia platyglossa  

302. Layia platyglossa (Fischer & C. Meyer) A. Gray. Along Shell Creek Road, about 1.7 miles north of California Highway 58. (35.4814,-120.3287,WGS 1984.) Grazed grassland with few oaks. 6/25/2002 Shell Creek, San Luis Obispo County, California. (? )

Coll. No. 302, Layia platyglossa

Comments: 8/25/2002, These were given to me by my father who collected them near Shell Creek, where my mother's ashes have been spread. , 31 October 2013, Coll. No. 302, 25 June 2002, characters observed while keying: Annual, tap-rooted, to 15 cm.; Leaves alternate; Inflorescence, some flowers with strap-shaped corollas, head radiate, composed of 2 kinds of flowers, disc flowers ≥20; Phyllaries in 1 series, each subtending a ray flower, folded base 3 mm. + tip 4 mm. = 7 mm.; Receptacle paleate, 1(2) rings of paleae subtending outer disk flowers; Pappus of bristles, 3 mm., not as broad at base as L. glandulosa, scabrous (barely plumose?); Fruit, ray, mature, compressed front to back (though not as compressed as L. glandulosa). These were sent to me by my father who collected them where we previously scattered my mother's ashes. -- TAS

Name List: Undet.  

303. Undet. . Under a boulder in the creekbed, just below the Giant Ledge Mine. 5/25/1998 Caruthers Canyon, San Bernardino County, California.

Comments: 8/1/1935, The original collection number of this specimen was 187, and the collection date seems to have been May 28, 2002.

Field Notes: 20020922030.

Name List: Frankenia salina  

304. Frankenia salina (Molina) I. M. Johnston. Low growing shrub at upper high tide. Western shoreline between High Street and Broadway. (37.7512,-112.2430,WGS1984) 9/22/2002 Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California. (UC1953401 )
Field Notes: 20020922040.

Name List: Cuscuta pacifica var. pacifica  

305. Cuscuta pacifica Costea & M. Wright var. pacifica. Southwestern shoreline between High Street and Broadway. (37.7526,-122.2460,WGS 1984.) On Salicornia. 9/22/2002 Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California. (CAS1148734 , UC2015263 )

Coll. No. 305, Cuscuta pacifica var. pacifica
Shoreline Drive: Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary. Field Notes: Coll. No. 306.

Name List: Spergularia marina  

306. Spergularia marina (L.) Besser. Southern shoreline between High Street and Broadway. (37.7521,-122.2444,WGS 1984.) 9/22/2002 Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California. (? , CAS1157754 , UCR248614 )

Coll. No. 306, Spergularia marina
Field Notes: 20020922060.

Name List: Limonium californicum  

307. Limonium californicum (Boiss.) A. A. Heller. Western shoreline between High Street and Broadway. (37.7512,-122.2430,WGS1984) 9/22/2002 Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California. (UC1953407 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 308, 26-May-2008.

Name List: Calochortus kennedyi  

308. Calochortus kennedyi Porter. 14.5 km north of Hole-in-the-Wall. (35.1755,-115.3866,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2003 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (UC(TAS) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Collection No. 308, Calochortus kennedyi

Collection No. 308, Calochortus kennedyi
Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: 20030526060.

Name List: Syntrichopappus fremontii  

309. Syntrichopappus fremontii A. Gray. South side of Pinto Mountain. (35.1754,-115.3862,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2003 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) )

Coll. No. 309, Syntrichopappus fremontii

Comments: 24 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 309, 25 May 2003, characters observed while keying: Annual, tap-rooted, to 15 cm., generally tomentose throughout; Stem, decumbent to ascending; Leaves, alternate, 16 mm. × 3 mm. wide, tip 3-lobed; Inflorescence, solitary heads on peduncles (10 mm.), flowers of two kinds, radiate; Phyllaries, 5, in one series, free at base, 7.5 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, margins slightly scarious, tip acuminate without tack-shaped gland; Receptacle, flat, epaleate; Ray flowers, 5, 5 mm., yellow; Pappus of bristles on both ray and disc flowers, single row, short plumose; cypsela, black, short plumose.

Cedar Canyon Road - Mojave National Preserve: Pinto Mountain. Field Notes: Coll. No. 310, 25 May 2003.

Name List: Cryptantha gracilis  

310. Cryptantha gracilis Osterh. South face of Pinto Mountain, 12.5 km southeast of Cima, 14.5 km north of Hole-in-the-Wall, growing in Winkler Formation, a Tertiary lacustrine limestone. (35.1752,-115.3860,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2003 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 310, Cryptantha gracilis
Field Notes: Coll. No. 311, 25 May 2003.

Name List: Phacelia fremontii  

311. Phacelia fremontii Torr. (35.1732,-115.3844,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2003 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California. (Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 311, Phacelia fremontii
Lobo Point Road: 65000. Field Notes: Coll. No. 313, 26 May 2003.

Name List: Cryptantha circumscissa  

313. Cryptantha circumscissa (Hook. & Arn.) I. M. Johnst. Experimental plots in Salvia dorrii. 3.6 km northwest of Hole in the Wall visitor center, 20.7 km south southeast of Cima, San Bernardino County, California. (35.0571,-115.4321,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2003 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha circumcissa

Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha circumcissa
Field Notes: Coll. No. 314, 27 May 2003.

Name List: Eriophyllum pringeli  

314. Eriophyllum pringeli A. Gray. Experimental plots in Salvia dorrii, bajada just north of Lobo point, about 2½ miles northwest of Hole-in-the-Wall, 9 miles northeast of Mitchell Caverns. (35.0571,-115.4320,WGS 1984.) 5/27/2003 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 315, 26 May 2003.

Name List: Phacelia ramosissima  

315. Phacelia ramosissima Douglas ex Lehm. (35.1274,-115.4351,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2003 Mid Hills Campground, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) , Zzyzx s.n. )

Coll. No. 315, Phacelia ramosissima
Field Notes: Coll. No. 316.

Name List: Caulanthus crassicaulis  

316. Caulanthus crassicaulis (Torr.) Wats. On a ridge south of an unnamed small peak with many radio towers, southern Spring Mountains, 5.3 air miles northwest of Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada, and 5.1 air miles south of Potosi Mountain, Clark County Nevada. (35.8909,-115.4955,WGS 1984.) 5/27/2003 Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada. (UCR240685 )

Coll. No. 316, Caulanthus crassicaulis

Comments: 10 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 316, 10 Nov 2012, characters observed while keying:

Field Notes: Coll. No. 317.

Name List: Oenothera suffrutescens  

317. Oenothera suffrutescens (Ser.) W. L. Wagner & Hoch. (Syn: Gaura coccinea Pursh) On a ridge south of an unnamed small peak with many radio towers, southern Spring Mountains, 5.3 air miles northwest of Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada, and 5.1 air miles south of Potosi Mountain, Clark County Nevada. (35.8909,-115.4955,WGS 1984.) 5/27/2003 Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada. (UC2015262 , UCR240686 )

Coll. No. 317, Oenothera suffrutescens

Comments: 15 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 317, keyed 15 Dec 2012, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, to 60 cm.; Stipules absent; Leaves alternate, 25 mm. x 5 mm., lanceolate, few toothed; Inflorescence straight, open; Bracts 2-3 mm.; Buds erect; Sepals fused to tip in bud, all coming free, reflexed, 6 mm., not persistent after flowering; Hypanthium 6 mm.; Petals entire; Stamens 8, < stigma; Anthers maturing in unison with stigma; Ovary at flowering > distal internode (ergo infl. "open"); Stigma 4-lobed; Fruit 7 mm., stalk-like base 0, erect, fusiform, gradually wider at middle, puberulent, indehiscent; Seeds few, 2 mm., glabrous, not winged.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 318.

Name List: Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi  

318. Calochortus kennedyi Porter var. kennedyi. Rocky ground just below unnamed peak with radio towers, 5.0 air miles south of Potosi Mountain, and 5.5 air miles northwest of Goodsprings, Nevada. 5/27/2003 Potosi Mountain, Clark County, Nevada. (UCR240688 )

Coll. No. 318, Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi

Comments: 10 June 2012, Coll. No. 318, 10 June 2012, characters observed while keying: Leaf basal withered at flowering; Perianth outer parts (bracts) differentiated from inner parts (petals); Flower erect; Petals 20 mm., wide, orange (faded to yellow brown); Nectary round, hairy; Fruit erect.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at cherry stem. Field Notes: Coll. No. 319, 27 May 2013.

Name List: Diplacus bigelovii var. bigelovii  

319. Diplacus bigelovii (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom var. bigelovii. About 1.75 mi northwest of Winters Pass, reached by going 1.2 mi north of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, then 1.5 mi west on cherry-stem road into North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness. (35.7085,-115.7245,WGS 1984.) 5/27/2003 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157701 , UCR248655 )

Coll. no. 319, Diplacus bigelovii var. bigelovii

Comments: 1/2/2005, See also Collection No. 383. , 2013, Coll. No. 319, 27 May 2003, characters observed while keying: Annual, 10-15 cm., tap-rooted, branched at base or not, terrestrial; Leaves, opposite, lower, sessile, 11 mm. × 3 mm., oblanceolate, upper, petioled 1.5 mm. + blade 8 mm. × 2.8 mm., elliptic, tip acuminate; Inflorescence axillary, flowering nodes with 2 flowers; Pedicel 1.5 mm.; Calyx, tube 4 mm. + lobes 1.5-2.0 mm., cleft <½length, hairy; Corolla, lobes similar, spur absent, magenta; Stamens, 4, in 2 pairs of unequal length, staminode 0; Stigma, broad, ±2-lobed.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at cherry stem. Field Notes: Coll. No. 320.

Name List: Eriogonum nidularium  

320. Eriogonum nidularium Coville. About 1.75 mi northwest of Winters Pass, reached by going 1.2 mi north of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, then 1.5 mi west on cherry-stem road into North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness. (35.7085,-115.7245,WGS 1984.) 5/27/2003 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015260 )

Coll. No. 320, Eriogonum nidularium

Coll. No. 320, Eriogonum nidularium

Comments: 17 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 320, 27 May 2003, characters observed while keying: Annual; Stem densely branched, some incurved, tomentose (not glabrous or glandular); Leaves basal, blades round-ovate; Involucre 1.5-2.0 mm., angled (a little), not solely at tips of slender branches, sessile, sparsely tomentose; Peduncles glabrous; Flowers 1.8-1.9 mm., yellow, glabrous, outer perianth lobes fan-shaped (fiddle-shaped?), obtuse basally, all lobes ± alike.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at cherry stem. Field Notes: Coll. No. 321, 27 May 2003.

Name List: Phacelia vallis-mortae  

321. Phacelia vallis-mortae J. W. Voss. At the end of a cherry-stem road into the North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness, 1.4 miles by road north of Winters Pass, then 1.6 miles by road west to end of road; about 21 miles by road north of the Cima Road exit on US Interstate 15. (35.7085,-115.7245,WGS 1984.) 5/27/2003 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015258 , UCR240677 )

Coll. No. 321, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Comments: 19 Jun 2013, Coll. No. 321, keyed 19 Jan 2013, characters observed: Perennial, sprawling in shade, to 60 cm.; Stem decumbent, sparse short and long hairs; Leaves, alternate, to 7 cm., compound, 5 or 7 lobes, terminal lobes larger than lateral lobes, sparsely short hairy and glandular; Inflorescence coiled loosely, 12-15 flowers; Pedicels, 1-3 mm, elongating as fruit matures; Calyx, lobes 5, long (7.5 mm) and narrow, glandular hairy; Corolla blue, tube 4 mm + lobes 3.5 mm = 7.5 mm x 8 mm wide; Ovary, 1 mm., entire, straight hairy distally; Style, arising from top of ovary, 7 mm., hairy proximally, forked at approximate middle; Stigma, 2; Stamens exserted; Fruit, 3 mm., ovoid; Seeds, 4, 2.5 mm, light brown, pitted.

Bridge View Isle, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California: at Towata Pk. Field Notes: Coll. No. 322.

Name List: Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum  

322. Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum (L.) Hilliard & B. L. Burtt. In the vacant lot across Bridgeview Isle from Towata Park, near Bay Farm Bridge abutment on Otis Drive (California Highway 61). (37.7501,-122.2369,WGS 1984.) 6/5/2003 Towata Park, City of Alameda, Alameda County, California. (CAS1157589 , CDA39236 , UC )

Coll. No, 322, Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum

Comments: 26 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 322, 22 March 2003, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 25 cm., tap-rooted; Stem, branched at base, ascending, tomentose, without embedded translucent oil glands; Leaves, alternate, sessile to ±clasping, to 35 mm., not spiny, entire, leaves just below cluster of flowers shorter than cluster; Inflorescence, without strap-shaped corollas, flowers of 1 kind; Heads, many per flower stem; Involucre 3 mm.; Phyllaries in 2+ series, unequal in size and appearance, outermost transparent, inner have some green near base, not spiny; Receptacle epaleate; Pappus of fine bristles, 8-12+, shed in rings; Corollas, white to pink, radial (not bilateral).

Field Notes: Coll. No. 323, 23 Aug 2003.

Name List: Gentiana parryi  

323. Gentiana parryi Engelm. 12 mi (19.2 km) west of Crested Butte, Colorado. (38.8693,-107.2091,WGS 1984.) 8/23/2003 Lost Lake Slough, Gunnison County, Colorado. (UCR240687 )

Coll. No. 323, Gentiana parryi

Coll. No. 323, Gentiana parryi

Comments: 1 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 323, keyed 1 Jan 2013, characters observed: Perennial herb to 35 cm.; Leaves cauline; Bracts 25 mm x 10-12 mm wide; Corolla blue, 35 mm., distinctly tubular, tube broad, plicate; Anthers not spirally twisted.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 324.

Name List: Silene scabriflora  

324. Silene scabriflora Brot. In the neglected olive grove just west of the Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe, now the location of the elementary school: CEIP Santo Domingo de Silos. (37.3723,-06.0858,WGS1984) 2/15/2004 Bormujos, Sevilla County, Andalucia. (? )

Coll. No. 324, Silene scabriflora

Coll. No. 324, Silene scabriflora

Comments: 12 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 324, keyed 13 Dec 2012, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial (?), to 40 cm.; Leaves opposite, oblanceolate, to 30 mm. x 10 mm., smaller distally; Inflorescence raceme; Calyx 11 mm x 4 mm. wide, dark ribbed; Sepals fused most of length (90% ?), strong dark mid-rib, long wavy hairs more dense distally; Petals, 5, tube 12 mm + blade 5 mm = 17 mm, 2 lobed, tube fused 1/2 length; Stamens 10; Ovary 2.5 mm., elliptical; Styles 3, 4 mm., free to base.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 325.

Name List: Echium plantagineum  

325. Echium plantagineum L. In the neglected olive grove just west of the Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe, now (2013) the location of the elementary school CEIP Santo Domingo de Silos. (37.3723,-06.0858,WGS1984) 2/15/2004 Bormujos, Sevilla County, Andalucia. (? , ? )

Echium plantagineum growing in a vacant lot, Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain

Coll. No. 325, Echium plantagineum

Comments: 11 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 325, 15 Feb 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 35 cm.; Corolla, 23 mm., blue-purple, long hairs mostly on nerves, but also on margins of lobes (not short hairy throughout); Stamens, at least some exserted. Keyed with: Anthos. 2011. Sistema de información de las plantas de España. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC- Fundación Biodiversidad. Recurso electrónico en www.anthos.es. Consulta realizada en marzo de 2011[Fecha de la consulta: 11 Sep 2013].

Field Notes: 2004021503260.

Name List: Cerinthe major  

326. Cerinthe major L. In the neglected olive grove just west of the Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe. (37.3723,-06.0858,ETRS1989) 2/15/2004 Bormujos, Sevilla County, Andalucia. (? )

Cerinthe major L. in Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain

Cerinthe major L.in Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain
Field Notes: 2004021503270.

Name List: Borago officinalis  

327. Borago officinalis L. In the neglected olive grove just west of the Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe. (37.3723,-06.0858,ETRS1989) 2/15/2004 Bormujos, Sevilla County, Andalucia. (? )

Borago officinalis L. in Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain

Borago officinalis L. in Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain
Field Notes: 2004021503280.

Name List: Fedia cornucopiae  

328. Fedia cornucopiae (L.)Gaertn. In the neglected olive grove just west of the Hospital San Juan de Dios del Aljarafe. (37.3723,-06.0858,WGS1984) 2/15/2004 Bormujos, Sevilla County, Andalucia. (? )

Fedia cornucopiae (L.) Gaertner in Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain

Fedia cornucopiae (L.) Gaertner in Bormujos (Sevilla), Spain
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: near Excelsior Mine Rd. Field Notes: Coll. No. 330.

Name List: Chaenactis fremontii  

330. Chaenactis fremontii A. Gray. In Creosote Bush scrub, just west of the Winters Pass Hills, on Kingston Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6579,-115.7142,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Shadow Valley, San Bernardino County, California. (? , CAS1157588 , UCR248613 )

Coll. No. 330, Desert Pincushion (Chaenactis fremontii) near the Mesquite Mountains.

Coll. No. 330, Chaenactis fremontii

Coll. No. 330, Chaenactis fremontii

Comments: 24 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 330, 20 Apr 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual, tap-rooted, to 35 cm.; Stem variously branched, proximal hairs 0, distally minutely glandular; Leaves, alternate, to 7 cm., deeply pinnately lobed below to entire above; Inflorescence, single heads on 5 cm. peduncles, flowers of two kinds in same heads, outer corollas not strap- shaped, head radiant; Phyllaries in 2+ series, ±equal length, outermost sometimes subtending a ray flower, without embedded oil gland, margin green, tip acute; Pappus of scales, few, one long (6 mm.) appearing among disc flowers remainder short, margins ragged; Corollas white; Fruit, 6 mm., dark brown.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 331.

Name List: Rafinesquia californica  

331. Rafinesquia californica Nutt. In Creosote Bush scrub, on Kingston Road about 0.4 mi north of the intersection with Excelsior Mine Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6578,-115.7141,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Shadow Valley, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1131496 , UC2015256 )

Rafinesquia neomexicana near the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 331, Rafinesquia neomexicana

Comments: 22 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 331, 20 Apr 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual; Leaves lower deeply lobed; Head all strap-shaped flowers; Receptacle epaleate; Ligules white, 5-lobed, > phyllaries by 10 mm.; Pappus of plumose bristles, not scale-like, ± equal; Fruit 8 mm., + 5 mm. beak, i.e., beak < body (I thought the beak was slender, but maybe it's comparatively stout).

Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Eriogonum fasciculatum ssp. polifolium  

332. Eriogonum fasciculatum Benth. ssp. polifolium (A. DC.) Torrey & A. Gray. In Creosote Bush scrub, on Kingston Road about 0.4 mi north of the intersection with Excelsior Mine Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6578,-115.7141,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Shadow Valley, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015289 , UCR240672 )

Coll. No. 322, Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium

Comments: 21 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 332, 20 Apr 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial shrub; Stem not jointed; Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 10-15 mm., adaxially lightly tomentose, abaxially tomentose, margins rolled under; Inflorescence umbel-like; Involucres > 1 per node, hairy; Flower stipe absent; Perianth lobes alike, white to pink, soft hairy.

Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Ambrosia salsola  

333. Ambrosia salsola (A. Gray) Strother & B. G. Baldwin. In Creosote Bush scrub, just west of the Winters Pass Hills, on Kingston Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6518,-115.7140,NAD1983) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953377 )
Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Larrea tridentata  

334. Larrea tridentata (DC) Cov. In Creosote Bush scrub, just east of the Winters Pass Hills, on Kingston Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6546,-115.7127,WGS1984) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953411 )
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: near Excelsior Mine Rd. Field Notes: Coll. No. 335.

Name List: Lycium cooperi  

335. Lycium cooperi A. Gray. In Creosote Bush scrub, just west of the Winters Pass Hills, on Kingston Road, 0.4 miles northwest of intersection with Excelsior Mine Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6152,-115.7295,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (? , UCR248653 )

Coll. No, 335, Lycium cooperi

Comments: 12 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 335, 20 April 2004, characters observed while keying: Woody perennial to 1 m; Stem, branches straight, lateral becoming spines, thorns to 5 mm; Leaves, in alternate clusters, petiole 2 mm + blade 10 mm × 4.3 mm wide, obovate, flat in cross-section; Inflorescence, single flowers with leaf clusters; Pedicel 4 mm, short glandular hairy; Calyx, 7 mm, bell-shaped, lobes 5, short glandular hairy; Sepals, fused, 4.0 mm + lobes 3.0 mm = 7  mm, glandular hairy; Corolla tube 14 mm + lobes 3 mm = 17 mm, lobes reflexed; Fruit 4 mm.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 336.1.

Name List: Pectocarya heterocarpa  

336.1 Pectocarya heterocarpa (I.M. Johnst.) I.M. Johnst. In Creosote Bush scrub, on Kingston Road about 0.4 mi north of the intersection with Excelsior Mine Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6152,-115.7295,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Shadow Valley, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015288 )

Coll. No. 336.1, Pectocarya heterocarpa

Coll. No. 336.1, Pectocarya heterocarpa

Comments: 17 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 336.1, 20 Apr 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, green / non-parasitic; Pedicel partly fused to one nutlet; Corolla white; Nutlets 4, spreading, paired, oblong, dissimilar, curved in 2 planes, margins dentate, of 1 pair narrow, of the other pair wide.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 336.2.

Name List: Pectocarya platycarpa  

336.2 Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) Munz & I.M. Johnst. In Creosote Bush scrub, on Kingston Road about 0.4 mi north of the intersection with Excelsior Mine Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6152,-115.7295,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Shadow Valley, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015287 )

Coll. No. 336.2, Pectocarya platycarpa

Comments: 17 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 336.2, 20 Apr 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, green / non-parasitic; Stem ascending; Pedicel free from nutlets; Corolla color unknown (should be white); Nutlets 4, spreading, paired, oblong, similar, straight, margins dentate, margin teeth width about equal length.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 337.

Name List: Hilaria rigida  

337. Hilaria rigida (Thurb.) Scribn. In Creosote Bush scrub on Kingston Road, 3 miles south of the Winters Pass Hills, 12 miles north of Valley Wells, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6152,-115.7295,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015356 )

Coll. No. 337, Hilaria rigida

Comments: 10 June 2012, Coll. No. 337, 10 June 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial, mid-sized, to 30 cm., strongly tillered as plant axis lengthens; Internodes filled with pith; Leaf differentiated into sheath and blade, variously tomentose; Sheath open; Ligule membrane, divided into cilia; Inflorescence spike-like, 8 cm., well-developed, unbranched zig-zag central axis; Disarticulation cluster of 3 spikelets falling as a unit; Spikelets many, in clusters 3 per node, hairy at base, sessile or nearly so; Florets variously staminate or bisexual; Central floret: Glumes divided into 3-5 awn-like segments; Lemma veins 3, 1 awn from back, tip divided and ciliate; Lateral floret: Lower glume 1+ awn-like segment; Upper glume awn 0; Stigma: feathery ciliate when present.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: near Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 337.1.

Name List: Baileya multiradiata  

337.1 Baileya multiradiata Harv. & A. Gray ex Torr. In Creosote Bush scrub, just west of the Winters Pass Hills, on Kingston Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6784,-115.7062,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (? , UCR248650 )

Coll. No. 337.1, Baileya multiradiata

Comments: 24 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 337.1, 20 Apr 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual (biennial or short-lived perennial), to 40 cm., ±gray-tomentose, scapose; Leaves alternate; Inflorescence, heads solitary, flowers of two kinds, some with strap-shaped corollas; Involucre 6 mm.; Phyllaries, in 2+ series, slightly overlapping, ±equal, erect; Receptacle, hemispheric, epaleate; Pappus 0; Ray flowers, many, corolla, yellow, 13 mm. × 9 mm. wide, 3-lobed, when dry persistent papery reflexed; Fruit achene, 3.5 mm., ±equally ribbed.

Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Eriogonum inflatum  

338. Eriogonum inflatum Torrey & Fremont. In Creosote Bush scrub, just west of the Winters Pass Hills, on Kingston Road about 5 miles north of Excelsior Mine Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6784,-115.7062,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953419 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 340.1.

Name List: Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu  

340.1 Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr. var. brevicornu. In Creosote Bush scrub, just west of the Winters Pass Hills, on Kingston Road, about 0.4 mi north of its intersection with Excelsior Mine Road, climbing to Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains. (35.6784,-115.7062,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Shadow Valley, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015286 )

Coll. No. 340.1, Chorizanthe brevicornu var. brevicornu
Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Eriophyllum wallacei  

340.2 Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray. In Creosote Bush scrub, on Kingston Road, south of the Winters Pass Hills, 13 mi (20.9 km) north of Valley Wells, 5.2 mi (8.4 km) south southwest of Winters Pass, near the Mesquite Mountains, 79 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.6178,-115.7284,NAD 1983.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953378 )

Collection No. 340.2, Eriophyllum wallacei, woolly easterbonnets.

Collection No. 340.2, Eriophyllum wallacei, woolly easterbonnets.
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at Winters Pass Hills. Field Notes: 20 Apr 04 Coll No 341.

Name List: Langloisia setosissima ssp. punctata  

341. Langloisia setosissima (Cov.) S. Timbrook ssp. punctata. In open areas on a stony south-facing slope of the Winters Pass Hills, 16.2 mi (26.1 km) north of Valley Wells, 2.1 mi (3.4 km) south southwest of Winters Pass, 75 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.6606,-115.7120,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Winters Pass Hills, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS , UC1953396 )

Lilac Subbonnet (Langoisia setosissima ssp. punctata)

Collection No. 341, Langloisia setosissima var. punctata, lilac sunbonnet.

Collection No. 341, Langloisia setosissima var. punctata, lilac sunbonnets.
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 342.

Name List: Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia  

342. Xylorhiza tortifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene var. tortifolia. Winters Pass is on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains. Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just west of the pass. (35.6883,-115.7037,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (? , CAS1157587 , UCR248651 )

Coll. No. 342, Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia

Comments: 24 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 342, 20 April 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial, to 30 cm., glandless; Stem ascending, wooly; Leaves, cauline, alternate, lanceolate, 45 mm. × 5 mm. wide, margins wavy, spiny-dentate, tip spined; Inflorescence, large heads solitary on 5+ cm. peduncles, flowers of two kinds, rays ligulate, radiate; Phyllaries, in 3 series, overlapping, not in vertical ranks, inner longer and thinner, 6,7,8 mm. × 1.5- 1.0 mm. wide, without oil glands; Receptacle, hemispheric or conic, epaleate; Pappus, well developed bristles, ≥24, disc pappus single, cylindric; Corolla, rays 20 mm. blue, disc yellow; Fruit, 3 mm.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 343, 20 April 2004.

Name List: Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata  

343. Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray var. tessellata. Winters Pass is on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains, 12.7 miles north of US Interstate 15 Exit 272 at Cima Road, then 5.7 miles north northwest on Kingston Road. (35.6884,-115.7036,WGS 1984.) Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just north of the pass. 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1202610 , OBI116647 , UC2045755 )

Coll. No. 343, Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 343, 20 April 2004, characters observed: Annual, to 30 cm.; Stem hairy, Leaf, alternate, 65 mm. × 14 mm., entire, hairy; Inflorescence, coiled raceme-like spikes; Calyx lobes 3, 2 are notched at tip, white hairy; Corolla, short (8 mm. when dry), orange; Receptacle (should be conical, since the scar is lateral, but not as conspicuous as in Cryptantha); Anthers (fill floral tube and are probably appressed to stigma); Nutlets, #3, deltate, 3 mm. × 2.5 mm. × 1.5 mm., erect, scar lateral, exposed, flat, without thick rim, surface cobblestone-like, margin prickles 0.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 344.

Name List: Lupinus flavoculatus  

344. Lupinus flavoculatus A. Heller. Winters Pass is on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains. Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just north of the pass. (35.6882,-115.7036,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015284 )

Coll. No. 344, Lupinus flavoculatus

Coll. No. 344, Lupinus flavoculatus

Comments: 6 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 344, keyed 6 Dec 2012, characters observed: Annual 3.5 - 5.5 cm.; Cotyledons sessile, persistent, disk-like; Leaves cauline, crowded near base, free blades of stipules 2 mm., palmate, sparse long hairy at flowering; Leaflet 8-9 mm.; Peduncle 11-22 mm.; Inflorescence 25-30 mm., not distinctly whorled, many-flowered; Pedicel 2 mm.; Calyx appendages 0; Banner blue-violet with prominent yellow spot, back glabrous; Wings; Keel glabrous.

Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Chorizanthe rigida  

345. Chorizanthe rigida (Torrey) Torrey & A. Gray. Winters Pass is on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains. Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just north of the pass. (35.6903,-115.7035,WGS1984) 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953369 )
Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Oxytheca perfoliata  

346. Oxytheca perfoliata Torr. & A. Gray. Winters Pass on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains. Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just west of the pass. (35.6899,-115.7038,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015283 )

Coll. No. 346, Oxytheca perfoliata
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 347, 0 Apr 2004.

Name List: Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera  

347. Cryptantha pterocarya (Torr.) Greene var. cycloptera (Greene) J. F. Macbr. Winters Pass is on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains. Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just west of the pass. Nutlets: 4, all winged alike. 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1202607 , OBI131894 )

Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera

Coll. No. 347, Cryptantha pterocarya var. cycloptera
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 348.

Name List: Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia  

348. Chaenactis carphoclinia A. Gray var. carphoclinia. Winters Pass is on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains. Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just west of the pass. (35.6899,-115.7038,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (UCR248652 )

Coll. No. 348, Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia

Coll. No. 348, Chaenactis carphoclinia var. carphoclinia

Comments: 27 October 2013, Coll. No. 348, 20 April 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 20 cm., tap-rooted; Leaves, basal and cauline, to 40 mm., finely pinnately 2° divided, margins not spiny; Inflorescence, no strap-shaped flowers, flowers of 1 kind; Phyllaries, in 2 overlapping series; Receptacle paleate, 9 mm., appearing ≥1 mm. above buds; Pappus of short, 0.6 mm., scales.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 349.

Name List: Erodium cicutarium  

349. Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'Her. ex Aiton. Weed: CAL-IPC, List: Limited. Winters Pass is on Kingston Road where it passes through the Mesquite Mountains. Plants were found on stony-mantled ground on the small hill just north of the pass. (35.6883,-115.7035,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015280 )

Coll. No. 349, Erodium cicutarium
Field Notes: Coll. No. 350.

Name List: Dalea mollis  

350. Dalea mollis Benth. On disturbed ground, along Kingston Road, 3.6 mi (5.7 km) northeast of Winters Pass. (35.7299,-115.6726,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015285 )

Coll. No. 350, Dalea mollis

Coll. No. 350, Dalea mollis

Comments: 23 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 350, 20 Apr 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual; Stem gland-dotted; Stipules present; Leaf pinnately compound; Leaflets 8-12, 5 mm. x 4 mm. wide, main axis ending as a leaflet, abaxially dark gland-dotted; Calyx 4-5 mm.

Small size of calyx and flatness of leaflets suggest D. mollis rather than D. mollissima.

Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Nicotiana obtusifolia  

351. Nicotiana obtusifolia Martens & Galeotti. On limestone outcrop, northwest side of Kingston Road, 3.6 mi (5.7 km) northeast of Winters Pass, 4.9 mi (7.9 km) from the Nevada state boundary. (35.7316,-115.6738,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157585 , UCR248646 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 352.

Name List: Psorothamnus fremontii var. fremontii  

352. Psorothamnus fremontii (A. Gray) Barneby var. fremontii. On disturbed ground, along Kingston Road, 3.6 mi (5.7 km) northeast of Winters Pass. (35.7299,-115.6726,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1149290 , UC2015270 , UCR240678 )

Coll. No. 352, Psorothamnus fremontii var. fremontii

Comments: 1 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 352, keyed 1 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial shrub, armed; Stems never puberulent (f), young stems strigose (f); Leaf mostly compound, 1-pinnate, persistent; Leaflets 5, 9 mm. x 2.5 mm. wide, gland-dotted, terminal continuous (a), lateral continuous when small, jointed when large (f); Calyx 5-6 mm sparsely hairy, lobes ± equal (a), > tube (?); Sepals fused 1/2 length; Flower bilateral; Corolla violet-purple; Banner outside wings; Fruit immature 5 mm. exserting, glands scattered (a), hairy along top and bottom edges and not sides (f). Some characters marked (a) argue for Psorothamnus arborescens while others marked (f) argue for P. fremontii.

Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Mortonia utahensis  

353. Mortonia utahensis (Trel.) Nelson. Alongside the road, 2.15 mi (3.46 km) northeast of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, near the rock shelter and cattle guard. (35.7165,-115.6910,NAD1983) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953398 )

Growth habit of Mortonia utahensis.

Typical appearance of leaves on Mortonia utahensis

Flowers of Mortonia utahensis.
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at fence line. Field Notes: Coll. No. 354.

Name List: Cirsium neomexicanum  

354. Cirsium neomexicanum A. Gray. Alongside the road, 2.15 mi (3.46 km) northeast of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, near the rock shelter and cattle guard. (35.7176,-115.6908,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC , UCR248648 )

Coll. No. 354, Cirsium neomexicanum
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at fence line. Field Notes: Coll. No. 355.

Name List: Phacelia vallis-mortae  

355. Phacelia vallis-mortae J. W. Voss. Alongside Kingston Road, near the rock shelter and cattle guard, 2.2 miles northeast of Winters Pass, and 6.3 miles southwest of the Nevada state boundary. (35.7174,-115.6908,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 355, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Comments: 10 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 355, 20 April 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 25 cm., tap-rooted; Stem strongly erect, 0-branched, glandular above middle; Leaves, alternate, petiole 7 mm., blade 22 mm., all deeply lobed to mid-rib, appearing compound, leaflets toothed, except distally; Pedicels in fruit 0.5 mm., stout (not thread-like); Calyx, 5 sepals, 5 mm. × 1 mm. wide, > fruit, elliptic (maybe) or oblanceolate; Corolla blue, deciduous; Style, 7 mm., divided 4.5 mm., exserted; Fruit, 3 mm., ovoid; Ovules, 1 per chamber, 4 per fruit, Seed, 2.5 mm., ovoid, pitted on both sides, ±ridged on adaxial side, but not grooved.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at fence line. Field Notes: Coll. No. 356.

Name List: Lycium andersonii  

356. Lycium andersonii A. Gray. Alongside Kingston Road, near the rock shelter and cattle guard, 2.2 miles northeast of Winters Pass, and 6.3 miles southwest of the Nevada state boundary. (35.7174,-115.6908,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 356, Lycium andersonii

Comments: 13 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 356, 20 Apr 2004, characters observed while keying: Woody perennial shrub, ±glabrous; Stem, branches straight; Leaf, ± linear to slightly obovate, petiole 1.5 mm + blade 5 mm × 1.5 mm wide; Calyx, cup-shaped, in fruit, ≤2 mm; Corolla lobes unknown; Seeds many.

Field Notes: Coll No. 357.

Name List: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata  

357. Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata. Alongside the road, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) northeast of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7129,-115.6932,NAD1983) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953383 )

Whole Scan of Collection No. 357, Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata
Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. pilosa  

358. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. Alongside the road, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) northeast of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, 70 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7123,-115.6938,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1121734 , UC1953390 )

Collection No. 358, Salvia dorrii, Purple Sage

Collection No. 358, Salvia dorrii, Purple Sage
Field Notes: 20 Apr 2004.

Name List: Salazaria mexicana  

359. Salazaria mexicana Torrey. Alongside the road, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) northeast of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, 70 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7123,-115.6938,WGS 1984.) 4/20/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953434 , UC1973775 )

Collection No. 359, Salazaria mexicana, Mexican Bladder Sage

Collection No. 359, Salazaria mexicana, Mexican Bladder Sage
Field Notes: 200404220360.

Name List: Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii  

360. Delphinium parishii A. Gray ssp. parishii A. Gray. On gravel bench or strath in a limestone canyon, 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7224,-115.6825,WGS 1984.) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953365 )

Collection No. 360, Delphinium parishii var. parishii, Parish's larkspur.
Field Notes: 200404220361.

Name List: Allionia incarnata  

361. Allionia incarnata L. On gravel bench or strath in limestone canyon, 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7224,-115.6825,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953362 )

Whole Scan of Collection No. 361, Allionia incarnata L.

Detail of flower of Collection No. 361 Allionia incarnata L.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 362.

Name List: Phacelia crenulata var. crenulata  

362. Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata. On gravel bench or strath in limestone canyon, 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road. (35.7224,-115.6825,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953384 )

Whole Scan of Collection No. 362, Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata.

Detail Scan of Collection No. 362, Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata.

Comments: 1/17/2005, Group 3: Annual; most cauline leaves entire to weakly lobed.
1' Corolla deciduous

5. Ovules ….
6. Most cauline leaves crenate to lobed (lobes again ± toothed); inner seed surface with central ridge.
-- Not P. anelsonii, P. coerulea because the cyme is coiled tighter, P. crenulata or ssp's.

5' Ovules ….
14. Leaf blades generally longer than wide.
15' Ovules or seeds < 20
-- Don't think it's P. barnebyana because the collection's flowers at larger.
-- Not P. curvipes or gymnoclada.

Possibly: P. lemmonii, P. saxicola, except corolla is deciduous in collection.

Field Notes: 200404220363.

Name List: Mirabilis laevis var. villosa  

363. Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. villosa (Kellogg) Spellenb. 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7236,-115.6835,WGS 1984.) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953363 )

Collection No. 363, Mirabilis laevis var. villosa

Collection No. 363, Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
Field Notes: 200404220364.

Name List: Chylismia brevipes ssp. brevipes  

364. Chylismia brevipes (A. Gray) Small ssp. brevipes. Flowers open in day time. 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7236,-115.6835,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953404 )

Scan of buds in Camissonia brevipes ssp. brevipes

Whole Collection No. 364, Camissonia brevipes ssp. brevipes

Comments: 1/16/2005, 5. Stigma ± head-like or hemispheric -- CAMISSONIA


1' Ovary without a slender, sterile tip.
4' Seed wing 0; petals white, yellow, lavender, rarely cream or red.
5. Fr pedicelled, not coiled or twisty or wavy; seeds in 2 rows per chamber.
6' Hypanthium 0.4-8 mm; pl gen with well developed basal rosette, sometimes also with cauline lvs; lvs gen 1-pinnate (sect. Chylismia)
9' Petals yellow or white (sometimes fading purple or red or bases purple- or red-dotted); rosette Well developed.
10. Fr gen < 2 mm wide, ± same width throughout
11' stigmas > anthers; infl nodding
12' Fl buds not reflexed; petals not fading red.
13. Pl hairs spreading [can't see this character]; sepals in bud with free subterminal tips; petals not red-dotted. --- Camissonia brevipes ssp. brevipes
Field Notes: 200404220365.

Name List: Krameria erecta  

365. Krameria erecta Schultes. 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7254,-115.6782,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953412 )
Field Notes: 200404220366.

Name List: Psorothamnus fremontii var. fremontii  

366. Psorothamnus fremontii (A. Gray) Barneby var. fremontii. 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7254,-115.6782,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.

Scan of a portion of Collection No. 366.

Comments: 1/16/2005, Stems woody
Plant armed
Leaves alternate
Leaves compound with 5 leaflets, odd pinnate
Leaflet margins slightly rolled
Underside of leaflets have prominent pores.

Psorothamnus ?

Field Notes: 200404220367.

Name List: Penstemon palmeri ssp. palmeri  

367. Penstemon palmeri A. Gray ssp. palmeri. 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7254,-115.6782,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953376 )
Field Notes: 200404220368.

Name List: Pectocarya platycarpa  

368. Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) Munz & I.M. Johnst. 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7254,-115.6782,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953371 )

Whole Scan of Collection No. 368 Pectocarya platycarpa

Detail of Collection No. 368 Pectocarya platycarpa

Comments: 1/1/2005,

  • Basal and cauline netlets similarly ornamented.
  • Nutlet straight.
  • Stems ascending.
  • Margin teeth fused at base.
Field Notes: 200404220369.

Name List: Plantago ovata  

369. Plantago ovata Forsskal. 2.9 mi (4.6 km) northeast of Winters Pass on south side of Kingston Road, 68 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7254,-115.6782,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953375 )
Field Notes: 200404220370.

Name List: Krascheninnikovia lanata  

370. Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A. D. J. Meeuse & Smit. Northwest-facing dip slope on limestone, 2.64 mi (4.25 km) northeast of Winters Pass. (35.7153,-115.6902,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953361 )
Field Notes: 200404220372.

Name List: Eremogone macradenia var. macradenia  

372. Eremogone macradenia (S. Watson) Ikonn. var. macradenia. Northwest-facing dip slope on limestone, 2.64 mi (4.25 km) northeast of Winters Pass. (35.7153,-115.6902,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953364 )
Field Notes: 200404220373.

Name List: Salvia mohavensis  

373. Salvia mohavensis E. Greene. Northwest-facing dip slope on limestone, 2.64 mi (4.25 km) northeast of Winters Pass. (35.7153,-115.6902,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953391 )
Field Notes: 200404220374.

Name List: Grayia spinosa  

374. Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. On northwest facing slopes, off Kingston Road 1.70 mi (2.75 km) north northeast of Winters Pass, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7115,-115.6942,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953421 )
Field Notes: 200404220375.

Name List: Grayia spinosa  

375. Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. On northwest facing slopes, off Kingston Road 1.70 mi (2.75 km) north northeast of Winters Pass, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.

Comments: 1/16/2005, 1'Upper stems not jointed, not fleshy; leaves generally with blades
3' Leaves mostly alternate not clasping; sepals not overlapping; rhizones 0
4. Shrubs or subshrubs
5' Herbage glabrous, puberulent, minutely scaly, or powdery, green or grayish; leaf margins generally flat
6. Pistillate flowers generally ± enclosed by 2 tightly appressed or ± fused bractlets; pistillate calyx 0; lf blades gen flat
7' Bractlets thick, ± round, tip rounded; lvs glabrous or with soft, branched hairs -- GRAYIA

Field Notes: 200404220376.

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. pilosa  

376. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. Near Kingston Road, 2.25 mi (3.62 km) north northeast of Winters Pass, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7193,-115.6892,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953389 )
Field Notes: 200404220377.

Name List: Castilleja chromosa  

377. Castilleja chromosa A. Nelson. Near Kingston Road, 2.25 mi (3.62 km) north northeast of Winters Pass, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7193,-115.6892,WGS 1984.) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS , UC1973776 )

Comments: 3/2/2011, Pl hairs not branched, not glandular, lvs. 3-lobed.

Field Notes: 200404220378.

Name List: Sphaeralcea ambigua  

378. Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray. Near Kingston Road, 2.25 mi (3.62 km) north northeast of Winters Pass, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7193,-115.6892,WGS1984) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953399 )
Field Notes: 200404220379.

Name List: Porophyllum gracile  

379. Porophyllum gracile Benth. Near Kingston Road, 2.25 mi (3.62 km) north northeast of Winters Pass, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7193,-115.6892,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953382 )

Comments: 1/2/2005,

  • Stem striated, points to SENECIONEAE - Senecio Tribe
  • Leaves, linear, not petioled.
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: at fence line. Field Notes: Coll. No. 380, 22 April 2004.

Name List: Cryptantha  

380. Cryptantha Lehm. ex G. Don. Alongside the road, 2.15 mi (3.46 km) northeast of Winters Pass on Kingston Road, near the rock shelter and cattle guard, 69 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7176,-115.6908,WGS 1984.) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California.

Coll. No. 380, Cryptantha
Field Notes: 200404220381.

Name List: Phoradendron californicum  

381. Phoradendron californicum Nutt. On cherry stem road west from Kingston Road, 1.3 m (2.1 km) north of Winters Pass, 71 km southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7018,-115.7120,WGS1984) Growing on Acacia greggii A. Gray. 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953368 )
Field Notes: 200404220382.

Name List: Nama demissum var. demissum  

382. Nama demissum A. Gray var. demissum. On cherry stem road west from Kingston Road, 1.3 m (2.1 km) north of Winters Pass, 71 km southwest of Las Vegas, NV. (35.7085,-115.7245,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953372 )
Field Notes: 200404220383.

Name List: Diplacus bigelovii var. bigelovii  

383. Diplacus bigelovii (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom var. bigelovii. On cherry stem road west from Kingston Road, 1.3 m (2.1 km) north of Winters Pass. 71 km southwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. (35.7085,-115.7242,NAD1983) 4/22/2004 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953373 )

Comments: 1/2/2005, See also Collection No. 319.

Field Notes: 200404220385.

Name List: Eriogonum  

385. Eriogonum . 4/22/2004 Winters Pass, San Bernardino County, California.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 386. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Eremothera boothii ssp. intermedia  

386. Eremothera boothii (Douglas) W.L. Wagner & Hoch ssp. intermedia (Munz) W.L. Wagner & Hoch. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.3 mi south of Nevada Highway 266, 6.3 miles by road west of Lida, Nevada. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149121 , UC2015264 , UCR240695 )

Coll. No. 386, Eremothera boothii ssp. intermedia

Coll. No. 386, Eremothera boothii ssp. intermedia

Comments: 12 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 386, keyed 12 Dec 2012, characters observed: Annual, 8-11 cm.; Stem, 1+ mm. dia., decumbent to ascending, tomentose below to thinning above; Stipules absent; Leaves, basal and cauline, rosette present at flowering, much reduced above, oblanceolate, largest 30 mm x 12 mm, margin entire; Sepals 3 mm., opening separately, deciduous after flowering; Hypanthium 3 mm.; Petals 4, 5 mm., white fading pink; Stamens 8; Stigma 1mm., spherical; Fruit, sessile, to 20 mm. x 1.2 mm. wide at base, wider proximally; Seed, 1.5 mm. x 0.5 mm. wide, elliptical, not-winged, glabrous.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 387. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Lupinus holmgrenanus  

387. Lupinus holmgrenanus C. P. Sm. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.3 mi south of Nevada Highway 266, 6.3 miles by road west of Lida, Nevada. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1148735 , UC2015261 , UCR240694 )

Coll. No. 387, Lupinus holmgrenanus

Comments: 7 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 387, keyed 7 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial to 40 cm.; Leaf basal ?, cauline, palmate; Petiole 9-12 cm.; Leaflet 25-45 mm. x 7 mm. wide, equally strigose top and bottom; Inflorescence open (i.e., not crowded), many flowered (18-20+); Bracts persistent; Petiole 6-7 mm.; Calyx strigose 6 mm., spur 0; Banner 8 mm., back glabrous; Wings glabrous; Keel 10 mm., ciliate distal half.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 388. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Allium atrorubens var. cristatum  

388. Allium atrorubens Watson var. cristatum (S. Watson) McNeal. Three seen, two collected, each plant had multiple bulbs and bulblets. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.5 km south of Nevada Highway 266, 379 km north of Los Angeles, California.Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR240693 )

Scan of Coll. No. 388, Allium atrorubens var. cristatum

Comments: 9 August 2012, Collection No. 388, 9 August 2012, characters observed while keying:

Field Notes: Coll. No. 389, 25 May 2013. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Gilia inconspicua  

389. Gilia inconspicua (Sm.) Sweet. Small multicolored Gilia. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.3 km south of Nevada Highway 266, 5.8 miles by air west southwest of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4195,-117.5899,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon Woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2015259 , UCR240692 )

Coll. No. 389, Gilia inconspicua

Coll. No. 389, Gilia inconspicua

Comments: 3 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 389, keyed 3 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, to 11 cm, from small taproot; Leaves basal and cauline; Basal leaves, to 17 mm., lowest glabrous, those above densely wooly, hairs non-glandular, pinnate lobed, lobes acending, sharp-pointed, not bristled, Cauline leaves, different from basal, not clasping, palmately lobed; Inflorescence cyme, open, not in heads or clusters; Calyx 5 mm., lobes equal, ±= 1/2 corolla tube, margins scarious, tips sharp, not bristled; Corolla funnel-shaped, radial, tube 7 mm + lobes 3 mm = 10 mm x 8 mm dia., tube bluish, throat yellow, lobes bluish (colors have faded); Pedicels varying 0-8 mm.; Style no longer than corolla lobe middle; Fruit 6 mm.; Seeds many, tan or light brown, gelatinous when wet. Basal leaves are a little less wooly and the corolla lobes a little larger than would be expected for Gilia inconspicua.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 390, 25 May 2004. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Mentzelia albicaulis  

390. Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A. Gray. Yellow flowers, long curved fruit. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 5.2 miles west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada on State Highway 266, then 0.8 miles south and west on several unnamed dirt roads. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR262112 )

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 390, 25 May 2004, characters observed: Annual, to 15 cm., Leaves, basal and cauline, deeply pinnately alternately lobed to mid-rib; Bracts, entire, green; Petals, 6 mm. × 2.0-2.5 mm. wide, yellow; Fruit, 20 mm., obconic (Sect. Trachyphytum), curved 30°-80°(130°); Seeds, 4 rows above fruit middle, angular, 1.3 mm. × 0.7 mm. × 0.5 mm., dark tan to black, seed coat cells domed on seed surface edges (seed coat cells flattened away from edges).

The two Nevada Mentzelia that are known from this area and not in TJM2, M. candelariae and M. tiehmii, are in Sect. Bartonia, whereas this specimen is in Sect. Trachyphytum. Therefore use of TJM2 key for this Nevada specimen seems reasonable.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 391, 25 May 2004. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Gilia inconspicua  

391. Gilia inconspicua (Sm.) Sweet. Little white gilia. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.3 km south of Nevada Highway 266, 5.8 miles by air west southwest of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4195,-117.5899,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR240691 )

Coll. No. 391, Gilia inconspicua

Comments: 3 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 391, keyed 3 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, to 9 cm.; Leaves basal and cauline, pinnately lobed, tips acute, not bristly; Basal leaves, non-glandular hairy, lobes 1 mm., widest > 5 mm wide; Cauline leaves, much reduced above, not clasping at base; Inflorescence open, cyme, not in heads or clusters; Pedicels varying, 2-8 mm.; Calyx 3 mm., lobes equal, < tube, margins scarious, not ciliate, not bristle-tipped, barely glandular; Corolla tube 5 mm + lobes 2.5 mm = 7.5 mm x 4.5 mm diameter, described as white when collected, small areas of bluish color noted when dry 8 years later; Style reaching no further than corolla lobe middle; Fruit 4 mm.; Seeds many, > 1 per chamber, greenish light brown, somewhat gelatinous when wet. Collected in the same location, and keys similarly to, my collection #389, Gilia inconspicua (Sm.) Sweet. However, when collected the flowers were described as white, as opposed to multicolor.

Field Notes: 25 May 2004. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

392. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Mimulus, very small, magenta with yellow throat. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.5 km south of Nevada Highway 266, 379 km north of Los Angeles, California. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR248647 )

Coll. No. 392, Diplacus mephiticus

Coll. No. 392, Diplacus mephiticus
Field Notes: Coll. No. 394. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. fimbriatum  

394. Lomatium foeniculaceum (Nutt.) J. M. Coult. & Rose ssp. fimbriatum W. L. Theob. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.3 mi south of Nevada Highway 266, 6.3 miles by road west of Lida, Nevada. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2015255 , UCR240690 )

Coll. No. 394, Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. fimbriatum

Coll. No. 394, Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. fimbriatum

Comments: 15 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 394, keyed 15 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial herb from tap root, dry area, no tuber observed within 6 cm. of soil surface, plant to 20 cm., spreading short hairy, not scented; Stem 0; Leaf, dissected, segments many, small (2 mm x 1mm wide), petiole less than or equal blade; Inflorescence a compound umbel, bractlets hairy; Corolla white(-ish?), margin minutely ciliate; Anthers yellow (def. not purple); Fruit to 6 mm., elliptical to round, hairy, not evidently notched at base and tip, ribs at margins expanded as small wings, wings 1/3 body width, thin.

Field Notes: 25 May 2004. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Cryptantha circumscissa  

395. Cryptantha circumscissa (Hook. & Arn.) I. M. Johnst. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 5.2 miles west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada on State Highway 266, then 0.8 miles south and west on several unnamed dirt roads. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR261795 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 396. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Chorizanthe brevicornu var. spathulata  

396. Chorizanthe brevicornu Torr. var. spathulata (Rydb.) C. L. Hitchc. Few seen, only innermost small white flower was open. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 0.5 km south of Nevada Highway 266, 379 km north of Los Angeles, California.Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. Not good material for a voucher, destroyed. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada.

Overview of Coll. No. 396, Chorizanthe brevicornu var. spathulatum
Field Notes: Coll. No. 397, 25 May 2004. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Cryptantha gracilis  

397. Cryptantha gracilis Osterh. “Popcorn” flower, hairy, different than Coll. No. 398 (Cryptantha pterocarya). Nutlets: 1, + 3 abortive. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 5.2 miles west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada on State Highway 266, then 0.8 miles south and west on several unnamed dirt roads. (37.4209,-117.5911,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2045760 , UCR262111 )

Coll. No. 397, Cryptantha gracilis

Coll. No. 397, Cryptantha gracilis

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 397, 25 May 2004, characters observed: Annual, to 13 cm.; Calyx, hairs, ±straight, tip bristles straight (not reflexed); Corolla, limb very small (< 1 mm.); Nutlets, #4, 1 developed, 3 abortive, 2.0 mm. × 0.8 mm. × 0.5 mm., smooth, shiny, scar not raised, adaxially grooved above scar (the groove is closed from ±60-95% of nutlet length), margin sharp-angled.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 398, 25 May 2004. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya  

398. Cryptantha pterocarya (Torr.) Greene var. pterocarya. Plant green. Calyx sinus prominent. Four nutlets, hetermorphic, three nutlets with toothed wings. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 5.2 miles west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada on State Highway 266, then 0.8 miles south and west on several unnamed dirt roads. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) Between a Pinyon woodland and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2045765 , UCR262110 )

Coll. No. 398, Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya

Coll. No. 398, Cryptantha pterocarya var. pterocarya
Field Notes: 25 May 2004.

Name List: Phlox hoodii ssp. canescens  

399. Phlox hoodii Richardson ssp. canescens (Torr. & A. Gray) Wherry. White phlox. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 5.2 miles west of Lida, Nevada, on Nevada State Route 266, and then 1.1 miles by road southwest. (37.4173,-117.5948,WGS 1984.) Open area with Pinyons and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149122 , UC2015254 , UCR240689 )

Coll. No. 399, Phlox hoodii var. canescens

Comments: 4 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 399, keyed 4 Jan 2013, characters observed: Perennial, woody, dense, to 6 cm.; Leaves, opposite, 5 mm., lanceolate, entire, sharp-pointed, hairy and with separate sessile granular glands (which can be seen in profile on the abaxial surface of leaves), but the hairs are not glandular; Calyx, lobes equal, 6 mm., few glands on hairs in adaxial tips; Corolla, tube 13 mm + lobes 5 mm = 18 mm, throat slightly constricted; Stamens unequal. The combination of non-glandular hairs and sharp-tipped leaves causes this collection to key poorly by TJM2 or Taylor (2010), but per Welsh (Utah), P. hoodii appears to be the best compromise.

Field Notes: 25 May 2004.

Name List: Astragalus casei  

400. Astragalus casei A. Gray. Growing from inside Artemisia. West slope of Magruder Mountain, on a dirt road about 1.5 miles west southwest of Lida Summit. (37.4173,-117.5948,WGS 1984.) Open area with Pinyons and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149291 , UC2015347 , UCR241442 )

Coll. No. 400, Astragalus casei

Comments: 1 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 400, keyed 30 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial, of Great Basin, 35-40 cm.; Stem erect; Stipule sheathed 0; Leaf hairs simple; Leaflet 15 mm. x 2-2.5 mm. wide, tip obtuse to slightly acuminate, terminal leaflet jointed like lateral leaflets, lateral leaflets not reduced; Inflorescence 8-flowered; Calyx base symmetric; Corolla blue/purple; Keel 12-14 mm.; Fruit 27-43 mm., pendent, 1-chambered, stalk base 0.

Field Notes: 25 May 2004.

Name List: Ephedra viridis  

401. Ephedra viridis Cov. Female plant. West slope of Magruder Mountain, approximately 1 km south of Nevada Highway 266, 10 km west southwest of Lida. (37.4173,-117.5948,WGS 1984.) Open area with Pinyons and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1131497 , UCR241443 )

Coll. No. 401, Ephedra viridis

Comments: 7 June 2012, Coll. No. 401, 7 June 2012, characters observed while keying: Twig bright green when collected, yellow-green after drying; Leaves 2 per node; Cone bracts 2 per node, fused only at base; Seeds 2.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 402, 25 May 2004.

Name List: Phacelia distans  

402. Phacelia distans Benth. West slope of Magruder Mountain, 5.2 miles by road west of Lida, Nevada, then 1.1 miles by dirt road to the southwest. (37.4173,-117.5948,WGS 1984.) Open area with Pinyons and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR241444 )

Coll. No. 402, Phacelia distans

Comments: 17 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 402, keyed 17 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, to 20 cm., from weak taproot and some fibrous roots, cotyledons sometimes persistent; long and short and glandular hairs throughout; Leaves, cauline, sometimes crowded near base, alternate, elliptic, 2° pinnate compound, to 3 (5) cm.; Pedicel 0.8 mm. when fruit young; Calyx lobes 5, entire, ± alike (some slightly larger than others), 5 mm x 1 mm wide; Corolla blue, tube 4 mm + lobes 4 mm = 8 mm., deciduous in fruit; Ovary straight hairy; Style 9 mm., arising from tip of ovary; Stigmas 2, exserted; Stamens 5, exserted 1.5 mm.; Seeds 6 (?), insufficiently developed to count or determine shape accurately.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 403. Nevada Highway 266: at dirt road.

Name List: Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis  

403. Heliomeris multiflora Nutt. var. nevadensis (A. Nelson) W. F. Yates. Woody perennial. West slope of Magruder Mountain, approximately ½ mile south of Nevada Highway 266, 6½ miles generally west of Lida, Nevada. (37.4173,-117.5948,WGS 1984.) Open area with Pinyons and Sagebrush. 5/25/2004 Magruder Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR248649 )

Coll. No. 403, Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis

Coll. No. 403, Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis

Coll. No. 403, Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis

Comments: 22 Oct 2013, Coll. No. 403, 25 May 2004, characters observed while attempting to key: Perennial, woody at base, to 35 cm., generally short appressed hairy throughout; Leaves, cauline, opposite, sessile or very short petioled, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, bases fused around stem, narrowly elliptic, margin entire; Inflorescence, single heads, terminal or axillary, ray flowers immature, reduced, or absent; Phyllaries in 2+ overlapping series, ±equal, 5.5 mm. × 1 mm., lanceolate, entirely green, margins flat, none of the first two series subtending ray flowers; Receptacle convex or conic, paleate; Palea flat, or wrapped around ovary only at base, awned or sharp-pointed; Pappus 0; Corolla, yellow or orange; Anthers, 5, bases rounded; Ovary ±thick, not ciliate; Style immature, dilated(?).

Flowers may be immature. Similarity to Sanvitalia noted when collected, except this is definitely a perennial woody at base, and out of range for Sanvitalia.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 404. Palmetto Wash Road: at Pigeon Stamp Mill.

Name List: Descurainia sophia  

404. Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb. On flat. On Palmetto Wash between Magruder Mountain and the Sylvania Mountains, 10.2 miles by road west of Lida, Nevada. (37.4213,-117.6661,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2004 Pigeon Stamp Mill, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149292 , UC2015346 , UCR241445 )

Coll. No. 404, Descurainia sophia

Comments: 11 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 404, keyed 11 Nov 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 30 cm., hairs branched, not scapose; Leaves basal 0, cauline not basally lobed, sagittate, or clasping, 2-pinnate; Inflorescence not bracted; Petals yellow; Ovary, Stigma ±entire (there are clearly two separate segments of the stigma that are receptive, but there is no central cleft between them); Fruit linear, glabrous, not appressed; Septum veined.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 405. Palmetto Wash Road: at Pigeon Stamp Mill.

Name List: Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium  

405. Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. var. ovalifolium. Woody perennial, on slopes. On Palmetto Wash between Magruder Mountain and the Sylvania Mountains, 0.3 miles south of Nevada State Route 266 on Palmetto Wash Road, about 10 miles west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada, and 16 miles east of Oasis, Mono County, California. (37.4213,-117.6661,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2004 Pigeon Stamp Mill, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1131498 , UC2015345 , UCR241450 )

Coll. No. 405, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium

Coll. No. 405, Eriogonum ovalifolium var. ovalifolium

Comments: 21 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 405, 25 May 2004, characters observed while keying; Perennial cushion plant, not glandular, Scape not jointed, to 15 cm.; Petioles 8 mm.; Leaves ovate 7-11 mm.; Inflorescence head-like; Involucre 2-4 mm.; Flower 3-4 mm., stipe absent; Perianth yellow, outer lobes more than 2x wider than inner.

Field Notes: 20040525330.

Name List: Penstemon speciosus  

406. Penstemon speciosus Lindl. On slopes, only one seen. On Palmetto Wash between Magruder Mountain and the Sylvania Mountains, 377 km north of Los Angeles, California. (37.4213,-117.6661,WGS 1984.) See also Collection No. 414 from nearby. Discarded, no open flowers. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Stamp Mill, Esmeralda County, Nevada.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 407. Palmetto Wash Road: at Pigeon Stamp Mill.

Name List: Astragalus serenoi var. shockleyi  

407. Astragalus serenoi (Kuntze) E. Sheld. var. shockleyi (M. E. Jones) Barneby. Large plant growing by itself. On Palmetto Wash between Magruder Mountain and the Sylvania Mountains, 10.2 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4213,-117.6661,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2004 Pigeon Stamp Mill, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (ARIZ423437 , CAS1149293 , UC2015344 , UCR241446 )

Coll. No. 407, Astragalus serenoi var. shockleyi

Comments: 22 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 407, keyed 21 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial of the Great Basin; Stipule sheaths 0; Leaf odd 1-pinnate; Leaflets 7-9, with terminal leaflet, nearly linear 17-24 mm., 1.0-1.5 mm. wide (narrow), terminal joint like that of lateral leaflet, hairs simple, adaxially more densely strigose than abaxially; Raceme 7-9 flowered; Calyx 8 mm., base ±symmetric; Corolla blue/purple; Banner 14 mm.; Fruit stalk-like base 3.5 mm., erect, 15 mm., swollen glabrous, 1(?) chambered at mid-section.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 408.

Name List: Peritoma lutea  

408. Peritoma lutea (Hook.) Raf. Growing in disturbed soil, seen also along the highway east of Lida. At Pigeon Spring, about a half mile south of Nevada State Route 266 and Palmetto Wash, 10.5 miles by road west of Lida, Nevada. (37.4169,-117.6670,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149294 , UC2015343 , UCR241447 )

Coll. No. 408, Peritoma lutea

Comments: 10 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 408, 25 May 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual very few simple hairs; Roots fleshy 0; Leaves basal 0 or completely withered, cauline compound, leaflets 5; Inflorescence in terminal racemes; Flowers radial; Petals 5 mm., yellow; Stamens 6; Ovary obovate or oblanceolate; Fruit not segmented, receptacle (pedicel) in fruit 8 mm.; Seeds 5.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 409. Palmetto Wash Road: 13000.

Name List: Ranunculus cymbalaria  

409. Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. Near an unnamed mine south of Pigeon Spring, on Palmetto Wash Road 1.4 miles south of Nevada Highway 266, 11.4 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1131499 , UC2015342 , UCR241448 )

Streambed on Palmetto Wash

Coll. No. 409, Ranunculus cymbalaria

Comments: 22 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 409, 25 May 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb; Leaves basal, simple (i.e., not compound); Sepal spurs absent; Flower radial; Perianth in 2 whorls; Petals 4+; Anthers yellow; Pistils many; Ovules 1 per ovary; Fruit body 7-9 mm.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 410. Palmetto Wash Road: 13000.

Name List: Potentilla biennis  

410. Potentilla biennis Greene. In a mining area 0.8 mile south of Pigeon Spring, 1.4 miles south of Nevada Highway 266, and a total of 11.4 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149295 , UC2015341 , UCR241449 )

Coll. No. 410, Potentilla biennis

Comments: 12 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 410, keyed 12 Nov 2012, characters observed: Annual or biennial herb; Stem base hairs moderate, glandular; Leaf ternately compound; Leaflets 3, margins flat; Inflorescence cyme; Stamens many; Style 0.7 mm., widest at base, tapered, warty; Achene 0.7 mm, smooth.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 411. Palmetto Wash Road: 13000.

Name List: Galium multiflorum  

411. Galium multiflorum Kellogg. In a mining area 0.8 mile south of Pigeon Spring, 1.4 miles south of Nevada Highway 266, and a total of 11.4 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) Hill slope under Pinyons. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1157894 , UCR248661 )

Coll. No. 411, Galium multiflorum

Coll. No. 411, Galium multiflorum

Comments: 22 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 411, 25 May 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb or subshrub, woody base, to 25 cm.; Stem, decumbent to ascending, glabrous; Leaves, in whorls of 4, 7-8 mm. × 4.5 mm. wide, ±equal (??), elliptic, margin entire, tip acuminate; Inflorescence, many-flowered, terminal; Flowers, at least some bisexual (??); Corolla, 4-lobed; Fruit, 5.5 mm. wide including hairs, hairs to 2 mm. long, straight.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 412.

Name List: Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus  

412. Streptanthus cordatus Nutt. var. cordatus. Same as Coll. No. 417. In a mining area 0.8 mile south of Pigeon Spring, 1.4 miles south of Nevada Highway 266, and a total of 11.4 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) North-facing hill slope. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR241451 )

Comments: 11 Nov 2012, This appears to be a duplicate of my Coll. No. 417. Not sure why they are accessioned separately. Perhaps I collected this one, and then found a better collection nearby.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 413.

Name List: Ribes velutinum  

413. Ribes velutinum E. Greene. 0.8 miles south of Pigeon Spring, 1.4 miles south of Nevada State Route 266, and 11.4 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) North-facing hill slope. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149296 , UCR241452 )

Coll. No. 413, Ribes velutinum

Comments: 11 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 413, keyed 11 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial shrub; Stem nodal spines present, internode bristles 0; Inflorescence 1-flowered; Sepals, Hypanthium, and Anthers not visible; Ovary hairs glandular.

Field Notes: 20040525430. Palmetto Wash Road: 13000.

Name List: Penstemon speciosus  

414. Penstemon speciosus Lindl. 0.8 miles south of Pigeon Spring, 1.4 miles south of Nevada State Route 266, and 11.4 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) North-facing hill slope. Same as Collection No. 406 from nearby Pigeon Spring Mill. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1157895 , UC , UCR248659 )

Comments: 21 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 414, 25 May 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, to 60 cm., glabrous throughout; Leaves, opposite, to 17 cm. × 15 mm. wide, oblanceolate, margins entire, distal leaf pairs fused around stem; Calyx 6.5 mm., lobes free for most of length; Corolla, 30 mm., limb 16 mm., blue, glabrous, abruptly expanded in throat, mouth open (several occupied by sleeping bees on a cool rainy day); Stamens, 4, in 2 pairs of unequal length, Staminode, yellow hairy at tip; Anther sacs 3.0 mm., glabrous, spreading widely, ±S-shaped, dehiscing from distal end.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 415, 25 May 2004.

Name List: Phacelia distans  

415. Phacelia distans Benth. In a mining area 0.8 miles south of Pigeon Spring, about 11.4 miles by road generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) In the shade of and debris from Pinyon. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2015253 , UCR241310 )

Coll. No. 415, Phacelia distans

Comments: 16 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 415, keyed 15 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, to 20 cm., green, photosynthetic, growing on steep colluvial slopes among Pinyons; Stem, sparsely straight-hairy and glandular throughout; Leaves, cauline, ± alternate, deeply pinnately lobed; Pedicels, stout, short glandular-hairy; Calyx, lobes 5, 4.5 mm. x 1 mm. wide, ± alike, short hairy, sinus appendages 0; Corolla, tube 6 mm. + lobe 2 mm., blue, deciduous; Ovary, entire, straight hairy; Style, 1, 8.5 mm., arising from tip of ovary, exserted; Stigma, 2; Stamens, 5, 9.5 mm., equal, exserted; Fruit, (young) 2 mm. << sepals (4.5 mm.), stiff straight hairy; Seeds, 4, quarter-moon shape, 1.5 mm., adaxial surface with central ridge separating 2 longitudinal grooves.

Calyx lobes are too narrow and fruit too hairy to fit into P. crenulata. , 12 Nov 2013, Received note from Andy Sanders that this collection is Phacelia distans, not P. amabilis.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 416, 25 May 2004.

Name List: Cryptantha confertiflora  

416. Cryptantha confertiflora (Greene) Payson. Large yellow flowers. In a mining area about 2 miles south of Pigeon Spring, about 11.5 miles generally west of Lida, Esmeralda County, Nevada, by way of NV State Highway 266, and an unnamed dirt road. (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) North-facing hill slope. Also collected here: Streptanthus cordatus, Phacelia distans, Ribes velutinum, Penstemon speciosus, Ranunculus cymbalaria, Potentilla biennis, and Galium multiflorum. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, 2 km South, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS , OBI82153 , UCR262109 )

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 416, 25 May 2004, characters observed: Perennial, to 35 cm., taller than wide; Leaves, (appearing) basal and cauline; Bracts 0; Corolla, yellow, tube > calyx; Style, 11 mm., unable to confirm heterostyly across three specimens; Nutlets, #4, immature.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 417.

Name List: Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus  

417. Streptanthus cordatus Nutt. var. cordatus. Mine south of Pigeon Spring (37.4067,-117.6619,WGS 1984.) North-facing hill slope. 5/25/2004 Pigeon Spring, 2 km South, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UCR241309 )

Coll. No. 417, Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus

Comments: 8 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 417, keyed 8 Nov 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial hairs 0, glabrous, not scapose; Leaves basal, petiole winged, margin dentate, cauline clasping, distal smaller; Inflorescence raceme, not bracted, terminal sterile cluster 0; Stamens 6, in 3 pairs of unequal length, not exserted; Fruit flattened, ascending.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 418. Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

Name List: Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii  

418. Astragalus lentiginosus Hook. var. fremontii (A. Gray) S. Watson. Silver Peak Range, at Coyote Summit, 0.3 miles south of Coyote Road, 7.7 miles by road west of Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.7756,-117.7559,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Coyote Summit, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149123 , UCR241308 )

Coll. No. 418, Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii

Coll. No. 418, Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii

Coll. No. 418, Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii

Comments: 29 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 418, keyed 29 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial subshrub to 15 cm., Great Basin; Crown at surface; Stipule 2-3 mm., sheaths 0; Leaf hairs simple, dense; Leaflet 6-8 mm., 2-2.5 mm. wide, not spine-tipped, lateral leaflets not reduced, terminal leaflet jointed to midrib, joint like that of lateral leaflets; Inflorescence raceme, flowers 15-25, not head-like; Peduncles in 1s; Calyx 4 mm., asymmetric, pedicel attached below middle, upper side not pouched; Corolla blue-purple; Fruit cluster 4 cm., stalk 1.5 mm., pod glabrous, erect, 2-chambered, beak straight;

Field Notes: Coll. No. 419. Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

Name List: Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii  

419. Astragalus lentiginosus Hook. var. fremontii (A. Gray) S. Watson. Silver Peak Range, at Coyote Summit, 0.3 miles south of Coyote Road, 7.7 miles by road west of Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.7756,-117.7559,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Coyote Summit, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149297 , UC2015340 , UCR241307 )

Coll. No. 419, Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii

Coll. No. 419, Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii

Coll. No. 419, Astragalus lentiginosus var. fremontii

Comments: Coll. No. 419, keyed 29 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial of Great Basin, to 20 cm.; Inflorescence raceme, 1 per axil, 8-10 flowered; Calyx 4 mm. x 3 mm. dia., lobes 1 mm., base somewhat asymmetric, upper side not pouched; Stipules to 4 mm., sheath 0; Leaf sparsely hairy, hairs simple; Leaflets 18-21, spaced, terminal leaflet jointed to midrib, lateral leaflets not reduced; Fruit 15 mm., erect, glabrous, 2-chambered.

Field Notes: 20040526110. Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

Name List: Caulanthus crassicaulis  

420. Caulanthus crassicaulis (Torr.) Wats. Silver Peak Range, near Coyote Summit, about 0.4 mile south of Coyote Springs road, 7.7 miles by road west of Silver Peak, Nevada. (37.7756,-117.7559,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Coyote Summit, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149298 , UCR241306 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 421. Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

Name List: Lappula redowskii var. cupulata  

421. Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. cupulata (A. Gray) M. E. Jones. Silver Peak Range, at Coyote Summit, 0.3 miles south of Coyote Road, 7.7 miles by road west of Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.7756,-117.7559,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Coyote Summit, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1157562 , UC , UCR248660 )

Coll. No. 421, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. cupulata

Coll. No. 421, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. cupulata

Comments: 26 May 2004, Coll. No. 421, 26 May 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 15 cm., tap-rooted, hairy; Stem branched at base, ascending; Inflorescence racemose; Perianth in 2 or more whorls; Calyx (should be bilateral but unable to see on dried specimens), < nutlets; Receptacle conic, tapered, ±=nutlet; Flowers bisexual, parts 5, radial; Petals fused into a tube; Stamens, 5, fertile; Ovary 1, breaking apart into nutlets; Pistils 1; Style simple, stigma 1, persistent, attached to receptacle; Nutlets, 4, basal and cauline nutlets similarly ornamented, mature ±erect, generally straight, scar lateral, margins dentate or prickles, in single rows, wider at base, fused to form crown, barbed.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 422, 26 May 2004. Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

Name List: Castilleja chromosa  

422. Castilleja chromosa A. Nelson. Silver Peak Range, 0.3 mi south of Coyote Road at Coyote Summit, 7.7 road miles west of the town of Silver Peak, Nevada. (37.7756,-117.7558,WGS 1984.) Growing out of Artemisia tridentata. 5/26/2004 Coyote Summit, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1157561 , UC , UCR248656 )

Coll. No. 422, Castilleja chromosa, at Coyote Summit

Comments: 20 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 422, 26 May 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial subshrub, growing out of Artemisia tridentata, to 27 cm.; Hairs simple throughout; Leaves alternate, sessile, 30 mm., 3- to 5-lobed, not fleshy, short simple hairy; Inflorescence reddish, not glandular; Bract, 17 mm., 3-lobed; Calyx, 17 mm., divided equally 4 mm. (24%); Corolla, tube 10 mm. + beak 10 mm. = 20 mm., lower lip small teeth, beak greenish yellow above and reddish below.

Field Notes: 20040526140. Coyote Road: Coyote Summit.

Name List: Elymus multisetus  

423. Elymus multisetus (J. G. Sm.) Burtt Davy. Silver Peak Range, 0.3 mi south of Coyote Road at Coyote Summit, 7.7 road miles west of the town of Silver Peak, Nevada. (37.7756,-117.7559,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Coyote Summit, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1131500 , UC2015339 , UCR241305 )

Coll. No. 423

Comments: 7 June 2012, Coll. No. 423, 7 June 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial; Internodes hollow; Leaf blade differentiated from sheath; Sheath open; Ligule membraneous; Auricles small; Inflorescence to 7 cm.; Disarticulation along the inflorescence axis; Spikelets 2 per node; Florets 2-4 per spikelet; Glumes divided near base into 3 awn-like segments, short hairy; Lemma 3-veined, 1 awn; Stamens 3.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 424.

Name List: Sphaeralcea ambigua  

424. Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray. One mile west of Coyote Summit, 8.6 miles by road west of Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.7880,-117.7636,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1149299 , UC2015338 , UCR241304 )

Coll. No. 424, Sphaeralcea ambigua

Comments: 8 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 424, keyed 8 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial, to 50 cm.; Hairs stellate; Leaves widely lanceolate, palmately veined, lobed but not deeply divided; Inflorescence panicle, dense in bud; Flower color apricot, fading to pink.

Field Notes: 20040526170.

Name List: Stipa hymenoides  

425. Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult. Silver Peak Range, 1 mile west of Coyote Summit, 8.6 miles by road west of the town of Silver Peak, 212 km northeast of Fresno, California. 5/26/2004 Coyote Summit, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1131501 , UC2015337 , UCR241303 )

Coll. No. 425, Stipa Achnatherum Eriocoma hymenoides

Comments: 8 June 2012, Coll. No. 425, 8 June 2012, characters observed while keying: Perennial, mid-sized, to 40 cm.; Internodes not swollen at base, filled with pith; Leaf blade and sheath differentiated, base not woody; Ligule membraneous; Inflorescence well developed, exceeds leaves; Spikelets not enclosed in bur-like involucre or subtended by bristles; Florets not modified into bulblets, 1 per spikelet, 6-7 mm.; Glume short hairy; Lemma hairy, overlapping in part, hardened at maturity, Awn 4 mm., decidiuous.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 426. Coyote Road: at spring.

Name List: Erythranthe guttata  

426. Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom. At a roadside spring in unnamed canyon, 1.5 mi (2.4 km) east of Cave Spring and 3.8 mi (6.0 km) west of Coyote Summit, south flank of Rhyolite Ridge. (37.7971,-117.8178,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (CAS1157560 , UC , UCR248642 )

Comments: 17 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 426, 26 May 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial (?) with both fibrous roots and filiform rhizomes; Stem, erect; Leaves, proximal, petioled 30 mm. + ovate blade 40 mm. × 33 mm. wide, petiole bases fused (excludes M. tilingii), distal leaves sessile to clasping; Pedicel, in fl., 24 mm., > calyx; Calyx, in fl., 10 mm., in fr, unknown; Corolla, yellow, in fl., tube 12 mm. + lobes 5 mm. Characters consistent with Erythranthe guttata (Fischer ex DC.) Nesom.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 427, 26 May 2004.

Name List: Mentzelia albicaulis  

427. Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A. Gray. At spring between Cave Spring and Coyote Summit, south flank of Rhyolite Ridge, 10.8 miles by road east southeast of The Crossing, Esmeralda County, and 11.8 miles by road west of Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (37.7971,-117.8178,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2015252 , UCR241302 )

Coll. No. 427, Mentzelia albicaulis

Comments: 14 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 427, keyed 14 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, 20 cm., taproot; Bract lanceolate, 6 mm., entire, green; Corolla petals free, 5 mm.; Fruit cylindric-obconic, 15 mm. x 2.5 (4.0) mm. wide; Seeds in multiple rows above mid-fruit, dark brown in age, seed coat cells domed.

Field Notes: 20040526220.

Name List: Argemone munita ssp. rotundata  

428. Argemone munita Durand & Hilg. ssp. rotundata (Rydb.) G. B. Ownbey. Approximately 11 miles southeast of The Crossing, and 2.5 miles east of Cave Spring, and 11 miles west of Silver Peak, NV. (37.7952,-117.8031,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2015336 , UCR241428 )

Coll. No. 428, Argemone munita ssp. rotundata
Field Notes: Coll. No. 429.

Name List: Camissonia pubens  

429. Camissonia pubens (S. Watson) P. H. Raven. Approximately 7.1 miles by road southeast of The Crossing, and 2.3 miles by road northwest of Cave Spring, 39 miles by air southwest of Tonopah, Nevada. (37.8206,-117.8720,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2015335 , UCR241429 )

Coll. No. 429, Camissonia pubens

Comments: 12 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 429, 26 May 2004, characters observed: Annual, to 11 mm.; Stem 1.5 mm. dia., spreading hairy proximally, glandular hairs throughout; Stipules absent; Leaves basal and cauline, largest 15 mm. x 6 mm. wide, oblanceolate, entire, margins wavy, cauline leaves reduced, Inflorescence from distal nodes, Sepals 3.5 mm., all separating when flower opens, reflexed, deciduous after flowering; Hypanthium 4mm.; Petals 4 mm., yellow fading red, not spotted; Stigma spherical, surrounded by anthers; Fruit sessile, 14 mm. x 1 mm. wider proximally, wavy; Seeds, 1.5 mm., glabrous, convex one side, concave other side, no wing, no club-shaped hairs (therefore not Chylismiella).

Field Notes: 20040526240.

Name List: Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima  

430. Langloisia setosissima (Torrey & A. Gray) E. Greene ssp. setosissima. Approximately 11 km southeast of The Crossing, 3.5 km by road east of Cave Spring, and 17.5 km by road west of Silver Peak. (37.7952,-117.8031,WGS1984) 5/26/2004 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC2015348 , UCR )

Collection No. 430, Langloisia setosissima var. setosissima

Collection No. 430, Langloisia setosissima var. setosissima
Field Notes: 20040526250.

Name List: Salvia dorrii var. dorrii  

431. Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. dorrii. Approximately 11 km southeast of The Crossing, and 3.5 km east of Cave Spring, 17.5 km by road west of Silver Peak, Nevada. (37.7952,-117.8031,WGS 1984.) 5/26/2004 Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda County, Nevada. (UC1973804 )

Collection No. 431, Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii

Collection No. 431, Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii

Collection No. 431, Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii
Field Notes: 31-Jul-04, Coll. No. 432.

Name List: Sidalcea asperella  

432. Sidalcea asperella Greene. The southeasternmost edge of Haypress Flat, on Loope Canyon Road, also known as Morning Star Road, 3.7 air miles northwest of Monitor Pass, and 5.3 air miles east of Markleville, California. (38.6977,-119.6838,WGS 1984.) 7/31/2004 Haypress Flat, Alpine County, California. (UC2015334 )

Coll. No. 432 Sidalcea asperella

Comments: 9 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 432, keyed 31 Jul 2004, characters observed; Perennial to 25 cm., rhizomed, caudex present, few stellate hairs; Stem erect; Leaves basal and cauline, reduced above, round in outline, deeply lobed; Inflorescence open (not dense); Involucel absent (=bractlets 0); Flowers few, 30 mm wide; Petal 16 mm x 10 mm wide, oblanceolate; Anthers near top of filament tube, in multiple (2?) series; Stigmas linear on inside of style branches; Fruit in multiple segments (6+), segments glabrous, coarsely net veined, beak minute (0.2 mm).

Loope Canyon Road, Douglas County, Nevada, and Alpine County, California: at hd Goskey Cyn. Field Notes: Coll. No. 433, 31-Jul-04.

Name List: Eremogone kingii var. glabrescens  

433. Eremogone kingii (S. Watson) Ikonn. var. glabrescens (S. Watson) Dorn. The southeasternmost edge of Haypress Flat, on Loope Canyon Road, also known as Morning Star Road, 3.7 air miles northwest of Monitor Pass, and 5.3 air miles east of Markleville, CA. (38.6977,-119.6838,WGS 1984.) 7/31/2004 Haypress Flat, Alpine County, California. (UC2015333 )

Coll. No. 433, Eremogone kingii var. glabrescens

Comments: 23 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 433, 31 Jul 2004, characters observed while keying: Perennial; Stem 8-9 cm.; Stipules 0; Leaves 12-20 mm., spine-tipped; Inflorescence not umbel-like; Sepals free, 5 mm., acute; Petals entire; Fruit a capsule.

Field Notes: 31-Jul-04, Coll. No. 434.

Name List: Perideridia parishii ssp. latifolia  

434. Perideridia parishii (J. M. Coult. & Rose) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbr. ssp. latifolia (A. Gray) Chuang & Constance. On Loope Canyon Road, also known as Morning Star Road, 2.6 miles by air northwest of Monitor Pass, and 6.3 miles by air east of Markleville, CA. (37.4210,-117.5910,WGS 1984.) 7/31/2004 Monitor Pass, Alpine County, California. (CAS1149300 , UC2015332 , UCR241430 )

Coll. No. 434, Perideridia parishii ssp. latifolia
Leviathan Mine Road, Douglas County, Nevada, and Alpine County, California: near hd. Goskey Cyn. Field Notes: 31-Jul-04.

Name List: Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense  

435. Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. nevadense Gand. Head of Goskey Canyon, on Leviathan Mine Road 1 mile north of California Highway 89, 2.3 mi by air west of Monitor Pass, and 6.4 mi by air east of Markleville, CA. (38.6814,-119.6633,WGS 1984.) Dry, west-facing upper slope. 7/31/2004 Goskey Canyon, Alpine County, California. (CAS1131502 , UC2015331 )
Leviathan Mine Road, Douglas County, Nevada, and Alpine County, California: near hd. Goskey Cyn. Field Notes: Coll. No. 436, 31-Jul-04.

Name List: Agastache urticifolia  

436. Agastache urticifolia (Benth.) Kuntze. On Leviathan Mine Road near the head of Goskey Canyon, 1 mile north of California Highway 89, 3.7 km west of Monitor Pass, and 10.3 km east of Markleville, CA. (38.6814,-119.6633,WGS 1984.) 7/31/2004 Monitor Pass, Alpine County, California. (CAS1157559 , UC , UCR248643 )

Coll. No. 436, Monardella odoratissima ssp. glauca

Comments: 12 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 436, 31 July 2013, characters observed while keying: Annual/perennial unknown, but assumed to be a herbaceous perennial or subshrub, to 50 cm.; Stem, hairs short, sparse; Leaves, opposite, ovate, 35 mm. × 18 wide mid-cauline, abaxial veins short- hairy, margins serrate and short-hairy; Calyx, radial, sepals fused 5 mm + lobes 3 mm = 8 mm., tips acute; Stamens 2, staminodes 2; Anthers, sacs fertile 2, attached to filament side by side.

Field Notes: 31-Jul-04, Coll. No. 437.

Name List: Sidalcea oregana ssp. spicata  

437. Sidalcea oregana (Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray ssp. spicata (Regel) C. L. Hitchc. Monitor Pass area, at Big Spring, 0.8 mile northeast of Leviathan Peak, 2.8 air miles west of Topaz Lake. (38.6912,-119.6011,WGS 1984.) 7/31/2004 Big Spring, Alpine County, California. (UC2015330 )

Coll. No. 437, Sidalcea oregana ssp. spicata

Comments: 10 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 437, keyed 10 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial, rhizomed, 40-45 cm.; Stem stellate + puberulent (almost strigose); 1° peduncle 2.0-3.5 cm. or 20 cm (depending on whether those little accessory things are stipules or bracts); Involucel 0 (=bractlets 0); Inflorescence dense, 4-5 cm.; Bracts narrow, to 6.5 mm (occasionally barely > youngest flower buds); Calyx, young 5 mm, in fruit 6 mm, stellate + puberulent; Flower generally 17 mm wide; Petals 5; Anthers in 2 series; Stigmas linear; Fruit of segments; Segments 6, smooth, beak 0.6 mm.

Humboldt-Toyiabe Forest Road 31083 "Big Spring Loop," Alpine County, California: Big Spring. Field Notes: Coll. No. 438.1.

Name List: Geum macrophyllum  

438.1 Geum macrophyllum Willd. Monitor Pass area, at Big Spring, 0.8 mile northeast of Leviathan Peak, 2.8 air miles west of Topaz Lake. (38.6912,-119.6011,WGS 1984.) 7/31/2004 Big Spring, Alpine County, California. (CAS1149301 , UC2015329 )

Coll. No. 438.1, Geum macrophyllum var. perincisum

Comments: 12 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 438.1, 12 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 50 cm., plant drying green; Leaves, upper stem leaves divided near to base; Sepals 5; Hypanthium bractlets (not visible); Petals 5 (not visible); Style continuous to fruit, 3 mm., hooked, not plumose, without bristles, non-glandular; Fruit, many per flower, 2.5 mm.

Humboldt-Toyiabe Forest Road 31083 "Big Spring Loop," Alpine County, California: Big Spring. Field Notes: Coll. No. 438.2.

Name List: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata  

438.2 Potentilla gracilis Hook. var. fastigiata (Nutt.) S. Watson. Monitor Pass area, at Big Spring, 0.8 mile northeast of Leviathan Peak, 2.8 air miles west of Topaz Lake. (38.6912,-119.6011,WGS 1984.) 7/31/2004 Big Spring, Alpine County, California. (CAS1149302 , UC2015328 )

Coll. No. 438.2, Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Coll. No. 438.2, Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata

Comments: 12 Nov 2012, Coll. No. 438.2, keyed 12 Nov 2012, characters observed: Perennial, to 50 cm.; Stem ascending, hairs spreading, not shaggy or cottony; Leaf palmately compound; Leaflets 7, 21-toothed, to 1/2 mid-vein, surfaces similarly hairy; Inflorescence in cymes; Receptacle in fruit not strawberry-like; Hypanthium shallow; Stamens 17-18; Style jointed to fruit, thickest at base, not hairy, 1.7-1.9 mm.

Humboldt-Toyiabe Forest Road 31083 "Big Spring Loop," Alpine County, California: in valley. Field Notes: Coll. No. 439, 31-Jul-04.

Name List: Castilleja linariifolia  

439. Castilleja linariifolia Benth. In a small valley that forms the headwaters of Mountaineer Creek, 0.9 mi (1.5 km) east of Leviathan Peak. (38.6847,-119.5949,WGS 1984.) Very common, growing out of Artemisia, giving this small valley a tinge of red. There is also an Arenaria and an Iris here, but neither are in bloom. 7/31/2004 Monitor Pass, Alpine County, California. (CAS1157558 , CDA39237 , UC , UCR248644 )

Wyoming Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) near Monitor Pass.

Coll. No. 439, Castilleja linariifolia

Comments: 19 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 439, 31 Jul 2004, characters observed while keying: Annual/perennial unknown, to 50 cm., plants of dry places, growing out of Artemisia; Stem and leaf glabrous; Leaf, linear, proximal 60 mm. × 2 mm. wide, margins curled up, length reduced distally to 15 mm, occasionally 3- or 5-lobed; Inflorescence, simple hairy; Bracts, 3-lobed, Calyx, 26 mm., divided 14/26 (54%) abaxially and undivided adaxially, lobes curved upward; Corolla curved out through abaxial calyx sinus, beak described as sparsely puberulent, but unable to see in this collection.

Field Notes: 20 Apr 04 Coll No. 440.

Name List: Linanthus demissus  

440. Linanthus demissus (A. Gray) E. Greene. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 100 m from Kingston Road. (35.6822,-115.7097,WGS1984) Growing in gravel in open areas, common. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953397 )

Desert Snow (Linanthus demissus) in the Mesquite Mountains.

Collection No. 440 from the Mesquite Mountains.
Field Notes: 20050420441.

Name List: Menodora spinescens  

441. Menodora spinescens A. Gray. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 200 m from Kingston Road. (35.6899,-115.7011,WGS1984) Growing in gravel on southeast facing slope. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953381 )

Spiny Desert Olive (Menodora spinescens) in the Mesquite Mountains.

Collection No. 441 from the Mesquite Mountains.
Field Notes: 20050420442.

Name List: Coleogyne ramosissima  

442. Coleogyne ramosissima Torrey. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 300 m from Kingston Road. (35.6903,-115.7002,WGS1984) Growing in gravel on southeast facing slope. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953415 )

Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) in the Mesquite Mountains, California

Collection No. 442 from the Mesquite Mountains.

Collection No. 442 from the Mesquite Mountains.
Field Notes: 20050420443.

Name List: Phacelia fremontii  

443. Phacelia fremontii Torr. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 400 m from Kingston Road. (35.6910,-115.6993,WGS 1984.) Growing in gravel on southeast facing slope. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1131503 , UC2015327 )

Collection No. 443 Phacelia fremontii from the Mesquite Mountains
Field Notes: Coll. No. 444, 20 Apr 2005.

Name List: Gilia cana  

444. Gilia cana (M. E. Jones) A. Heller. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 500 m from Kingston Road. (35.6916,-115.6984,WGS1984) Growing in gravel on southeast facing slope. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1149124 , UC2015326 , UCR241431 )

Collection No. 444, Gilia cana, from the Mesquite Mountains

Collection No. 444, Gilia cana, from the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 444, Gilia cana

Comments: 11 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 444, keyed 11 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual from stout tap root, green, photosynthetic; Leaves alternate, largest 1 cm. wide, oblanceolate, pinnate-divided; Inflorescence open, not coiled, not unrolling, parts in 5s; Pedicels 1-3 mm., axillary pedicels > calyx; Calyx lobes 5, 3 mm., tips pointed but not bristly, lobes fused by thin translucent membrane; Corolla tube (purple) 6 mm., + throat (yellow, wider near mouth) 3 mm. + lobes (5, equal, truncate acuminate) 5 mm = 14 mm.; Ovary 1, entire, style clearly attached to top; Stigmas 3; Stamens 5, alternate, = corolla lobes, all fertile; Filaments free, fused to corolla at base of lobes; Seeds not gelatinous when wet (per Aliciella).

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: just s. of Winters Pass. Field Notes: 20050420445.

Name List: Pectocarya platycarpa  

445. Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) Munz & I.M. Johnst. On a ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 600 m from Kingston Road. (35.6920,-115.6972,WGS1984) Growing in gravel on southeast facing slope. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157698 )

Collection No. 445 from the Mesquite Mountains

Collection No. 445 from the Mesquite Mountains
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: just s. of Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 445.1.

Name List: Pectocarya heterocarpa  

445.1 Pectocarya heterocarpa (I.M. Johnst.) I.M. Johnst. On a ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 600 m from Kingston Road. (35.6920,-115.6972,WGS 1984.) Found in Coll. No. 445, of P. platycarpa. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157697 )

Coll. No. 445.1, Pectocarya heterocarpa
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: just s. of Winters Pass. Field Notes: Coll. No. 446, 20 Apr 2005.

Name List: Eriogonum maculatum  

446. Eriogonum maculatum A. Heller. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 700 m from Kingston Road. (35.6926,-115.6963,WGS 1984.) Growing in gravel on southeast facing slope. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015325 )

Coll. No. 446, Eriogonum maculatum, from the Mesquite Mountains.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 447.

Name List: Chylismia claviformis × brevipes  

447. Chylismia claviformis × brevipes. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 800 m from Kingston Road. (35.6930,-115.6954,WGS1984) Growing in gravel on limestone ridge. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015324 , UCR241432 )

Coll. No. 447, Chylismia claviformis x brevipes, from the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 447, Chylismia claviformis x brevipes, from the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 447, Chylismia claviformis

Comments: 11 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 447, keyed 11 Dec 2012, characters observed: Annual, to 40-45 cm, day blooming; Stem 5 mm diameter, not wand-like, spreading hairs and few glandular hairs proximally, to glabrous distally; Stipules absent; Leaves mainly basal, pinnately lobed with large terminal lobe; Inflorescence from distal lobes; Sepals 11 mm, tips free in bud, remaining fused in pairs when flower opens, deciduous after flowering; Hypanthium 6.5 mm.; Petals 11 mm x 16 mm wide, yellow; Anthers 8; Ovary tip projection 0; Style 13 mm, exceeding anthers; Stigma 2 mm, ball-shaped, exserted; Fruit to 50 mm x 3.0-3.5 mm wide, wider toward the tip, 4-chambered, ? row(s) per chamber; Seeds 2 mm x 1.2 mm wide, glabrous, not hair-tufted, ovate, flattened. Keys easily to Chylismia claviformis, but not to subspecies.

Field Notes: 20050420448.

Name List: Oxytheca perfoliata  

448. Oxytheca perfoliata Torr. & A. Gray. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 900 m from Kingston Road, 19 miles north of US I-15 near Valley Wells. (35.6930,-115.6945,WGS 1984.) Growing in gravel on limestone ridge. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015323 )

Collection No. 448 from the Mesquite Mountains

Collection No. 448 from the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 448, Oxytheca perfoliata
Field Notes: 20050420449.

Name List: Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris  

449. Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. Bigelow var. basilaris. On the ridge east of Winters Pass, approximately 1000 m from Kingston Road. (35.6924,-115.6930,NAD1983) Growing in gravel on limestone ridge. 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1953403 )

Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris) near Winters Pass in the Mesquite Mountains.

Collection No. 449 from the Mesquite Mountains.
Field Notes: 20050420450.

Name List: Tiquilia canescens var. canescens  

450. Tiquilia canescens (DC.) A. T. Richardson var. canescens. On top of a small hill, growing on dark limestone outcrops, 1.7 km east of Winters Pass. (35.6913,-115.6839,WGS1984) 4/20/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1121732 , UC1973777 )

Collection No. 450, Tiquilia canescens var. canescens, woody crinklemat, Mesquite Mountains.

Collection No. 450, Tiquilia canescens var. canescens, woody crinklemat, Mesquite Mountains.

Collection No. 450, Tiquilia canescens var. canescens, woody crinklemat, Mesquite Mountains.
Field Notes: 21 Apr 2005, Coll No. 451.

Name List: Gilia aliquanta ssp. aliquanta  

451. Gilia aliquanta A. D. Grant & V. E. Grant ssp. aliquanta. In saddle, 2.75 km east of Winters Pass. (35.6901,-115.6723,WGS 1984.) Growing in a buff-colored limestone gravel. 4/21/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1149125 , UC2015322 , UCR241433 )

Collection No. 451, Gilia aliquanta ssp. aliquanta, from the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 451, Gilia aliquanta ssp. aliquanta

Comments: 11 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 451, keyed 11 Jan 2013, characters observed: Annual, from stout taproot, to 15 cm.; Leaves basal and cauline, Basal leaves, pinnate lobed, sharp pointed, hairs non-glandular; Cauline leaves, different, terminal leaflet > lateral leaflet; Pedicel 1-8 mm. (with open flowers); Calyx 2.5 mm., nearly glabrous, some purple color (faded), fused membraneous; Stamens = corolla lobes; Seeds >1 per chamber, light brown (greenish), gelatinous when wet.

Field Notes: 21-Apr-05 Coll No. 452.

Name List: Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri  

452. Phacelia perityloides Coville var. jaegeri Munz. In saddle, 2.75 km east of Winters Pass. (35.6918,-115.6724,WGS 1984) Growing in a buff-colored limestone gravel. 4/21/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (UC2015321 )

Collection No. 452, Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri from the Mesquite Mountains.
Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: near Winters Pass. Field Notes: 21-Apr-05 Coll No. 453.

Name List: Nicotiana obtusifolia  

453. Nicotiana obtusifolia Martens & Galeotti. In dark limestone boulders, on a steep, southeast-facing slope, near top of Mesquite Mountains, 2.9 km eastnortheast of Winters Pass. (35.6957,-115.6719,WGS1984) 4/21/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157557 , UC , UCR248645 )

Coll. No. 453, Nicotiana obtusifolia, from the Mesquite Mountains.

Detail of Coll. No. 453, Nicotiana obtusifolia from the Mesquite Mountains.

Comments: 13 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 453, 21 Apr 2013, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb to 50 cm; Leaves, ±clasping (on the verge of sessile), definitely none petioled; Calyx, bell-shaped, sepals fused 8 mm + 5 lobes 6 mm × 8 mm dia., lobes equal; Corolla, 18-20 mm, limb 12 mm, open during day.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: near Winters Pass. Field Notes: 21-Apr-2005, Coll. No. 454.

Name List: Galium stellatum  

454. Galium stellatum Kellogg. Among boulders in dark limestone, west-facing slope, near top of Mesquite Mountains. (35.6965,-115.6721,WGS1984) 4/21/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157696 , UC , UCR248640 )

Collection No. 454, Galium stellatum from the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 454, Galium stellatum

Coll. No. 454, Galium stellatum

Comments: 22 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 454, 21 April 2005, characters observed while keying: Perennial, to 30 cm.; Stem, woody, 10 cm. or more; Leaves, whorls of 4, widest below middle, sharp at tip; Inflorescence, crowded; Corolla, 4-lobed; Fruit, 3.0-4.0 mm., incl. hairs, hairs dense, straight, white.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: near Winters Pass. Field Notes: 21-Apr-05 Coll No. 455.

Name List: Hedeoma nana ssp. californica  

455. Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq. ssp. californica W. S. Stewart. Among boulders in dark limestone, west-facing slope, near top of Mesquite Mountains. (35.6947,-115.6721,WGS1984) 4/21/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157556 , UC , UCR248657 )

Coll. No. 455, Hedeoma nana ssp. californica near top of Mesquite Mountains.

Coll. No. 455, Hedeoma nana ssp. californica, from the Mesquite Mountains

Coll. No. 455, Hedeoma nana ssp. californica

Coll. No. 455, Hedeoma nana ssp. californica

Comments: 16 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 455, 21 April 2013, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, woody at base, to 13 cm., (subshrub); Stem 4-angled, recurved short hairy throughout; Leaves opposite, petiole 1 mm. + blade 4.5 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, ovate, short hairy, margin entire, abaxially glandular; Inflorescence axillary; Bract, 1 mm., hairy (not spiny); Pedicels 2 mm.; Calyx 4.5 mm., tubular, 3 lobes > other 2, in fruit, lobes variously curved but not converging, throat ±open; Corolla, 2-lipped, 7 mm.; (Style, should be unequally 2-lobed, but unable to see); Stamens 2, staminodes 0; Anthers, fertile sacs 2.

Kingston Road - Eastern Mojave Desert: near Winters Pass. Field Notes: 21-Apr-05 Coll No. 456.

Name List: Orobanche cooperi  

456. Orobanche cooperi (A. Gray) A. Heller. Among boulders in dark limestone, west-facing slope, near top of Mesquite Mountains. (35.6965,-115.6721,WGS1984) 4/21/2005 Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California. (CAS1157555 , UCR248658 )

Orobanche cooperi in the Mesquite Mountains, my Coll. No. 456.

Collection No. 456, Orobanche cooperi, from the Mesquite Mountains.

Coll. No. 456, Orobanche cooperi, collected near the top of the Mesquite Mountains.

Comments: 21 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 456, 21 April 2005, characters observed while keying: Non-photosynthetic parasitic herb to 12 cm.; Root attachment unknown; Inflorescence dense, 2.0-3.5 cm. wide; Pedicel 5 mm.; Bractlets, 2, 8 mm., narrow; Calyx, fused 5 mm. + free 6 mm. = 11 mm., divided ±equally; Corolla, 20 mm., constricted at middle, lacking a ring of hairs at base of filaments; Anthers, sparsely hairy; Stigma lobes 2, thin, recurved.

Field Notes: 20050528060458.

Name List: Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri  

458. Phacelia perityloides Coville var. jaegeri Munz. 2.25 mi (3.5 km) northwest of Hole in the Wall. (35.0564,-115.4308,WGS 1984.) In cracks along a rim of welded rhyolitic tuff. 5/28/2005 Lobo Point, San Bernardino County, California. (d: UC(41) )

Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri at Lobo Point.

Collection No. 458, Phacelia perityloides var. jaegeri
Field Notes: Coll. No. 460.

Name List: Linanthus pungens  

460. Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J. M. Porter & L. A. Johnson. Large, sandy, flat area on Cowtrack Mountain, along the road to the summit, about 5.2 miles northeast of California Highway 120, and 1.5 miles southwest of the summit. (37.9615,-118.8246,WGS 1984.) 6/25/2007 Cowtrack Mountain, Mono County, California. (CAS1131476 , UC1980355 )

Granite Prickly Phlox (Leptodactylon pungens), Collection No. 460

Granite Prickly Phlox (Linanthus pungens), Collection No. 460.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 461 25-Jun-08.

Name List: Lupinus duranii  

461. Lupinus duranii Eastw. Collected in deep volcanic sand at the base of the slope on the northwest side of Big Sand Flat, the opposite side of the flat from California Highway 120, about 13 1/2 miles east of US Highway 395. (37.8745,-118.9019,WGS 1984.) Also collected at this site: Abronia turbinata, Hulsea vestita, Calyptridium umbellatum, and Mimulus nanus var. mephiticus. 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131477 , UC1980354 )

Coll. No. 461, Lupinus duranii

Coll. No. 461, Lupinus duranii

Coll. No. 461, Lupinus duranii
Field Notes: Coll. No. 462 25-Jun-07.

Name List: Abronia turbinata  

462. Abronia turbinata S. Watson. Collected at the base of the slope on the northwest side of Big Sand Flat, the opposite side of the flat from California Highway 120, about 13 1/2 miles east of US Highway 395. (37.8745,-118.9019,WGS1984) Also collected at this site: Hulsea vestita, Lupinus duranii, Calyptridium umbellatum, and Mimulus nanus var. mephiticus. 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1980444 )

Collection No. 462

Collection No. 462

Coll. No. 462, Abronia turbinata

Comments: 2007, The photograph of the area this collection was made is IMG_1779.JPG.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 463 25-Jun-2008.

Name List: Calyptridium umbellatum  

463. Calyptridium umbellatum (Torr.) Greene. Collected at the base of the slope on the northwest side of Big Sand Flat, the opposite side of the flat from California Highway 120, about 13 1/2 miles east of US Highway 395. (37.8745,-118.9019,WGS 1984.) Also collected at this site: Abronia turbinata, Hulsea vestita, Lupinus duranii, and Mimulus nanus var. mephiticus. 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1980448 )

Collection Number 463, Calyptridium umbellatum

Comments: 29 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 463, 29 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying:

Field Notes: 20070625200.

Name List: Hulsea vestita ssp. vestita  

464. Hulsea vestita A. Gray ssp. vestita. Collected at the base of the slope on the northwest side of Big Sand Flat, the opposite side of the flat from California Highway 120, about 13 1/2 miles east of US Highway 395. (37.8745,-118.9019,WGS 1984.) Also collected at this site: Abronia turbinata, Calyptridium umbellatum, Lupinus duranii, and Mimulus nanus var. mephiticus. 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131478 , UC1980443 )

Coll. No. 464, Hulsea vestita var. vestita
Field Notes: 20070625210.

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

465. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Collected at the base of the slope on the northwest side of Big Sand Flat, the opposite side of the flat from California Highway 120, about 13 1/2 miles east of US Highway 395. (37.8745,-118.9019,WGS 1984.) Also collected at this site: Abronia turbinata, Calyptridium umbellatum, Hulsea vestita, and Lupinus duranii. 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1980446 )

Collection Number 465
Field Notes: Coll. No. 466 25-Jun-07.

Name List: Phacelia bicolor var. bicolor  

466. Phacelia bicolor Torr. ex S. Watson var. bicolor. Collected on the ridge just northwest of Big Sand Flat in an area that had burned several years previously. (37.8872,-118.8980,WGS 1984.) 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131479 , UC1980442 )

Collection Number 466
Field Notes: Coll. No. 467, 25-Jun-07.

Name List: Mentzelia congesta  

467. Mentzelia congesta Torr. & A. Gray. Collected on the ridge just northwest of Big Sand Flat in an area that had burned several years previously. 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131480 , UC1980441 )

Coll. No. 467, Mentzelia congesta

Coll. No. 467, Mentzelia congesta

Coll. No. 467, Mentzelia congesta

Coll. No. 467, Mentzelia congesta

Comments: 1 Dec 2011, Coll. No. 467, 1 Dec 2011, characters observed while keying: Floral bracts conspicuous, though not completely concealing the fruit as per the key, white to above the middle with green margin, toothed; Seeds in more than one row above the middle, rounded.

Field Notes: 20070625250.

Name List: Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum  

468. Eriogonum spergulinum A. Gray var. reddingianum (M. E. Jones) J. T. Howell. Collected on the ridge just northwest of Big Sand Flat in an area that had burned several years previously. (37.8872,-118.8980,WGS 1984.) 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131481 , UC1980445 )

Coll. No. 468, Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum

Coll. No. 468, Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum
Field Notes: 20070625260.

Name List: Eriogonum  

469. Eriogonum . Collected on the ridge just northwest of Big Sand Flat in an area that had burned several years previously. (37.8872,-118.8980,WGS1984) Collection discarded, either E. baileyi or E. brachyanthum, but not mature enough to determine. 6/25/2007 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California.

Collection Number 469
Field Notes: Coll. No. 470 26-Jun-07.

Name List: Poa pratensis  

470. Poa pratensis L. Weed: CAL-IPC, List: Limited. Collected in a marshy area of Rattlesnake Gulch, about 1/2 mile northeast of US Highway 395, and 10 miles north of Lee Vining. (38.0878,-119.1568,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (CAS1131482 , UC1980447 )

Coll. No. 470, Poa pratensis ssp. pratensus

Coll. No. 470, Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis

Coll. No. 470, Poa pratensis ssp. pratensus

Coll. No. 470, Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis

Comments: 28 Nov 2011, Coll. No. 470, 28 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 60 cm; Nodes Leaf not prow-tipped; Sheath open; Auricles 0; Ligules membraneous; Infloresence terminal, panicle; Compression not dorsal, maybe lateral; Disarticulation above the glumes; Callus long cobwebby hairs (distinctive!); Spikelets similar throughout plant, attached to 2-3° branches, 8-12 per node; Glumes lower 2 mm (slightly) < upper 1.7 mm, glabrous, < florets; Lemma glabrous, veins 3; Awns 0; Florets 2+ per spikelet (eliminates Agrostis); Anthers 3, purple; Stigma white.

Field Notes: 20070626130.

Name List: Potentilla gracilis var. fastigiata  

471. Potentilla gracilis Hook. var. fastigiata (Nutt.) S. Watson. Collected in a marshy area of Rattlesnake Gulch, about one-half mile northeast of US Highway 395, and 10 miles north of Lee Vining. (38.0878,-119.1568,WGS1984) 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (CAS1131483 , UC1980440 )

Comments: 30 Nov 2011, Coll. No. 471, 30 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herbaceous; Stem ascending, hairs one length; Leaves palmately compound; Leaflets 7, 12-toothed ± half or less to mid-veins, hairs straight spreading (not shaggy or cottony hairy), top and bottom surfaces similarly hairy; Flowers in cymes; Sepals 5; Petals 5, yellow, equal to or slightly longer than sepals; Receptacle not enlarged; Stamens many (13 counted); Style jointed to fruit, 2 mm, slightly tapered; Achenes not fleshy.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 472, 26 Jun 2007.

Name List: Carex athrostachya  

472. Carex athrostachya Olney. Collected in a marshy area of Rattlesnake Gulch, about one-half mile northeast of US Highway 395, and 10 miles north of Lee Vining. (38.0878,-119.1568,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (CAS1131484 , UC1980451 )

Coll. No. 472, Carex athrostachya

Comments: 28 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 472, 29 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 5 dm; Bracts lowest bract well-exceeding the infloresence; Infloresence lateral spikelets sessile; Spikelets > 2 per culm, terminal spikelet has female flowers above male flowers (gynecandrous); Perianth without petal-like parts, subtended by a chaff-like bract; Perigynia thin at maturity, flat except where distended by achene; Anthers basifixed; Ovary 1, completely enveloped in a closed sac-like bract; Styles and Stigmas 2.

Name List: Chrysothamnus depressus  

472.1 Chrysothamnus depressus Nutt. 289 km northeast of Los Angeles, California. (35.1764,-115.3868,WGS1984) South slope of the mountain. 10/15/2005 Pinto Mountain, San Bernardino County, California.
Field Notes: 20070626150.

Name List: Rosa woodsii ssp. ultramontana  

473. Rosa woodsii Lindl. ssp. ultramontana (S. Watson) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde. Collected in a marshy area of Rattlesnake Gulch, one-half mile northeast of US Highway 395, 10 miles north of Lee Vining, CA. (38.0878,-119.1568,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (CAS1131485 , UC1980439 )

Coll. No. 473, Rosa woodsii var.ultramontana
Field Notes: Coll. No. 474, 26-Jun-07.

Name List: Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense  

474. Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. nevadense Gand. Small flat just east of Rattlesnake Gulch, on road to Bacon Gulch, about one-half mile northeast of US Highway 395, 10 miles north of Lee Vining. (38.0901,-119.1540,WGS 1984.) With Purshia tridentata in flat area with scant soil. 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (CAS1131486 , UC1980452 )

Coll. No. 474, Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense

Coll. No. 474, Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense

Comments: 29 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 474, 29 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying:

Field Notes: 20070626200.

Name List: Purshia tridentata var. tridentata  

475. Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. var. tridentata. Small flat just east of Rattlesnake Gulch, on road to Bacon Gulch. (38.0901,-119.1540,WGS 1984.) With Eriogonum umbellatum in flat area with scant soil. 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (UC1980438 )

Coll. No. 475
Field Notes: 20070626260.

Name List: Elymus cinereus  

476. Elymus cinereus Scribn. & Merr. Small ridge just west of Rattlesnake Gulch. (38.0867,-119.1579,WGS 1984.) On bare ground. 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (CAS1131487 , UC1980437 )

Collection No. 476, Great Basin Wild Rye

Coll. No. 476, Elymus cinereus

Comments: 28 Nov 2011, Coll. No. 476, 28 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial to 13 dm; Nodes region ±pubescent (definitely not glabrous), Auricles 0; Ligules membraneous; Inflorescence spike-like, axes remaining together with age; Spikelets 2-7 per node; Florets most (9/10) female; Glumes 2, awl-like, lower 13 mm, upper 10 mm, narrow < 1 mm wide, sparse short hairy; Lemma 12 mm, acute, awn 0, sparse short hairy; Palea 11 mm, sparse short hairy; Anthers 6-7 mm, yellow.

Field Notes: 20070626270.

Name List: Stipa hymenoides  

477. Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult. Small ridge just west of Rattlesnake Gulch. (38.0867,-119.1579,WGS1984.) On bare ground. 6/26/2007 Rattlesnake Gulch, Mono County, California. (UC1980453 )

Coll. No. 477, Stipa Achnatherum Eriocoma hymenoides

Coll. No. 477, Stipa Achnatherum Eriocoma hymenoides
Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: at Coyote Spr. Field Notes: Coll No. 478.

Name List: Iris missouriensis  

478. Iris missouriensis Nutt. Weed: Inyo National Forest, List: C. Growing in the meadow at Coyote Spring, Bridgeport Canyon, 4 miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS1984.) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131488 , UC1980436 )

Coll. No. 478, Iris missourensis
Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: at Coyote Spr. Field Notes: Coll No. 479. Glossary: replum.

Name List: Cardamine breweri  

479. Cardamine breweri S. Watson. Growing in the Meadow at Coyote Spring, Bridgeport Canyon, 4 miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (UC1980435 )

Coll. No. 479, ?

Comments: 30 Nov 2011, Coll. No. 479, 30 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Plant glabrous; Stems terete; Leaves mid-cauline sessile and auriculate, 4-5 cm x 15 mm wide pinnately lobed, 5 to 9 lobes; Petals yellow, obovate, 5 mm, 2+ mm wide; Stamens 6, all appearing equal in length, included; Style 0.5 mm; Fruit silique, linear, 14-24 mm x 1.5 mm wide, not stipitate, appressed to ascending, strongly flattened, compressed parallel to the replum (which appears mostly as a thin membrane), dehiscent by valves, valves 1-veined (some 2nd and 3nd anastomosing veins); Seeds many, brown scaly (?).

Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: at Coyote Spr. Field Notes: Coll No. 480.

Name List: Lappula redowskii var. redowskii  

480. Lappula redowskii (Hornem.) Greene var. redowskii. Growing in the meadow at Coyote Spring, Bridgeport Canyon, four miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS1984) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131489 , UC1980434 )

Coll. No. 480, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. redowskii occidentalis

Coll. No. 480, Lappula redowskii occidentalis var. redowskii occidentalis.

Comments: 27 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 480, 27 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Annual, without milky juice; Petals blue; Nutlets not spreading (eliminates Pectocarya), margin a rim of barbed prickles, not fused at base and not al all crown-like.

Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: at Coyote Spr. Field Notes: Coll No. 481.

Name List: Eriastrum signatum  

481. Eriastrum signatum D. Gowen. On the shoulder of the road between the road and the meadow. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (UC1980433 )

Coll. No. 481, Eriastrum signatum

Coll. No. 481, Eriastrum signatum

Comments: 27 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 481, 27 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Annual, not glandular; Corolla lobes blue, throat 4 mm, lobes 1 mm; Stamens attached at corolla sinus, equal (differentiates from E. wilcoxi), exserted < 1/2 corolla lobes; Anthers exserted.

Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: at Coyote Spr. Field Notes: Coll No. 482.

Name List: Achillea millefolium  

482. Achillea millefolium L. Growing in the meadow at Coyote Spring, Bridgeport Canyon, 4 miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131490 , UC1980450 )

Coll. No. 482, Achillea millefolium

Comments: 30 Nov 2011, Coll. No. 482, 30 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herbaceous; Leaves alternate, finely dissected, aromatic when fresh; Heads in flat-topped clusters; Phyllaries in 2+ series; Receptacle chaff scales among disk flowers; Chaff scales flat: Petals fused; Disk corollas white; Ovary inferior.

Field Notes: Coll No. 483.

Name List: Salix exigua var. exigua  

483. Salix exigua Nutt. var. exigua. Growing in the meadow at Coyote Spring, Bridgeport Canyon, four miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131491 , UC1980432 )

Coll. No. 483, Salix exigua Nutt.

Coll. No. 483, Salix exigua Nutt.

Comments: 27 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 483, 27 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Shrub, clone-forming, with upright branches; Bud scale margins ??? (free imbricate vs. fused); Leaves < 7mm wide (obs: 5 mm), margins entire, pubescent below, with hairs appressed and parallel to axis; Style very short; Stigmas lobed.

Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: at Coyote Spr. Field Notes: Coll No. 484.

Name List: Salix boothii  

484. Salix boothii Dorn. Growing in the meadow at Coyote Spring, Bridgeport Canyon, four miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131492 , UC1980431 )

Coll. No. 484, Salix boothii

Comments: 27 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 484, 27 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Shrub erect; unclear as to clonal vs. non-clonal; Bud scales clearly fused; Petiole glandless; Leaves entire, blade 40 mm by 12-15 mm wide, glands on margins, few hairs on both surfaces, variably more dense on top than on bottom; Catkin bracts dark (obs: black).

Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: at Coyote Spr. Field Notes: Coll No. 485.

Name List: Sisyrinchium halophilum  

485. Sisyrinchium halophilum Greene. Growing in the meadow at Coyote Spring, Bridgeport Canyon, 4 miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1203,-119.0852,WGS1984.) 6/26/2007 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131493 , UC1980430 )

Coll. No. 485, Sisyrinchium idahoense var. occidentale

Comments: 27 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 485, 27 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Rhizome compact; Stem unbranched; Leaves ± basal; Inner Bracts, just slightly shorter than outer, translucent margin extends above the tip; Perianth blue.

Originally determined as S. idahoense because of uniform translucent margins on inner bract, per TJM1, TJDM, & Taylor (2010). However, in TJM2 determined as S. halophilum because inner bract just slightly shorter than outer, rather than << outer.

Field Notes: Coll No. 486.

Name List: Eriogonum caespitosum  

486. Eriogonum caespitosum Nutt. Northern edge of the Mono Lake Basin, at the pass between Bridgeport Canyon and the Clearwater Creek drainage. (38.1405,-119.1200,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Bridgeport Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1980429 )

Coll No. 486 Eriogonum caespitosum

Coll. No. 486, Eriogonum caespitosum

Coll. No. 486, Eriogonum caespitosum
Field Notes: Coll No. 487.

Name List: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii  

487. Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. var. lobbii (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchc. On a flat near a small playa on the north side of Mount Biedeman, Bodie Hills, highest reaches of Cottonwood Canyon and therefore within the Mono Lake hydrographic basin. (38.1700,-119.0718,WGS 1984.) 6/26/2007 Bodie Hills, Mono County, California. (UC1980428 )

Habitat of Collection No. 487, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Collection No. 487, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Coll. No. 487, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Coll. No. 487, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
Field Notes: Coll No. 490.

Name List: Muhlenbergia asperifolia  

490. Muhlenbergia asperifolia (Nees & Meyen ex Trin.) Parodi. On the western shore of Mono Lake. (37.9806,-119.1084,WGS 1984.) 8/1/2007 Old Marina, Mono County, California. (UC1980449 )

Dried collection of Alkali Muhley, my collection no. 490.
Field Notes: Coll No. 491.

Name List: Amphiscirpus nevadensis  

491. Amphiscirpus nevadensis (S. Watson) Oteng-Yeb. On the western shore of Mono Lake. (37.9806,-119.1084,WGS 1984.) 8/1/2007 Old Marina, Mono County, California. (UC2015320 )

Comments: Flowers spiraled (not 2-ranked); , Herb terrestrial though growing on shore of Mono Lake; , Stem leafless, to 30-40 cm; , Leaves basal, veination parallel; , Ligule definitely not ciliate (possibly glabrous, which would lead one toward , Schoenoplectus); , Infloresence bract 2-3 cm; , Coll. No. 491, 10 Apr 2012, characters observed while keying: , Spikelets 10-20 mm, not flat; , axis. , Floral bract 1, 4-5 mm, shiny, 1 prominent vein (many obscure veins), tip acute (not notched); , Flowers bisexual; , Perianth 0; , Perigynum 0; , Pistils 1 per flower; Stigma 2; , Stamens 3; , Fruit an achene, not enclosed in perigynum, 2 sided, papillate, not ribbed, face next to spikelet , Infloresence 1-6 spikelets;

Field Notes: Coll No. 492.1.

Name List: Eriogonum brachyanthum  

492.1 Eriogonum brachyanthum Coville. On the western shore of Mono Lake. (37.9806,-119.1084,WGS 1984.) Collection #492 was a mixed collection of Eriogonum brachyanthum with one individual of E. deflexum var. nevadense. 8/1/2007 Old Marina, Mono County, California. (CAS1157554 , UC2015319 )

Collection No. 492.1

Collection No. 492.1

Comments: 10 Apr 2012, Coll. No. 492.1, 10 Apr 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual; Stem glabrous above the basal rosette; Leaves basal, blade rounded, tomentose; Involucres 2 mm (long for E. brachyanthum), ribbed, not at tips of slender branchlets (at nodes along slender branches); Flowers (very) sparsely glandular.

This collection has larger involucres and flowers than my collections 509 and 519. Both of them were made on the west side of Pumice Valley, and away from Mono Lake. The involucres are 2 mm, slightly too large for E. brachyanthum, but still only 2/3 of the minimum size for E. davidsonii. Also, I don't see any of the reddish color I see in E. davidsonii.

Field Notes: Coll No. 492.2.

Name List: Eriogonum deflexum var. nevadense  

492.2 Eriogonum deflexum Torr. var. nevadense Reveal. On the western shore of Mono Lake. (37.9806,-119.1084,WGS 1984.) Collection #492 was a mixed collection of Eriogonum brachyanthum with one individual of E. deflexum var. nevadense. 8/1/2007 Old Marina, Mono County, California. (UC2015318 )

Collection No. 492.2, Eriogonum deflexum var. nevadense

Collection No. 492.2, Eriogonum deflexum var. nevadense

Comments: 29 March 2012, Coll. No. 492.2, 29 March 2012, characters observed while keying: Annual; Stem glabrous, not inflated; Leaves ±basal, definitely not more than half-way up main stem; Blades tomentose; Involucre 1 mm, smooth (not ribbed), with reflexed peduncles 1-3 mm.; Infloresence not of many horizontal tiers, glabrous, (not widely) bell-shaped, Flowers white to pink; Perianth lobe outer lobe bases truncate (not cordate). Distinguished from var. deflexum because the perianth lobe bases are truncate rather than cordate.

Spur Road to Old Marina, Mono County, California: at Old Marina. Field Notes: Coll. No. 493, 1 Aug 2007.

Name List: Bassia hyssopifolia  

493. Bassia hyssopifolia (Pall.) Kuntze. Weed: Inyo National Forest, priority: Low, On the western shore of Mono Lake, 2 km northeast of the U. S. Forest Service Visitor Center. (37.9806,-119.1084,WGS 1984.) 8/1/2007 Old Marina, Mono County, California. (UC2045754 , UCR262108 )

Collection No. 493, Bassia hyssopifolia

Coll. No. 493, Bassia hyssopifolia

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 493, 12 Apr 2012, characters observed: Annual, to 25 cm., hairs simple; Stem single erect, or branched at base 90° and ascending, not jointed or fleshy, nodes without spines, hairy; Leaves alternate, well-developed, without stipules, well-developed, 7 mm., lanceolate, entire, weakly fleshy, veins obscure, hairs appressed, proximal narrowed at base, distal not clasping, hairs appressed; Inflorescence in axillary clusters; Flowers with calyx, bisexual, no tubercules, hooks, or appendages visible; Calyx, lobes 5, hairy1, not bristly or spine-tipped, little red things among hairs that could be developing tuberucles or hooks1; Petals 0; Styles, 2; Stamens 5; Fruit, unknown, not developed; Seed, unknown, not developed;

Field Notes: Coll. No. 494.

Name List: Castilleja minor ssp. minor  

494. Castilleja minor (A. Gray) A. Gray ssp. minor. Annual, simple stems. On the western shore of Mono Lake. (37.9806,-119.1084,WGS 1984.) 8/1/2007 Old Marina, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973779 )

Collection No. 494, Castilleja minor minor

Collection No. 494, Castilleja minor minor
Field Notes: 20070801090.

Name List: Solidago spectabilis  

495. Solidago spectabilis (D. C. Eaton) A. Gray. Along the western shore of Mono Lake, 1.6 mi (2.6 km) north of Lee Vining. (37.9806,-119.1084,WGS 1984.) 8/1/2007 Old Marina, Mono County, California. (CAS1121728 , UC1973763 )

Collection No. 495, Solidago spectabilis
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua  

496. Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. ssp. exigua. Along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9009,-119.1273,WGS 1984.) Growing in sand and gravel with Artemisia tridentata. 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1121727 , UC1973764 )

Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua, Coll. No. 496

Collection No. 496, Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua

Collection No. 496, Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua
Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality. Field Notes: Coll No 497, 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Juncus macrandrus  

497. Juncus macrandrus Coville. Along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1274,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1161749 , UC )

Coll. No. 497, Juncus macrandrus beside Bohler Creek

Collection No. 497, Juncus macrandrus

Comments: 2014, Coll. No. 497, 12 Apr 2012, characters observed: Perennial, to 65 cm., terrestrial plant of wet places; Stems >1; Leaves basal and cauline, ligule 0, iris-like, flat, oriented with edge toward stem; Infloresence spikes in head-like clusters, > 5, appearing terminal, not flat, bracts flat; Spikelets spirally arranged (not clearly 2-ranked); Spikelet has one bristle, two bractlets, four sepals; Perianth bristles 3.5mm Bracts 3-4 mm, not distinctly outcurved; Stamens 6, filaments 0.8 mm. + anthers 1.8 mm. = 2.6 mm.; Anthers > filaments; Fruit 2 mm x 1 mm wide, 3-sided, abruptly narrowed to beak, < perianth; Style 1 mm.; Seeds 5-8(+?).

Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality. Field Notes: Coll. No. 498, 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Symphyotrichum spathulatum  

498. Symphyotrichum spathulatum (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom. Along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1274,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (UCR250026 )

Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum, Coll. No. 498

Collection No. 498, Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

Collection No. 498, Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 498, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Perennial herb, to 40 cm.; Stem, becoming hairy distally, but never strigose; Leaves, basal and cauline, alternate, reduced above, lower leaf petiole 80 mm. + blade 70 mm. × 6 mm. wide, length 11.5 × width, lanceolate, glabrous, margins minutely dentate; Inflorescence, 3-13 heads (3,4,8,13 observed); Heads, flowers of two kinds; Peduncles, hairy, eglandular; Phyllaries in 2+ series, slightly overlapping, unequal, inner > outer, outer tip obtuse, ±herbaceous, margins scarious; Receptacles epaleate; Pappus of bristles, single series, #25-30, cylindric, short plumose; Rays, conspicuous, 13 mm., much exceeding disc flowers, lavender; Disc flower, style present.

Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Cicuta maculata var. angustifolia  

499. Cicuta maculata L. var. angustifolia Hook. Along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1273,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1121270 , UC1973698 )

Collection No. 499, Cicuta maculata var. angustifolia

Collection No. 499, Cicuta maculata var. angustifolia

Collection No. 499, Cicuta maculata var. angustifolia
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata  

500. Castilleja miniata Hook. ssp. miniata. In wet areas along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1273,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973780 )

Collection No. 500, Castilleja miniata

Collection No. 500, Castilleja miniata
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Phleum pratense  

501. Phleum pratense L. In wet areas along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1274,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1120977 , UC1973699 )

Collection No. 501

So, are there short awns? And what's with the truncate(?) glumes?

Collection No. 501, Phleum pratense L. Timothy.
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Prunus andersonii  

502. Prunus andersonii A. Gray. Edge of wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1275,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1117380 , UC1973700 )

Coll. No. 502, Prunus andersonii
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Achillea millefolium  

503. Achillea millefolium L. Wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1275,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1121621 , UC1973738 )

Achillea millefolium, Collection No. 503

Collection No. 503, Achillea millefolium
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Erythranthe guttata  

504. Erythranthe guttata (Fisch. ex DC.) G.L. Nesom. Wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1275,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1973770 )

Collection No. 505

Collection No. 504, Erythranthe guttata
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum  

505. Gayophytum diffusum Torr. & A. Gray ssp. parviflorum H. Lewis & Szweyk. Dry edges of wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1275,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973769 )

Collection No. 505, Gaytophytum diffusum var. parviflorum
Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality. Field Notes: Coll. No. 506, 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Cardamine breweri  

506. Cardamine breweri S. Watson. Wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1275,WGS 1984.) Sterile collection. Same as my collection #875. 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California.

Coll. No. 506, probably Cardamine breweri
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Trifolium wormskioldii  

507. Trifolium wormskioldii Lehm. Wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1275,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC )

Collection No. 507, Trifolium wormskioldii

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 507, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, to 40 cm.; Roots and rhizomes unknown; Stem ascending; Leaves, petiole to 40 mm., palmately compound; Leaflets 3, not gland dotted, toothed-serrate as extensions of veins, tip acute; Involucre, conspicuous, when pressed hiding only bases of flowers, fused 2 mm. + free 3.5 mm., tip acute, Calyx not inflated in fruit; Sepals fused ≥½, tube = lobes, glabrous; Flower bilateral, 12 mm.; Corolla not inflated in fruit.

Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality. Field Notes: Coll. No. 508, 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Carex nebrascensis  

508. Carex nebrascensis Dewey. Wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1274,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1160888 , UC , UCR250027 )

Collection No. 508, Carex nebrascensis

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 508, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Perennial, herbaceous, to 50 cm., glabrous throughout; Inflorescence, ≥2 spikelets, lowest bract sheathless (Sect. Phacocystis per Taylor, 2010), pistillate and staminate flowers on same stem, terminal spikelet staminate (Group 8 per TJM2); Spikelets, 2 or more on each culm, lateral spikelets pedunculate, 30 mm. × 5 mm. wide, length 6× width; Perigynum, body 1.8 mm. + beak 0.3 mm. = 2.1 mm., walls tough, faces veined, but beak not as clearly notched as illustrated in TJM2, teeth minutely hairy; Stigmas 2.

Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Eriogonum brachyanthum  

509. Eriogonum brachyanthum Coville. Annual with very small sessile involucres, glabrous stems and tepals. Dry edge of wet meadow along the dirt road on the south side of Bohler Canyon, 1.8 mi (3.0 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9011,-119.1274,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1120730 , UC1973768 )

Collection No. 509, Eriogonum brachyanthum

Collection No. 509, Eriogonum brachyanthum
Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality. Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Arnica chamissonis  

510. Arnica chamissonis Less. Wet meadow along the creek in Bohler Canyon, about 2.0 mi (3.1 km) by air west of US Highway 395, in grasses and sedges at creekside. (37.9009,-119.1298,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (d: CAS , UC , UCR250028 )

Coll. No. 510, Arnica chamissonis

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 510, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Herbaceous perennial, 60 cm.; Stem, proximal axils white hairy; Leaves opposite, petiole 65 mm, blade 68 mm. × 15 mm. wide, length 4.5 × width; Inflorescence 2-3 heads; Heads, 2 kinds of flowers; Phyllaries in 2 series, 8 mm., outer ≥ inner, stalked glandular, adaxial face glabrous, hair tufted near tip, tip acute; Receptacle epaleate; Ray corolla yellow; Disc corolla should be stalked-glandular but can't see; Pappus of well-developed bristles on both kinds of flowers, 6 mm., white, short plumose; Achene, sparsely glandular.

Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum  

511. Epilobium ciliatum Raf. ssp. ciliatum. Wet meadow along the creek in Bohler Canyon, about 2.0 mi (3.1 km) by air west of US Highway 395, in grasses and sedges at creekside. (37.9009,-119.1298,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973767 )

Collection No. 511, Epilobium ciliatum var. ciliatum
Checklist Flora of Native and Naturalized Vascular Plants of Golden and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Colorado: Verbascum thapsus. Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Verbascum thapsus  

512. Verbascum thapsus L. Weed: CAL-IPC, List: Limited. Inyo National Forest, priority: Moderate, Drying areas near wet meadow along the creek in Bohler Canyon, about 2.0 mi (3.1 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9009,-119.1298,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973766 )

Collection No. 512, Verbascum thapsus
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca  

513. Ericameria nauseosa (Pall. ex Pursh) G. I. Nesom & G. I. Baird var. hololeuca (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom & G.I.Baird. Dry areas on the edge of a wet meadow along the creek in Bohler Canyon, about 2.0 mi (3.1 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9009,-119.1298,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1120732 , UC1973765 )

Collection No. 513, Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca

Collection No. 513, Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca
Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality. Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Agrostis stolonifera  

514. Agrostis stolonifera L. Weed: CAL-IPC, List: Limited. Drying areas near wet meadow along the creek in Bohler Canyon, about 2.0 mi (3.1 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9009,-119.1298,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC , UCR250332 )

Coll. No. 514, Agrostis stolonifera
Forest Road 01N106A, Mono County, California: at collecting locality. Field Notes: Coll. No. 515, 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Juncus mexicanus  

515. Juncus mexicanus Willd. Creekside in a wet meadow along the creek in Bohler Canyon, about 2.0 mi (3.1 km) by air west of US Highway 395. (37.9009,-119.1298,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Bohler Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1160887 , UC )

Coll. No. 515, Juncus mexicanus

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 515, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Perennial, from long robust creeping rhizomes, terrestrial plant of wet places, to 50 cm.; Stem and leaves not differentiated, upper stem twisted; Inflorescence, bract, 7 cm., cylindric; Perianth appearing to be a single whorl, scale-like, 5 mm.; Flowers, bisexual; Stamens 6, some sometimes smaller or abortive(?); Pistil 1; Stigmas 3; Fruit, capsule, 3-angled; Seeds, 40-50.

Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Nicotiana attenuata  

516. Nicotiana attenuata Torr. Just below the aqueduct road on the north side of Walker Creek. (37.8950,-119.1225,WGS 1984.) Only one seen, nearly finished blooming. 8/2/2007 Walker Creek (Lower), Mono County, California. (UC1973762 )

Collection No. 516, Nicotiana attenuata
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima  

517. Oenothera elata Kunth ssp. hirsutissima (S. Watson) W. Dietr. Large, mostly finished blooming. Just below the aqueduct road on the north side of Walker Creek. (37.8950,-119.1225,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Walker Creek (Lower), Mono County, California. (UC1973761 )
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Conyza canadensis  

518. Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist. Lower Walker Creek at the transition from Bloody Canyon to Pumice Valley, just below the aqueduct and Forest Road 01N17 “Farrington Siphon,” on the north side of Walker Creek. (37.8950,-119.1226,WGS 1984.) Also collected here: Eriogonum brachyanthum, and Nicotiana attenuata. 8/2/2007 Walker Creek (Lower), Mono County, California. (CAS1202034 , UC2045726 )

Collection No. 518, Erigeron canadensis

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 518, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 70 cm.; Leaves, alternate, lanceolate, to 60 mm. × 6 mm.; Inflorescence, panicle-like; Heads, many, inconspicuously radiate (i.e., two kinds of flowers, some flowers strap-shaped, but not obvious unless examined closely); Phyllaries, weakly graduated, with 1 central vein turning red-brown when dry; Receptacle epaleate; Flowers, rays: 0.7 mm. (measured from opening of tube to tip of lobe[s]), pistillate, white, disc: yellow, 4-lobed; Pappus, well-developed bristles.

Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Eriogonum brachyanthum  

519. Eriogonum brachyanthum Coville. Just below the aqueduct road on the north side of Walker Creek. (37.8950,-119.1226,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Walker Creek (Lower), Mono County, California. (CAS1120733 , UC1973758 )

Collection No. 519, Eriogonum brachyanthum
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Maianthemum stellatum  

520. Maianthemum stellatum (L.) Link. Lower Parker Creek, above the aqueduct and below the locked gate, in rose thicket alongside creek. (37.8728,-119.1242,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Parker Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1121738 , UC1973759 )

Collection No. 520, Ruscaceae Maianthemum stellatum
Forest Road 01S24, Inyo National Forest, Mono County, California: at pkg. Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Scirpus microcarpus  

521. Scirpus microcarpus J. Presl & C. Presl. Lower Parker Creek, 0.3 mi (0.5 km) above the aqueduct and below the locked gate, in rose thicket alongside creek. (37.8728,-119.1242,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Parker Creek, Mono County, California. (UCR250029 )

Coll. No. 521, Scirpus microcarpus

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 521, 2 Aug 2007, characters observed: Perennial, to 60 cm.; Leaves, cauline present; Inflorescence, terminal; Spikelets, ±30 flowers, not flat, in head-like clusters; Bracts, spiraled? (not 2-ranked); Flower, bisexual, not enclosed in a sac-like structure; Perianth bristles curved around fruit.

Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Nicotiana attenuata  

522. Nicotiana attenuata Torr. Rush Creek below the Grant Lake dam, where the Rush Creek return ditch joins the former course of Rush Creek. (37.8697,-119.1055,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973760 )

Collection No. 522, Nicotiana attenuata
Field Notes: Coll. No. 523, 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus  

523. Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. diffusus With. Rush Creek below the Grant Lake dam, where the Rush Creek return ditch joins the former course of Rush Creek. (37.8698,-119.1056,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1973757 )

Collection No. 523, Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Potentilla biennis  

524. Potentilla biennis Greene. In gravel on south side of Rush Creek just below Grant Lake dam. (37.8697,-119.1059,WGS 1984.) Geographic coordinates estimated 29 Jul 2010. 8/2/2007 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1973756 )

Collection No. 524, Potentilla biennis

Collection No. 524, Potentilla biennis
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Psathyrotes annua  

525. Psathyrotes annua (Nutt.) A. Gray. On the southwest shore of Mono Lake, 0.75 mi (1.2 km) northwest of South Tufa. (37.9467,-119.0415,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Mono Lake, Mono County, California. (CAS1121457 , UC1973755 )

Collection No. 525, Psathyrotes annua
Field Notes: 2-Aug-07.

Name List: Eremothera boothii ssp. boothii  

526. Eremothera boothii (Douglas) W. L. Wagner & Hoch ssp. boothii. Ambiguous as to subspecies, rosette present at fruit, hairs not strigose, maybe spreading (or tomentose), bracts leaf-like, conspicuous, petals white, open in daytime, fruit <1mm at base, perhaps slightly enlarged, but definitely tapering to the tip. Rush Creek Road on the north side of the crossing of Rush Creek, 0.6 mi (1.0 km) southwest and upstream of Test Station Road. . (37.9396,-119.0638,WGS 1984.) 8/2/2007 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1973754 )

Collection No. 526, Camissonia boothii ssp. boothii

Collection No. 526, Camissonia boothii ssp. boothii
Field Notes: 20070803030.

Name List: Mentzelia laevicaulis  

527. Mentzelia laevicaulis (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray. Near the shore of Mono Lake at the Picnic Grounds, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) north of Lee Vining. (37.9776,-119.1331,WGS 1984.) 8/3/2007 Mono Lake, Mono County, California. (CAS1120317 , UC1973753 )

Mentzelia laevicaulis at the Old Marina

Collection No. 527, Mentzelia laevicaulis
Field Notes: 3-Aug-08.

Name List: Erythranthe primuloides  

528. Erythranthe primuloides (Benth.) G.L. Nesom & N.S. Fraga. In a very wet meadow along the Warren Fork of Lee Vining Creek, 0.9 mi (1.4 km) north-northwest of California Highway 120. (37.9620,-119.2366,WGS 1984.) 8/3/2007 Warren Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1973752 )

Collection No. 528, Erythranthe primuloides
Field Notes: 20070803090.

Name List: Gentianopsis holopetala  

529. Gentianopsis holopetala (A. Gray) H. H. Iltis. In a very wet meadow along the Warren Fork of Lee Vining Creek, 0.9 mi (1.4 km) north-northwest of California Highway 120. (37.9620,-119.2366,WGS 1984.) 8/3/2007 Warren Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1973751 )

Coll. No. 529, Gentianopsis holopetala

Collection No. 529, Gentianopsis holopetala

Collection No. 529, Gentianopsis holopetala

Comments: 9/1/2011, Stem < Peduncle, Corolla lobes entire.

Field Notes: 20070803110.

Name List: Gentianopsis holopetala  

530. Gentianopsis holopetala (A. Gray) H. H. Iltis. In a very wet meadow along the Warren Fork of Lee Vining Creek, 0.2 mi (0.3 km) north-northwest of California Highway 120. (37.9545,-119.2289,WGS 1984.) 8/3/2007 Warren Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1973750 )

Collection No. 530, Gentianopsis holopetala
Field Notes: Coll. No. 531, 17 Apr 2008.

Name List: Caulanthus cooperi  

531. Caulanthus cooperi (S. Watson) Payson. Small canyon on north side of Pine Tree Canyon, 17 miles by California Highway 14 northeast from Mojave, then 2.3 miles west on Pine Tree Canyon Road, and 0.4 miles north on the aqueduct service road. (35.2399,-118.0882,WGS1984) 4/17/2008 Pine Tree Canyon, Kern County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 531, Caulanthus cooperi

Coll. No. 531, Caulanthus cooperi sp. From Pine Canyon California.

Coll. No. 531, Caulanthus cooperi

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 531, 17 April 2008, characters observed: Annual, tap-rooted, 40-50 cm.; Stem, not inflated. Hairs, mostly basal, simple; Leaves, basal and cauline, cauline leaves lobed at base, lance-linear; Corollas, purple or violet, petals, 12 mm.; Stamens 6, 4 short and 2 long, included; Filaments of longer pair of stamens fused; Anthers on 2 longer stamens are much smaller; Ovary linear; Fruit, linear, 70 mm., >6 ovules, reflexed; Seeds, oblong, 2 mm. × 1 mm. wide.

Field Notes: 4-Jun-08 near Squaw and Papoose Rock. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: near Squaw and Papoose Rock. Wooden Shoe Road (B256), San Juan County, Utah: near Squaw and Papoose Rock.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

532. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. About 1.4 km ESE of Squaw and Papoose Rock, 21.5 km by road ESE of Hite, Utah. (37.8381,-110.2041,WGS 1984.) Growing in stiff, red soil, with Opuntia and Junipers. 6/4/2008 Squaw and Papoose Rock, San Juan County, Utah. (CAS , UC1973789 )

Location of Collection No. 532 of Frasera albomarginata near Squaw and Papoose Rock.

Frasera albomarginata habitat near Squaw and Papoose Rock. Location of Collection No. 532.

Collection No. 532, Frasera albomarginata

Flowers of Collection No. 532, Frasera albomarginata

Collection No. 532, Frasera albomarginata, near Squaw and Papoose Rock, Utah.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_0812.jpg and IMG_0813.jpg.

Field Notes: 3-Jun-08 near Lowry Ruin. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: near Lowry Ruin. US Highway 491: at Pleasant View.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

533. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. On Montezuma County Road CC approximately 14.4 km west of US Highway 491 at Pleasant View, Colorado, just past road 7.25 that goes to Lowry Ruin, 40 km by air northwest of Cortez, Colorado. (37.6083,-108.9006,WGS 1984.) Growing in cut road bank on an ashy grey, possibly calcareous, soil. The material in this collection was broken and laying on the ground when the site was visited. 6/3/2008 Cow Canyon, Montezuma County, Colorado. (UC1973791 )

Montezuma County Road CC crosses Cow Canyon west of Lowry Ruin

Prime Frasera albomarginata habitat in road cut.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_0791.jpg and IMG_0792.jpg.

Field Notes: 200806060534. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: on Cedar Mountain.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

534. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. On Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 15.4 km by road miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 29.5 km by air east of Castle Dale, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS 1984.) Mixed collection: rosettes are Coll. No. 534, and flowering branches are Coll. No. 544, collected within a local area. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (CAS , UC1973798 )

Frasera albomarginata on Cedar Mountain

Frasera albomarginata on Cedar Mountain

Collection No. 534, Frasera albomarginata, on San Rafael Swell, Utah

Collection No. 534, Frasera albomarginata, on San Rafael Swell, Utah

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_0867.jpg and IMG_0871.jpg.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 535, 6 Jun 2008.. Emery County Route 206 (EM206), Emery County Utah: near Wimmer Flat.

Name List: Cryptantha  

535. Cryptantha Lehm. ex G. Don. Perennial. On Cedar Mountain, northern San Rafael Swell, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) Growing with Frasera albomarginata 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (UC2045764 , UCR262119 )

Collection No. 535, Cryptantha, at Wimmer Flat on San Rafael Swell, Utah

Coll. No. 535, Cryptantha

Comments: 24 Jan 2013, Coll. No. 535, keyed 24 Jan 2013, characters observed: Perennial, to 20 cm., short straight appressed hairs, longer pustular hairs; Leaves, 5 cm., oblanceolate, entire, pustular hairy on adaxial surface only; Inflorescence subcapitate, 4 cm.; Calyx lobes 5, 8 mm., short appressed white, long yellow pustular; Corolla tube elongate, surpassing calyx, 9 mm. + lobes (5) 2.5 mm. = 11.5 mm., throat with intruded appendages; Style 9 mm., from top of ovary; Stigma 1, sort of a muffin-top shape; Stamens 5, included, 2 mm.; Filaments fused to corolla tube; Nutlets rugose (?), not developed well enough to key; Keyed in Welch, et al., 1993.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 536. Emery County Route 206 (EM206), Emery County Utah: near Wimmer Flat.

Name List: Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica  

536. Tetraneuris acaulis (Pursh) Greene var. arizonica (Greene) K. F. Parker. on Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 29 km east of Castle Dale, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) with Frasera albomarginata. Characters consistent with var. nana per Welch (1993), which is a synonym for var. arizonica per FNA (vol. 21, 2006). 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (UC )

Coll. No. 536, Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica

Coll. No. 536, Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica

Coll. No. 536, Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica

Comments: 26 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 536, 6 June 2008, characters observed while keying: Perennial, caespitose, tap-rooted, scapose, to 5 cm.; Leaves, 14 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, linear-oblanceolate, margins entire, both surfaces hairy and punctate; Peduncle, 15 mm.; Inflorescence, solitary heads; Phyllaries, in 2 ±equal series, 5 mm., hairy; Rays, blade partially developed, prominent veins becoming visible.

Field Notes: 200806060537.

Name List: Penstemon carnosus  

537. Penstemon carnosus Pennell. on Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 28 km east of Castle Dale, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) with Swertia albomarginata. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (UC1980426 )

Collection No. 537, Penstemon carnosus, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 537, Penstemon carnosus, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 537, Penstemon carnosus, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Comments: 2/17/2009, Plants normal-sized, not dwarfed; basal leaves developed, cauline leaves small; leaves glaucus, margins entire (not crisped); corolla blue, not evidently glandular; staminode not bearded with long tangled hairs; anther pubescent on surface; not wooly; anther sacs dehiscing throughout length; not from Daggett, Duchesne, San Juan, or Uintah counties. Used Key 5 in Welsh (1987).

Field Notes: 200806060538.

Name List: Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis  

538. Caulanthus crassicaulis (Torr.) Wats. var. crassicaulis. on Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 28 km east of Castle Dale, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) with Swertia albomarginata. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (UC1973807 )

Collection No. 538, Caulanthus crassicaulis, from Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 538, Caulanthus crassicaulis, from Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 538, Caulanthus crassicaulis, from Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 538, Caulanthus crassicaulis, from Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
Field Notes: 200806060539.

Name List: Ipomopsis aggregata var. maculata  

539. Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V. E. Grant var. maculata (Jones) Welsh. On Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 27 miles SSE of Price, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) Growing with Swertia albomarginata. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (CAS , UC1973808 )

Collection No. 539, Ipomopsis aggregata, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 539, Ipomopsis aggregata, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 539, Ipomopsis aggregata, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
Field Notes: 6-Jun-08, Coll. No. 540.

Name List: Physaria chambersii var. chambersii  

540. Physaria chambersii Rollins var. chambersii. On Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 15.4 km east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 29.5 km by air east of Castle Dale, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) Growing with Swertia albomarginata. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (UC1973805 )

Collection No. 540, Physaria chambersi, from Cedar Mtn, Emery County, Utah

Collection No, 540, Physaria chambersi, from Cedar Mtn, Emery County, Utah

Collection No, 540, Physaria chambersi, from Cedar Mtn, Emery County, Utah

Collection No, 540, Physaria chambersi, from Cedar Mtn, Emery County, Utah
Field Notes: Coll. No. 541.

Name List: Calylophus lavandulifolius  

541. Calylophus lavandulifolius (T. & G.) Raven. On Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 18 miles by air east of Castle Dale, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS 1984.) Growing with Frasera albomarginata. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (UCR241434 )

Collection No. 541, Calylophus lavandulifolius, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 541, Calylophus lavandulifolius, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 541, Calylophus lavandulifolius, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 541, Calylophus lavandulifolius, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Coll. No. 541, Calylophus lavandulifolius

Collection No. 541, Calylophus lavandulifolius, in Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Comments: 11 Dec 2012, Coll. No. 541, keyed 11 Dec 2012, characters observed: Perennial, branched caudex; Stem pilose; Stipules 0; Leaves 6 mm x 2-3 mm wide, elliptical to oblanceolate, entire, pilose; Sepals 4, reflexed; Hypantheum 3.5 cm.; Petals 4, 2 cm., yellow; Stamens 8; Ovary tip projection 0; Stigma 4-lobed; Seeds n/a.

Field Notes: 200806060542.

Name List: Astragalus kentrophyta var. tegetarius  

542. Astragalus kentrophyta A. Gray var. tegetarius (S. Watson) Dorn. on Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 28 km east of Castle Dale, Utah. (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) with Swertia albomarginata. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (CAS , UC1973806 )

Collection No. 542, Astragalus kentrophyta, on Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 542, Astragalus kentrophyta, on Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.

Collection No. 542, Astragalus kentrophyta, on Wimmer Flat, San Rafael Swell, Utah.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 543. Emery County Route 206 (EM206), Emery County Utah: near Wimmer Flat.

Name List: Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica  

543. Tetraneuris acaulis (Pursh) Greene var. arizonica (Greene) K. F. Parker. On Cedar Mountain, at south edge of Wimmer Flat, along Emery County Route 206, 9.1 miles east of intersection of EM 206 and EM215, 18 air miles east of Castle Dale, Utah, (39.2206,-110.6788,WGS1984) with Frasera albomarginata. 6/6/2008 Wimmer Flat, Emery County, Utah. (UCR248654 )

Collection No. 543, Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica on Cedar Mountain.

Collection No. 543, Tetraneuris acaulis var. arizonica on Cedar Mountain.

Comments: 24 Sep 2013, Coll. No. 543, 6 June 2008, characters observed while keying: Perennial, caespitose, scapose, to 13 cm.; Leaves, 20 mm., linear-oblanceolate, glandular-punctate, ±long-hairy; Inflorescence of both ray and disc flowers, scape 8 cm., heads solitary; Phyllaries in 2 ±equal series, 5 mm., villous-pillose, margins scarious; Ray flowers, yellow, blade 9 mm., reflexed, 3-4-tipped, veins prominent; Pappus of scales, 4, translucent; Achene hairy; West of continental divide.

Field Notes: 20080606090. 6-Jun-08 at Ghost Rock Rest Stop. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: at Ghost Rock. U. S. Interstate 70: Ghost Rock Rest Stop. at Ghost Rock.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

545. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Numerous places around the eastbound Ghost Rock Rest Stop on US Interstate 70, on the San Rafael Swell, 58 km WSW of Green River, Colorado. (38.8622,-110.8116,WGS 1984.) Growing in sandy and disturbed areas. Found only at the eastbound rest stop. Not found at westbound rest stop. 6/6/2008 Ghost Rock, Emery County, Utah. (UC1973799 )

Frasera albomarginata habitat at Ghost Rock

Curbside habitat of Frasera albomarginata at Ghost Rock Rest Stop

Collection No. 545, Frasera albomarginata, from Ghost Rock, Utah.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_0881.jpg and IMG_0882.jpg.

Field Notes: 7-Jun-08. 7-Jun-08. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: near Capitol Reef. Road 1668 "Burr Trail Road," Garfield County, Utah: in the seam between parks.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

546. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. On John Atlantic Burr's Cattle Trail, 4 km west of Upper Muley Twist Canyon, 30 km by air ESE of Boulder, Utah. (37.8632,-111.0772,WGS 1984.) Growing in undisturbed broken red calcareous sandstone. 6/7/2008 Muley Twist Canyon, Garfield County, Utah. (UC1973800 )

Frasera albomarginata along the Burr Trail Road.

Frasera albomarginata habitat along the Burr Trail Road

Frasera albomarginata habitat

Collection No. 546, Frasera albomarginata, above Capitol Reef, Utah.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_0896.jpg and IMG_0899.jpg.

Field Notes: 9-Jun-08 near Mokaac Pass. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: near Mokaac Pass.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

547. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. About 2 km north of summit of Mokaac Pass and 1 km southeast of Quail Hill, 32 km south of St. George, Utah. (36.8180,-113.5589,WGS 1984.) Growing in the road cut through reddish calcareous material. No Swertia albomarginata were found on hill slope either above or below the road 6/9/2008 Mokaac Pass, Mohave County, Arizona. (CAS , UC1973801 )

Prime Frasera albomarginata habitat near Mokaac Pass.

Collection No. 547, Frasera albomarginata, near Mokaac Pass, Mohave County, Arizona.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_0947.img, IMG_0948.jpg, and IMG_0950.jpg.

Field Notes: 9-Jun-08 Coll. No. 548. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: 16139036.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

548. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. About 0.5 km east of Wah Wah Summit, 51 km by road west of Milford, Utah. (38.5171,-113.5377,WGS 1984.) Growing on white limestone with Pinyons, Junipers, and Cliff Rose, 6/9/2008 Wah Wah Summit, Beaver County, Utah. (CAS , UC1973797 )

Collection #548

Collection No. 548, Frasera albomarginata near Wah Wah Summit
Field Notes: 20080610080. Nevada State Route 486, White Pine County, Nevada: near Cave Lake. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: near Cave Lake St Pk.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

549. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. About 1 km north of Cave Lake State Park, 25 km by road ESE of Ely, Nevada. (39.1983,-114.6928,WGS 1984.) Among Junipers on steep broken limestone slopes above the road. 6/10/2008 Cave Lake State Park, White Pine County, Nevada. (UC1973794 )

Collection No. 549

Frasera albomarginata location near Cave Lake, Nevada.

Collection No. 549, Frasera albomarginata, near Cave Lake State Park, Nevada.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_0999.jpg and IMG_1000.jpg.

Field Notes: 20080610110. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: southwest of Ely. U. S. Highway 6: 51100.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

550. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Found in a small canyon north of Murry Canyon, 4.5 km by road southwest of Ely, Nevada. (39.2296,-114.9213,WGS 1984.) Small plants with purple stems and green petal tips growing on open calcareous slopes with Junipers, Pinyons, and Sagebrush. 6/10/2008 Murry Canyon, White Pine County, Nevada. (UC1973796 )

Frasera albomarginata just west of Ely, Nevada

Location of Frasera albomarginata southwest of Ely, Nevada.

Collection No. 550, Frasera albomarginata, near Murry Canyon, Nevada.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_1003.jpg and IMG_1004.jpg.

Field Notes: 11-Jun-08. Road North from US Highway 50, White Pine County, Nevada: 85000. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: near Little Antelope Summit.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

551. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. About 1.5 km north of US Highway 50, 3 km east of Little Antelope Summit, and 67 km by road WNW of Ely, Nevada. (39.4033,-115.4576,WGS 1984.) Very small plants, slight purple on stems, more green on petals, growing on open red-stained slopes with Junipers. 6/11/2008 Little Antelope Summit, White Pine County, Nevada. (UC1973793 )

Collection No. 551

Prime Frasera albomarginata habitat.

Collection No. 551, Frasera albomarginata

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_1017.jpg and IMG_1018.jpg.

Field Notes: 11-Jun-08 in Secret Cyn. Windfall Mine Road, Eureka County, Nevada: above Murray Spr.. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: in Secret Cyn.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

552. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Beside Secret Canyon Road, 12 km by road south of Eureka, Nevada. (39.4179,-115.9754,WGS 1984.) Petal tips green, growing on open calcareous slopes. 6/11/2008 Secret Canyon, Eureka County, Nevada. (UC1973792 )

Collection No. 552

Collection No. 552

Collection No. 552, Frasera albomarginata, from Secret Canyon, Nevada.

Comments: 2/22/2011, My images IMG_1025.jpg and IMG_1026.jpg.

Field Notes: 11-Jun-08. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: south of Currant Summit. U. S. Highway 6: west of Currant Summit.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

553. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Southwest of Currant Summit along US Highway 6, 66 km by road southwest of Ely, Nevada. (38.8192,-115.3262,WGS 1984.) Plants have purple stems, growing in caliche-covered volcanic sediments. 6/11/2008 Currant Summit, Nye County, Nevada. (UC1973790 )

Collection No. 553

Collection No. 553, Frasera albomarginata near Currant Summit, Nevada

Comments: 2/22/2011, My image IMG_1044.jpg.

Field Notes: 13-Aug-08.

Name List: Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum  

554. Eriogonum spergulinum A. Gray var. reddingianum (M. E. Jones) J. T. Howell. on Forest Road 1S08, near small playa on southernmost East Craters Sand Flat, (37.8212,-119.0075,WGS1984) 8/13/2008 East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1953420 )

Detail of Collection No. 554

Overview of Collection No. 554
Field Notes: 13-Aug-08.

Name List: Lupinus duranii  

555. Lupinus duranii Eastw. On Forest Road 1S07, east edge of East Craters Sand Flat, 3.9 miles by air east northeast of June Lake Junction. (37.8317,-118.9862,WGS 1984.) 8/13/2008 East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1149303 , UCR241435 )

Detail of Collection No. 555

Overview of Collection No. 555
Field Notes: 13-Aug-08.

Name List: Angelica lineariloba  

556. Angelica lineariloba A. Gray. on Forest Road 1N24 on east side of East Craters Sand Flat, (37.8540,-118.9875,WGS1984) 8/13/2008 East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1953406 )

Collection No. 556

Detail of Collection No. 556, Angelica lineariloba

Overview of Collection No. 556, Angelica lineariloba
Field Notes: 13-Aug-08. Glossary: stipe.

Name List: Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense  

557. Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. nevadense Gand. On Forest Road 1N24 at the north end of East Craters Sand Flat. (37.8540,-118.9876,WGS 1984.) Growing with Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum. 8/13/2008 East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California.

Detail of Collection No. 557, Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense

Overview of Coll. No. 557, Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense

Illustration of a “stipe” on Coll. No. 557
Field Notes: 13-Aug-08, Coll. No. 558.

Name List: Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum  

558. Eriogonum microthecum Nutt. var. ambiguum (M. E. Jones) Reveal. On Forest Road 1N24 at the northern end of East Craters Sand Flat. (37.8540,-118.9876,WGS1984) 8/13/2008 East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC2015294 )

Inflorescence of Collection No. 558, Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum

Leaves of Collection No. 558, Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum

Overview of Collection No. 558, Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum
Field Notes: Coll. No. 559 on 13-Aug-08.

Name List: Calyptridium umbellatum  

559. Calyptridium umbellatum (Torr.) Greene. on Forest Road 1N24 on east side of East Craters Sand Flat, (37.8540,-118.9875,WGS1984) Sterile collection, insufficient for herbarium voucher. 8/13/2008 East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California.

Detail of Collection No. 559

Overview of Collection No. 559

Comments: 2010, Compare to Collection No. 583.

Field Notes: 13-Aug-08. 17-Nov-09.

Name List: Geum macrophyllum  

560. Geum macrophyllum Willd. 16.2 miles by air southeast of Lee Vining, 9.6 miles by air northwest of Glass Mountain. (37.8277,-118.8710,WGS1984) In the creek bed under trees. 8/13/2008 Pilot Spring, Mono County, California. (UC2015281 )

Detail of Collection No. 560

Overview of Collection No. 560
Field Notes: 14-Aug-08.

Name List: Taraxia tanacetifolia  

561. Taraxia tanacetifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Piper. On the drying shore of natural ponds called "Snow Ponds" by local residents, south flank of Reversed Peak, about 1 mile northwest of Gull lake. (37.7853,-119.0976,WGS1984) 8/14/2008 Reversed Peak, Mono County, California. (UC1953405 )

Coll. No. 561, Taraxia tanacetifolia Tansy-Leaved Suncup

Coll. No. 561, Taraxia tanacetifolia

Coll. No. 561, Taraxia tanacetifolia
Field Notes: 14-Aug-08.

Name List: Argentina anserina  

562. Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb. On the drying shore of natural ponds called "Snow Ponds" by local residents, south flank of Reversed Peak, about 1 mile northwest of Gull lake. (37.7853,-119.0976,WGS1984) 8/14/2008 Reversed Peak, Mono County, California. (UC1953416 )

Coll. No. 562, Potentilla anserina ssp. anserina

Detail of Collection No. 562, Potentilla anserina var. anserina

Overview of Collection No. 562, Potentilla anserina var. anserina

Comments: 2015, At one time there was a second voucher available for distribution. It is unclear what happened to it.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 563, 14-Aug-08.

Name List: Nama densum var. densum  

563. Nama densum Lemmon var. densum. On the drying shore of natural ponds called “Snow Ponds” by local residents, south flank of Reversed Peak, about 1 mile northwest of Gull lake. (37.7853,-119.0976,WGS1984) Collected with Taraxia tanacetifolia and Potentilla anserina. 8/14/2008 Reversed Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS1202605 )

Detail of Collection No. 563

Overview of Collection No. 563
Garlock Road, Central Mojave Desert, California: at Charley Rd. Field Notes: 2009042505640.

Name List: Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum  

564. Eriastrum eremicum (Jeps.) H. Mason var. eremicum. South side of El Paso Mountains, about 3.5 miles by road east northeast of Garlock, about 100 meters north of Garlock Road on "Charley Road" to Goler Heights. (35.4240,-117.7381,WGS 1984) On the Garlock Fault scarp, in an area disturbed by construction equipment and recreational vehicles. Some creosote bush. 4/25/2009 Goler Heights, Kern County, California. (CAS1161733 , UC , UCR250010 )

Location of Collection No. 564, Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum

Coll. No. 564Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum

Coll. No. 564 Eriastrum eremicum var. eremicum
Beaver Dam Road, Lincoln County, Nevada: on w. edge Miller Bench. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: at w. edge of Miller Bench.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

565. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Many of the plants at this location have multiple flower stalks. Beside Beaver Dam Road 2.3 mi (3.7 km) east of US Highway 93, 8.0 mi (12.8 km) northeast of Caliente, NV by road. (37.6681,-114.4373,WGS1984.) There is a worm inside some stalks. Collected from bladed road shoulder and adjacent undisturbed areas. 6/4/2009 Miller Bench, Lincoln County, Nevada. (CAS , UC1973816 )

Coll. No. 565, Frasera albomarginata

Frasera albomarginata habitat, as prepared by the Lincoln County Road Department
Field Notes: 20090604100.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

566. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Near Beaver Dam State Park, 24.5 mi (40 km) ESE of Caliente, NV. (37.5141,-114.0804,WGS1984) In open areas with junipers. One of the few locations at which the species is subject to insect predation. There are small worms inside the stems of these specimens. 6/4/2009 4:00:07 PM Beaver Dam State Park, Lincoln County, Nevada. (CAS , UC1973815 )

Something's eating my little weeds!!!!

Flower

Nodal area that has been eaten
Field Notes: 20090605030. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: nw of Crestline. Crestline Road, Washington and Iron Counties, Utah, and Lincoln County, Nevada: nw of Crestline.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

567. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Approximately 2 miles northwest of Crestline on Nevada State Route 75 "Crestline Road," 15.6 mi (25.1 km) ESE of Panaca, NV. (37.6797,-114.1414,WGS1984) 6/5/2009 9:57:53 AM Crestline, Lincoln County, Nevada. (CAS , UC1973814 )

Frasera albomarginata northwest of Crestline, Nevada

Comments: 2009, See my image IMG_1884.jpg

Simpson Spring Road, Lincoln County, Nevada: near Mendha.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

568. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Approximately 500 m WNW of Mendha on "Simpson Spring Road" to Manhattan Gap, 4.1 mi (6.6 km) NW of Pioche, NV. (37.9586,-114.5193,WGS1984) In open places among Utah Junipers and Sagebrush. 6/5/2009 12:29:05 PM Mendha, Lincoln County, Nevada. (UC1973795 )
Field Notes: 5-Jun-09. "Bristol Cletty Road" or "Silver King Road," Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada: on west edge of Muleshoe Valley. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: 1613403530.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

569. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. Along Bristol Cletty Road, on the west side of Muleshoe Valley, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) east of Silver King Pass in the Schell Creek Range, 30 mi (48 km) NW of Pioche, NV, and 72 mi (116 km) S of Ely, NV. (38.2242,-114.8523,WGS1984) In open places between sagebrush and Utah junipers 6/5/2009 1:51:41 PM Silver King Pass, Lincoln County, Nevada. (CAS , UC1973813 )

Frasera albomarginata east of Silver King Pass
Field Notes: 5-Jun-09. "Bristol Cletty Road" or "Silver King Road," Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada: at Silver King Pass. Autecology of Desert Elkweed Frasera albomarginata S. Watson (Syn: Swertia a.) Gentianaceae in the American Southwest: 1613403510.

Name List: Frasera albomarginata  

570. Frasera albomarginata S. Watson. In Silver King Pass, 31.8 mi (51.2 km) NW of Pioche, NV, and 72 mi (116 km) south of Ely, NV. (38.2325,-114.8903,WGS1984) In open places among Utah junipers on the north side of the road in limestone and not in the volcanics on the south side of the road. 6/5/2009 2:19:18 PM Silver King Pass, Lincoln County, Nevada. (CAS , UC1973812 )

Silver King Pass, Lincoln County, Nevada
Field Notes: Coll. No. 571, 7 Jul 2009. Nevada Highway 359: near CA state line.

Name List: Juniperus osteosperma  

571. Juniperus osteosperma (Torrey) Little. Mineral County, Nevada, on the south side of Nevada State Route 359 (California Highway 167) 0.5 mi (0.9 km) east of California-Nevada border, 3.7 mi (6.0 km) southwest of Cedar Hill. (38.1634,-118.7885,WGS 1984.) Collected in an area that has been described as having unusually large specimens due to absence of fire. 7/7/2009 9:11:55 AM Cedar Hill, Mono County, California. (CAS1117381 , UC1973781 )

Very large Utah Juniper, Collection No. 571
California Highway 167: near NV state line. Field Notes: Coll. No. 572, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Juniperus osteosperma  

572. Juniperus osteosperma (Torrey) Little. Mono County, California, about 1.2 mi (2.0 km) west of California-Nevada state border on the north side of California Highway 167. (38.1541,-118.8186,WGS 1984.) Collected in an area that has been described as having unusually large specimens due to absence of fire. 7/7/2009 9:25:25 AM Cedar Hill, Mono County, California. (UC1973782 )

Very large Utah Juniper, Collection No. 572

Collection #572

Collection #572

Comments: 7/7/2009, See my image: IMG_1956.JPG

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley. Field Notes: Coll. No. 573, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Tiquilia nuttallii  

573. Tiquilia nuttallii (Hook.) A. T. Richardson. corolla color is lavender, species is usually described as "pink to white," in Mono Valley, 20 meters west of and above Dobie Meadows Road, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) northwest of Alameda Well (38.1212,-118.8531,WGS 1984.) in stabilized dune, which was probably an old beach strand. 7/7/2009 9:56:21 AM Alameda Well, Mono County, California. (UC1973778 )

Stabilized dune beside the road.

Collection #573, Tiquilia nuttallii

Collection #573, Tiquilia nuttallii

Comments: 7/9/2009, See my image: IMG_1959.JPG

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley. Field Notes: Coll. No. 574, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Eriogonum nummulare  

574. Eriogonum nummulare M. E. Jones. In Mono Valley, 20 meters west of and above Dobie Meadows Road, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) northwest of Alameda Well (38.1212,-118.8531,WGS 1984.) In stabilized dune or beach strand. 7/7/2009 Alameda Well, Mono County, California.

Coll. No. 574, Eriogonum nummulare

Coll. No. 574, Eriogonum nummulare

Coll. No. 574, Eriogonum nummulare

Comments: 7/7/2009, See my image: 1959.

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley. Field Notes: Coll. No. 575, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Stipa hymenoides  

575. Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult. in Mono Valley, 20 meters west of and above Dobie Meadows Road, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) northwest of Alameda Well (38.1212,-118.8531,WGS 1984.) in former stabilized dunes or beach strands about 20 meters west of and above the road 7/7/2009 9:56:21 AM Alameda Well, Mono County, California. (UC1973701 )

Collection #575, Achnatherum Eriocoma hymenoides

Comments: 7/7/2009, See my image 1959.

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley. Field Notes: Coll. No. 576, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Ladeania lanceolata  

576. Ladeania lanceolata (Pursh) A. N. Egan & Reveal. in Mono Valley, 20 meters west of and above Dobie Meadows Road, 1.7 mi (2.7 km) northwest of Alameda Well (38.1212,-118.8531,WGS 1984) in stabilized dune that may also be a former beach strand. 7/7/2009 9:56:21 AM Alameda Well, Mono County, California. (UC1973702 )

Collection #576 Psoralidium lanceolatum alongside Adobe Meadows Road.

Collection #576 Psoralidium lanceolatum alongside Adobe Meadows Road.

Comments: 7/7/2009, See my image 1959.

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley. Field Notes: Coll. No. 577, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Orobanche corymbosa  

577. Orobanche corymbosa (Rydb.) Ferris. along Dobie Meadows Road 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Alameda Well (38.0998,-118.8124,WGS 1984.) in open places on western slope of vegetation stabilized dune. 7/7/2009 10:21:15 AM Alameda Well, Mono County, California. (CAS1120315 , UC1973783 )

Orobanche corymbosa, Collection No. 577

Collection #577 Orobanche corymbosa

Collection #577 Orobanche corymbosa

Comments: 7/11/2009, See my images 1960, 1961, and 1962.

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: in Mono Valley. Field Notes: Coll. No. 578, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus  

578. Astragalus lentiginosus Hook. var. floribundus A. Gray. Along Dobie Meadows Road 1.8 mi (2.9 km) southeast of Alameda Well. (38.0927,-118.8001,WGS 1984.) Few along side the road, many more seen between here and Adobe Hills Spillway. Alameda Well, Mono County, California. (CAS1160960 , UC )

Coll. No. 578, Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus beside the road.

Coll. No. 578 Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus

Collection #578 Astragalus lentiginosus var. flloribundus

Comments: 7/11/2009, See my image IMG_1964.JPG

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: below spillway. Field Notes: Coll. No. 579, near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Name List: Thelypodium milleflorum  

579. Thelypodium milleflorum A. Nelson. Along the side of Dobie Meadows Road, just below the Adobe Hills Spillway, 32 km by air east northeast of Lee Vining, California, or 16.6 miles east on CA Highway 167 from US Highway 395, then 7.9 miles southeast on Dobie Meadows Road. (38.0606,-118.7754,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 11:28:04 AM Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California. (CAS1160959 , UCR250012 )

Thelypodium milleflorum, Coll. No. 579

Coll. No. 579 Thelypodium milleflorum

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 579, 7 Jul 2009, characters observed: Perennial (?), to 50 cm.; Hairs 0; Glands 0; Leaves, at least some cauline, basal, petioles unknown (should be ciliate), cauline, not basally lobed or clasping, all petioled, petiole ≤20 mm., blade, ovoid, largest 70 mm. × 40 mm. wide, reduced above, few dentate; Inflorescence, 7-12 cm., single spike per stem, Pedicel upcurved; Flowers, radial, bisexual, all parts spreading; Petals, white, oblanceolate (not linear), 9 mm.; Stamens 6, ±equal in length; Anthers curled >360°; Fruit, (immature) stalk 1.5 mm. + body 12 mm. + style 0.3 mm., erect (not appressed).

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: below spillway. Field Notes: near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Name List: Aliciella monoensis  

580. Aliciella monoensis J. M. Porter. Along the side of Dobie Meadows Road, just below the Adobe Hills Spillway of Pleistocene Lake Mono. (38.0605,-118.7754,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 580 Aliciella monoensis near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Coll. No. 580 Aliciella monoensis near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 580, 7 Jul 2009, characters observed: Annual, to 25 cm., tap-rooted; Short stalked glandular, sand encrusted; Leaves, basal and cauline, basal, 16 mm. × 3 mm. wide, cauline, alternate, simple, not bristle-tipped; Calyx, lobes 5, equal, tube 1.5 mm. + lobes 1.0 mm. = 2.5 mm.; Corolla, tube 2.5 mm. + throat 3.0 mm. + lobes 1.5 mm. = 7.0 mm., throat widened near mouth, lobes ovate-acuminate; Style, 3 mm., persistent; Fruit, ellipsoid; Seeds, not gelatinous when wet.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 581, near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Name List: Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus  

581. Astragalus lentiginosus Hook. var. floribundus A. Gray. Along side of Dobie Meadows Road, just below the Adobe Hills Spillway, 32.8 km ENE of Lee Vining, California, 16.6 mi east on CA Hwy 167 from US Hwy 395, 7.9 mi southeast on Dobie Meadows Road. (38.0605,-118.7754,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California. (UCR250013 )

Collection #581 Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus near Adobe Hills Spillway.

Collection #581 Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus near Adobe Hills Spillway.
Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: break in slope. Field Notes: at Adobe Hills Spillway.

Name List: Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta  

582. Ipomopsis congesta (Hook.) V. E. Grant ssp. congesta. On fresh-water sandstone with fossil snail shells at the Adobe Hills Spillway, 32.8 km by air ENE of Lee Vining, California. (38.0585,-118.7754,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 11:28:04 AM Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973703 )

Coll. No. 582, Ipomopsis congesta

Collection No. 582, Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta

Collection No. 582, Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta
Field Notes: 20090707150583.

Name List: Calyptridium umbellatum  

583. Calyptridium umbellatum (Torr.) Greene. at the north end of East Craters Sand Flat along Forest Road 1S24, 2.9 mi (4.7 km) southwest of Mono Mills (37.8499,-118.9847,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 2:57:15 PM East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1121441 , UC1973704 )

One-seeded Pussypaws (Calyptridium monospermum) at East Craters Sand Flat

Collection No. 583

Comments: 2010, Infloresence axillary, multiple infloresences per rosette. , 2011, Must have decided in February that the above wasn't true.

Field Notes: 20090707150583.

Name List: Calyptridium umbellatum  

583. Calyptridium umbellatum (Torr.) Greene. at the north end of East Craters Sand Flat along Forest Road 1S24, 2.9 mi (4.7 km) southwest of Mono Mills (37.8499,-118.9847,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 2:57:15 PM East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1121441 , UC1973704 )

One-seeded Pussypaws (Calyptridium monospermum) at East Craters Sand Flat

Collection No. 583

Comments: 2010, Infloresence axillary, multiple infloresences per rosette. , 2011, Must have decided in February that the above wasn't true.

Field Notes: 20090707150584.

Name List: Phacelia hastata var. hastata  

584. Phacelia hastata Douglas ex Lehm. var. hastata. Stems never decumbent, stem hairs not all spreading, calyx lobes not glandular. At the north end of East Craters Sand Flat along Forest Road 1S24, 2.9 mi (4.7 km) southwest of Mono Mills. (37.8499,-118.9847,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 2:57:15 PM East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973784 )

Collection No. 584, Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata

Collection No. 584, Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata

Collection No. 584, Phacelia hastata ssp. hastata

Comments: 4/10/2010, Erect plant, some hairs appressed, calyx lobes not glandular.

Forest Road 1N24, Mono County, California: in sand flat. Field Notes: Coll. No. 585, 7 Jul 2009.

Name List: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum  

585. Erysimum capitatum (Hook.) Greene var. capitatum. At the north end of East Craters Sand Flat along Forest Road 01N24, 2.7 mi (4.4 km) southwest of Mono Mills (37.8530,-118.9869,WGS 1984.) 7/7/2009 East Craters Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1160958 , UC )

Coll. No. 585, Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

Coll. No. 585, Sand Dune Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum) at East Craters Sand Flat

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 585, 7 Jul 2009, characters observed: Perennial, to 35 cm., not scapose; Hairs, most simple, some appear “double-ended,” presumably because they are sessile, and branched at the point of attachment; Stem, proximal not woody; Leaves, basal, 40 mm., oblanceolate, cauline, present, sessile, not basally lobed or clasping, simple; Inflorescence, not bracted, elongate; Pedicel, 4 mm.; Flowers, radial; Petals, claw 9 mm. + blade 5 mm. × 3 mm. wide; Stamens, 6, arrangement not clear; Ovary, 5 mm., linear; Style, 1.5 mm.; Fruit, 75 mm., not constricted between seeds, ascending; Seed, 2.2 mm. × 0.8 mm. wide, winged at tip.

Field Notes: 8 July 2009 at Black Point.

Name List: Eriastrum wilcoxii  

586. Eriastrum wilcoxii (A. Nelson) H. Mason. Corolla salverform. 0.3 mi (0.4 km) south of the highest point. (38.0242,-119.0972,WGS 1984.) Growing in thin sands derived from volcanic rocks of Black Point. 7/8/2009 10:47:26 AM Black Point, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973705 )

Location of Collection No. 586, Eriastrum wilcoxii

Collection No. 586, Eriastrum wilcoxii at Black Point.

Collection No. 586, Eriastrum wilcoxii at Black Point.

Comments: See image IMG_2007.JPG for habitat. , 4/10/2010, Corolla salverform.

Forest Road 02N42 “Black Point Rd.” , Mono County, California: at end. Field Notes: 8 July 2009 at Black Point.

Name List: Mentzelia torreyi  

587. Mentzelia torreyi A. Gray. In volcanic sands on former beach strands. (38.0270,-119.0843,WGS1984) 7/8/2009 11:54:08 AM Black Point, Mono County, California. (CAS1120311 , UC1973706 )

Collection No. 587, Mentzelia torreyi

Collection No. 587, Mentzelia torreyi

Collection No. 587, Mentzelia torreyi
Dunn Road, San Bernardino County, California: at Stop Q-3. Field Notes: Coll. No. 588, 23 Apr 2010..

Name List: Mentzelia obscura  

588. Mentzelia obscura H. J. Thomps. & J. E. Roberts. Flowers seem small. On the edge of a quarry, off powerline road, at the end of Arrowhead Trail, 1.7 miles by road from Afton Road exit (Exit 221) of US Interstate 15, 1.2 miles by air northeast of Dunn, California. (35.0628,-116.4336,WGS 1984.) 4/24/2010 Dunn, San Bernardino County, California. (UC1980425 )

Coll. No. 588, Mentzelia obscura

Coll. No. 588, Mentzelia obscura
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 589, 15 Jun 2010..

Name List: Boechera pinetorum  

589. Boechera pinetorum (Tidestr.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz. Basal leaves obovate; pedicels smoothly arched in fruit, not reflexed; fruit curved, not straight. In the heavy gravel of the access road to the Robert Lane house, adjacent to sagebrush above the meadow. (37.8727,-118.8583,WGS 1984.) 6/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (UC1973716 )

Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum, Collection No. 589
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Col. No. 590, 15 Jun 2010..

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

590. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Possibly puberulent, but definitely not hairy; throat floor generally with 2 gold stripes surrounded by deeper magenta. (37.8708,-118.8548,WGS 1984) On south-facing slopes in granitic soil, among sagebrush, above the swale. Somewhat ambiguous as to var. mephiticus vs. var. nanus. 6/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (UC1973721 )

Diplacus nanus, Collection No. 590
Field Notes: Col. No. 591, 15 Jun2010..

Name List: Boechera pinetorum  

591. Boechera pinetorum (Tidestr.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz. Lower part of the meadow, above swale. (37.8708,-118.8548,WGS 1984.) Among sagebrush. 6/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1121440 , UC1973720 )
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Col. No. 592, 15 Jun 2010..

Name List: Ribes cereum var. cereum  

592. Ribes cereum Douglas var. cereum. Bract tip wide with teeth, style hairy. Between the sagebrush and the swale draining the meadow in the lower, eastern part. (37.8708,-118.8554,WGS 1984.) 6/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (UC )

Ribes cereum var. cereum, Collection No. 592

Ribes cereum var. cereum, Collection No. 592
Field Notes: 16 Jun 2010 Col. No. 593.

Name List: Ribes cereum var. cereum  

593. Ribes cereum Douglas var. cereum. Large plant, lf hairs few, glandular, style hairs present. Northwest side of the meadow. (37.8713,-118.8600,WGS 1984.) In mixed sagebrush and Jeffrey pine. 6/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973774 )

Habitat of Ribes cereum var. cereum near Sagehen Meadow.

Ribes cereum var. cereum, Collection No. 593
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 594, 16 Jun 2010..

Name List: Phacelia bicolor var. bicolor  

594. Phacelia bicolor Torr. ex S. Watson var. bicolor. North side of Sagehen Meadow. (37.8731,-118.8579,WGS 1984.) Growing in disturbed area, plants of many different sizes. 6/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973708 )

Phacelia bicolor, Collection No. 594
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 595, 16 Jun 2010..

Name List: Rumex paucifolius  

595. Rumex paucifolius S. Watson. North side of the meadow. (37.8725,-118.8587,WGS 1984) Among sagebrush. 6/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120310 , UC1973722 )

Rumex paucifolius, Collection No. 595.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 596, 16 Jun 2010..

Name List: Carex douglasii  

596. Carex douglasii Boott. North side of meadow. (37.8728,-118.8579,WGS 1984.) Found sparingly among sagebrush and forming a "turf" in open areas of granitic and volcanic sands. 6/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1121437 , UC1980424 )

Coll. No. 596, Carex douglasii

Coll. No. 596, Carex douglasii
California Highway 120: near Big Sand Flat. Field Notes: Coll. No. 598, 17 Jun 2010..

Name List: Calyptridium umbellatum  

598. Calyptridium umbellatum (Torr.) Greene. Infloresence terminal, not axial. West end of flat, on floor and adjacent slopes. (37.8667,-118.9052,WGS 1984.) 6/17/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1121948 , UC1973718 )
California Highway 120: near Big Sand Flat. Field Notes: Coll. No. 599, 17 June 2010..

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

599. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Open slopes above the west end of flat. (37.8672,-118.9060,WGS 1984) Small specimens, growing among sagebrush. Somewhat ambiguous as to var. mephiticus vs. var. nanus. 6/17/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California.

Diplacus nanus, Collection No. 599

Habitat of Diplacus nanus near Big Sand Flat.
Forest Road 1S19B (1S181), Mono County, California: at swale. Field Notes: Coll. No. 600, 17 Jun 2010..

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

600. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Above the flat on the north side, bare soil in open areas with Jeffrey pine and sagebrush. (37.8769,-118.9021,WGS 1984.) Somewhat ambiguous as to var. mephiticus vs. var. nanus. 6/17/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1973724 )
Coyote Springs Road, Mono County, California: in Bridgeport Cyn. Field Notes: Coll. No. 601, 20 Jun 2010..

Name List: Diplacus nanus  

601. Diplacus nanus (Hook. & Arn.) G.L. Nesom. Approximately 50 meters west of the stated geographic coordinates and Bridgeport Canyon Road, 0.75 miles north of Goat Ranch Cutoff Road, and 2.70 miles north from California Highway 167. (38.1095,-119.0645,WGS 1984.) On upper convex slopes, sandy soil, openings among pinyons. This collection was an attempt to relocate Jack L. Reveal and James L. Reveal #104, 6/9/1962 (UC1338583). 6/20/2010 Bridgeport Canyon, Mono County, California.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 602, 20 Jun 2010..

Name List: Calochortus leichtlinii  

602. Calochortus leichtlinii Hook. f. Slopes to southeast of Coyote Spring, 2 miles north of Goat Ranch Cutoff Road, and 4 miles north of California Highway 167. (38.1200,-119.0851,WGS 1984.) Rocky slopes, south to southwest exposure. 6/20/2010 Coyote Spring, Mono County, California. (UC1973726 )
Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: Coll. No. 603, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes  

603. Stellaria longipes Goldie ssp. longipes. In a damp area beside Dry Creek where it enters Big Sand Flat. (37.8819,-118.8852,WGS 1984) Also collected at Sagehen Meadow. 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1973727 )

Habitat of Stellaria longipes near Dry Creek.

Stellaria longipes at Dry Creek.
Forest Road 1S19B (1S181), Mono County, California: at swale. Field Notes: Coll. No. 604, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Penstemon cinicola  

604. Penstemon cinicola D. D. Keck. On the northwest margin of Big Sand Flat, on forest road 01S19B, about 1 km north of forest road 01S19, two plants here, one more seen near the end of forest road 01S19B, also collected at Sagehen Meadow. (37.8766,-118.9006,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131471 , UC1980423 )
Forest Road 1S19A, Mono County, California: at "Sand". Field Notes: Coll. No. 605, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Grayia spinosa  

605. Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. About 1.5 km north of Big Sand Flat, on the hill with a monument named "Sand." (37.8969,-118.8914,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1121590 , UC1973729 )

Male and female flowers of Grayia spinosa as collected at “Sand.”
Forest Road 1S19A, Mono County, California: at "Sand". Field Notes: Coll. No. 606, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Amelanchier utahensis  

606. Amelanchier utahensis Koehne. About 1.5 km north of Big Sand Flat, on the hill with a monument named "Sand." (37.8971,-118.8916,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1122614 , UC1973730 )

Utah Service Berry as found on the knob named “Sand.”

Habitat of Utah Service Berry near the knob named “Sand.”
Forest Road 1S19A, Mono County, California: at "Sand". Field Notes: Coll. No. 607, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Aliciella leptomeria  

607. Aliciella leptomeria (A. Gray) J.M. Porter. About 1.5 km north of Big Sand Flat, on the hill with a monument named "Sand." (37.8969,-118.8914,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973709 )
Forest Road 1S19A, Mono County, California: at "Sand". Field Notes: Coll. No. 608, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum  

608. Gayophytum diffusum Torr. & A. Gray ssp. parviflorum H. Lewis & Szweyk. About 1.5 km north of Big Sand Flat, on the hill with a monument named "Sand." (37.8969,-118.8914,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973710 )

Gaytophytum diffusum var.parviflorum, Collection No.
Forest Road 1S19A, Mono County, California: at "Sand". Field Notes: Coll. No. 609, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Phacelia bicolor var. bicolor  

609. Phacelia bicolor Torr. ex S. Watson var. bicolor. About 1.5 km north of Big Sand Flat, on the hill with a monument named "Sand." (37.8968,-118.8914,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS )

Phacelia bicolor, Collection No. 594
Forest Road 1S19A, Mono County, California: at "Sand". Field Notes: Coll. No. 610, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Mentzelia albicaulis  

610. Mentzelia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Douglas ex Torr. & A. Gray. About 1.5 km north of Big Sand Flat, on the hill with a monument named "Sand." (37.8969,-118.8913,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1121588 , UC1973731 )

Coll. No. 958, Mentzelia albicaulis
Forest Road 1S19A, Mono County, California: at "Sand". Field Notes: Coll. No. 611, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Plagiobothrys kingii var. harknessii  

611. Plagiobothrys kingii (S. Watson) A. Gray var. harknessii (Greene) Jepson. About 1.5 km north of Big Sand Flat, on the hill with a monument named "Sand." (37.8968,-118.8914,WGS 1984.) 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC2045753 , UCR262125 )

Coll No. 611, Plagiobothrys kingii var. harknessii

Comments: 2015, Coll. No. 611, 22 Jun 2010, characters observed while keying: Annual, cotyledons persistent, to 7 cm., tap-rooted, branched at base; Stems, ±equally tall; Leaves, basal rosette 0, cauline alternate; Corolla, white, limb 5 mm., appendages yellow, prominent; Nutlets, #4, light tan, ovoid, 2.6 mm. × 1.5 mm. wide, adaxially keeled above scar, scar, lateral, sessile, raised, flat without thick rim, margin prickles 0, cross-ribs irregular.

Forest Road 1S19D, Mono County, California: on the road. Field Notes: Coll. No. 613, 22 Jun 2010..

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

613. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. On top of the north rim of Big Sand Flat. Forest Road 01S19D, about 1/2 mile northeast of Forest Road 01S19 “M&R Tank Road.” (37.8799,-118.9019,WGS 1984.) Open areas among Jeffrey pine, sandy soil. Somewhat ambiguous as to var. mephiticus vs. var. nanus. 6/22/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1121587 )
California Highway 120: near Dutch. Field Notes: Coll. No. 614, 27 Jun 2010..

Name List: Astragalus casei  

614. Astragalus casei A. Gray. 0.3 miles northwest on a 4WD road that was entered from California Highway 120 0.8 miles north of Benton Crossing Road, (37.8039,-118.5795,WGS 1984) 6/27/2010 Adobe Valley, Mono County, California. (CAS1120828 , UC1980422 )

Coll. No. 614, Astragalus casei

Are the pods stipitate? I think not.

Coll. No. 614, Astragalus casei

Comments: 2011,

Tom Schweich #614

Keyed from Taylor (2010)

9' Stipules not connate into a sheath
19' Pubesence basifixed
20' Pods have a few hairs, definitely not obscuring surface
24' Pods with small stipe
25' Pods 1-chambered
32' Pods leathery and pubescent -- well, no, but neither could they be described as glabrous and inflated.
34. Stems stiffly erect -- definitely not prostrate or decumbent
............................ Astragalus casei A. Gray

Benton Crossing Road, Mono County, California: at Wildrose Cyn. Field Notes: Coll. No. 615, 27 Jun 2010..

Name List: Phacelia vallis-mortae  

615. Phacelia vallis-mortae J. W. Voss. In Wildrose Canyon, just off Benton Crossing Road, 5.4 miles by road south southwest of California Highway 120. (37.7216,-118.6029,WGS 1984.) 6/27/2010 Wildrose Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 615, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Coll. No. 615, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Coll. No. 615, Phacelia vallis-mortae

Comments: 2011,

Characters: Annual. Stem erect. Leaves, cauline compound, segments toothed. Calyx lobes entire, ±alike, generally short to long hairy. Corolla uniformly colored blue, 13 mm, 12 mm wide, generally deciduous. Some stamens exserted. Fruit ovoid to elliptic 4-5 mm. Pedicels 1.5 mm in fruit. Calyx lobes in fruit 8 mm, not dimorphic, ±straight, ±enclosing fruit, 3 mm > fruit. Seeds 2, one seed has ridge, but not grooved.

In Taylor (2010), this keys pretty much straight to P. vallis-mortae. In TJM2 and TJDM, it gets lost in the keys around P. distans and P. tanacetifolia.

Benton Crossing Road, Mono County, California: at Wildrose Cyn. Field Notes: 27 Jun 2010.

Name List: Eriastrum wilcoxii  

616. Eriastrum wilcoxii (A. Nelson) H. Mason. Near Benton Crossing Road, about 5.4 miles south of California Highway 120. (37.7216,-118.6029,WGS 1984.) 6/27/2010 Wildrose Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 616, Eriastrum diffusum

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 616, 27 June 2010, characters observed: Annual, to 10 cm.; Leaves, alternate, pinnately-lobed, lobes 5; Calyx, membrane not spout-like; Corolla, tube 6 mm. + throat 1 mm. + lobes 4 mm. × 1.8 mm. wide, lobes lavender, lobe tips > stamens; Stamens attached well below corolla sinus, unequal, exserted < ½ length of corolla lobes; Anthers exserted.

Forest Road 3S47, Mono County, California: at Owens R. Field Notes: Coll. No. 617, 27 Jun 2010.. 21 Jun 2011.

Name List: Goodmania luteola  

617. Goodmania luteola (Parry) Reveal & Ertter. In alkali flats adjacent to Forest Road 3S47, just north of Benton Crossing Road. (37.6987,-118.7615,WGS 1984.) 6/27/2010 Benton Crossing, Mono County, California. (UC1973733 )

Goodmania luteola (Parry) Reveal and Ertter

Comments: 2013, RSA voucher determined as L. argenteus var. heteranthus, M. Honer, Jul 2002. UC voucher determined as L. arbustus, Duane Isley, 1993.

Forest Road 3S47, Mono County, California: at Owens R. Field Notes: Coll. No. 617.1, 27 Jun 2010..

Name List: Cleomella parviflora  

617.1 Cleomella parviflora A. Gray. In alkali flats adjacent to Forest Road 3S47, just north of Benton Crossing Road. (37.6987,-118.7615,WGS 1984.) Single specimen, many collections of this taxon in Long Valley. 6/27/2010 Benton Crossing, Mono County, California.

Coll. No. 617.1, Cleomella parviflora
Forest Road 3S47, Mono County, California: at Owens R. Field Notes: Coll. No. 617.2, 27 Jun 2010..

Name List: Micromonolepis pusilla  

617.2 Micromonolepis pusilla (Torr. ex S. Watson) Ulbr. In alkali flats adjacent to Forest Road 3S47, just north of Benton Crossing Road. (37.6987,-118.7615,WGS 1984.) 6/27/2010 Benton Crossing, Mono County, California. (UC1980379 )

Coll. No. 617.2, Micromonolepis pusilla.
Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: at Adobe Hills Spillway. Field Notes: Coll. No. 618, 29 Jun 2010.

Name List: Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta  

618. Ipomopsis congesta (Hook.) V. E. Grant ssp. congesta. Stems reddish, leaves pinnately lobed, infloresence head-like, flowers white, stamens exserted. At the spillway of Pleistocene Lake Mono, east side of road, most common in borrow pit, occasional elsewhere nearby. (38.0585,-118.7740,WGS 1984.) Growing in fresh water sandstone, with fossil snail shells. 6/29/2010 Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC )

Coll. No. 618, Ipomopsis congesta at the Adobe Hills Spillway
Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: at Adobe Hills Spillway. Field Notes: Coll. No. 619, 29 Jun 2010.

Name List: Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus  

619. Astragalus lentiginosus Hook. var. floribundus A. Gray. Growing in the fresh water sandstone at the spillway, 16.6 miles east of US Highway 395 on California Highway 167, then 8.0 miles southeast on Dobie Meadows Road. (38.0585,-118.7740,WGS 1984.) 6/29/2010 Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California. (UC )

Collection No. 619, Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus

Collection No. 619, Astragalus lentiginosus var. floribundus

Comments: 2013, Coll. No. 619, 29 Jun 2013, characters observed: Perennial subshrub of Great Basin sagebrush desert (Mono Lake basin is in nSNE); Hairs basifixed, simple; Root crown, at ground surface; Leaves, 1-pinnate, odd-pinnate, main axis extending as a leaflet; Leaflets >> 7, typically 23, mid leaflets 5 mm. × 2.2 mm. wide, spaced 2 mm., tip rounded, sparsely hairy, green (not ashy-gray or silvery), both surfaces ±equal in appearance; Stipules, 3 mm., not connate, sheaths 0; Calyx conspicuous, base ±symmetric; Sepals, fused 3.5 mm. + free 2 mm.; Flowers, bilateral, 18-20 in a spike, not head-like; Corolla conspicuous; Petals ochroleucus (not pink-purple); Banner 8 mm. when dry; Wings 8 mm.; Keel 6 mm.; Stamens, 9 fused, 1 free; Style tip and stigma glabrous; Fruit, 12 mm. long, stipe 0, glabrous, 2-chambered; Seeds, several.

Dobie Meadows Road, Mono County, California: at Adobe Hills Spillway. Field Notes: Coll. No. 620, 29 Jun 2010..

Name List: Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii  

620. Chaenactis douglasii (Hook.) Hook. & Arn. var. douglasii. Growing in the fresh water sandstone at the spillway, 16.6 miles east of US Highway 395 on California Highway 167, then 8.0 miles southeast on Dobie Meadows Road. (38.0585,-118.7740,WGS 1984.) 6/29/2010 Adobe Hills Spillway, Mono County, California. (OBI82216 , UCR262141 )

Collection No. 620, Chaenactis douglasii

Collection No. 620, Chaenactis douglasii
Field Notes: Coll. No. 622, 29 Jun 2010.. Forest Road 058: rd jct, nw of lake.

Name List: Thelypodium crispum  

622. Thelypodium crispum Payson. Northwest side of Alkali Lake, in alkaline soils with rabbitbrush. (38.2817,-118.7633,WGS 1984.) 6/29/2010 Alkali Lake, Mineral County, Nevada. (CAS , UC1973811 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 623, 29 Jun 2010.. Forest Road 058: rd jct, nw of lake.

Name List: Goodmania luteola  

623. Goodmania luteola (Parry) Reveal & Ertter. Northwest margin of Alkali Lake, in silty alkali flat with rabbitbrush, (38.2817,-118.7632,WGS 1984.) 6/29/2010 Alkali Lake, Mineral County, Nevada. (UC1973810 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 623.1, 29 Jun 2010.. Forest Road 058: rd jct, nw of lake.

Name List: Sphaeromeria potentilloides var. nitrophila  

623.1 Sphaeromeria potentilloides (A. Gray) A. Heller var. nitrophila (Cronq.) Holmgren, Schultz & Low. Northwest margin of Alkali Lake, in silty alkali flat with rabbitbrush. (38.2817,-118.7632,WGS 1984.) 6/29/2010 Alkali Lake, Mineral County, Nevada. (UC1980378 )

Coll. No. 623.1

Leaf detail of Coll. No. 623.1, Sphaeromeria potentilloides var. nitrophila

Coll. No. 623.1

Comments: 22 Sep 2011, TAS006231 -- 22 Sep 2011

Keyed per Taylor (2010), does not appear in TJDM.

  • 1' Fls not all ligulate.
  • 2' Plants not thistle-like.
  • 3. Ray flowers absent
  • 4' Achenes lacking a pappus (achenes are immature and are likely lacking a pappus). -- Group 3.
  • 1. Staminate and pistillate flowers not in separate heads (the flowers are bisexual).
  • 4. Phyllaries in two series. (Got side-tracked here for a time.)
  • 14. Phyllary margins widely ... transparent.
  • 15' ... robust herbaceous perennials.
  • 17' Infl [not an elongate spike or raceme] ----> Sphaeromeria
  • 1' Perennial of alkaline meadows ...
  • 2' Infloresence of 1-3 heads ----> S. potentilloides var. nitrophila
Field Notes: Coll. No. 623.2, 29 Jun 2010..

Name List: Chenopodium  

623.2 Chenopodium L. Northwest margin of Alkali Lake, in silty alkali flat with rabbitbrush. (38.2817,-118.7632,WGS 1984.) Flowers, but no seed. 6/29/2010 Alkali Lake, Mineral County, Nevada.

Coll. No. 623.2

Comments: 16 Dec 2013, Coll. No. 623.2, 29 Jun 2010, characters observed: Annual, scaly or powdery, hairs 0; Stems, upper, not jointed or fleshy; Leaves, alternate, not clasping, petioled, blades 15 mm. × 4.5-5.0 mm. wide, flattened (not fleshy), 1-veined, not spine- or bristle-tipped; Flowers, pistillate, with calyx; Calyx, not winged or tubercled, appendages 0; Stamens 5; Seed, orientation unknown.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 623.3 29 Jun 2010.

Name List: Cleomella parviflora  

623.3 Cleomella parviflora A. Gray. Northwest margin of Alkali Lake, in silty alkali flat with rabbitbrush. (38.2817,-118.7632,WGS 1984.) 6/29/2010 Alkali Lake, Mineral County, Nevada. (UCR250014 )

Coll. No. 623.3

Coll. No. 623.3
Field Notes: 29 Jun 2010. Forest Road 058: rd jct, nw of lake.

Name List: Goodmania luteola  

624. Goodmania luteola (Parry) Reveal & Ertter. Northwest side of Alkali Lake, along the old road, in silty alkali soil. (38.2638,-118.7490,WGS 1984.) 6/29/2010 Alkali Lake, Mineral County, Nevada. (UC1973802 )

Collection No. 624

Collection No. 624
Field Notes: Coll. No. 625, 29 Jun 2010.. A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: Hesperochiron californicus. Forest Road 058: rd jct, sw of lake.

Name List: Hesperochiron californicus  

625. Hesperochiron californicus (Benth.) S. Watson. On the south side of Alkali Lake, where the old road breaks out of the sagebrush. (38.2659,-118.7503,WGS 1984.) Open, drying, alkaline mud flats. 6/29/2010 Alkali Lake, Mineral County, Nevada. (CAS , UC1973809 )

Hesperochiron californicus collected in Alkali Valley.
California Highway 120: at Dross Rd. Field Notes: Coll. No. 626, 2 Jul 2010..

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

626. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. Along Dross Road to the Mono County Transfer Station. (37.9048,-119.0622,WGS 1984.) Plants not hairy when first collected here on 16 June 2010, see smaller specimen, then hairy when collected 30 Jun 2010, see larger specimen. 6/30/2010 Pumice Valley, Mono County, California.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 627, 2 Jul 2010..

Name List: Purshia tridentata var. tridentata  

627. Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. var. tridentata. North edge of meadow. (37.8719,-118.8577,WGS 1984.) 7/2/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120826 , UC1973719 )

Habitat of Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata var. tridentata) in Sagehen Meadow.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 628, 2 Jul 2010..

Name List: Phlox stansburyi  

628. Phlox stansburyi (Torrey) A. A. Heller. Plants erect, branches open, not matted. North edge of meadow. (37.8716,-118.8577,WGS 1984) 7/2/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973712 )

Habitat of Phlox stansburyi in Sagehen Meadow.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll, No. 629, 2 Jul 2010..

Name List: Penstemon cinicola  

629. Penstemon cinicola D. D. Keck. Spreads by rhizomes, infloresence crowded at nodes, glabrous, corolla 7 mm, blue-purple, glabrous except hairy floor, valves spreading, staminode yellow hairy. South side of meadow, locally common at edge of meadow. (37.8702,-118.8570,WGS 1984.) 7/2/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131472 , UC1980377 )

Habitat of the Ash Penstemon (Penstemon cinicola) in Sagehen Meadow.

Flower of Penstemon cinicola.

Infloresence of Penstemon cinicola.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 630, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri  

630. Potentilla gracilis Hook. var. elmeri (Rydb.) Jeps. South side of meadow. (37.8697,-118.8565,WGS 1984.) With sagebrush. 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120829 , UC1973736 )

Habitat of Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri in Sagehen Meadow.

Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri in Sagehen Meadow.

Potentilla gracilis var. elmeri in Sagehen Meadow.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 631, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Agoseris glauca var. glauca  

631. Agoseris glauca (Pursh) Raf. var. glauca. South side of meadow. (37.8698,-118.8564,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120830 , UC )

Coll. No. 631, Agoseris glauca var. glauca, collected at Sagehen Meadow.

Coll. No. 631, Agoseris glauca var. glauca, collected at Sagehen Meadow.

Coll. No. 631, Agoseris glauca var. glauca, collected at Sagehen Meadow.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 632, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Iris missouriensis  

632. Iris missouriensis Nutt. Weed: Inyo National Forest, List: C. South side of meadow, in drier areas mixed with Artemisia cana and Carex douglasii. (37.8703,-118.8556,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120832 , UC1973739 )

Habitat of Iris missouriensis in Sagehen Meadow.

Iris missouriensis in Sagehen Meadow.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 633, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Linanthus pungens  

633. Linanthus pungens (Torr.) J. M. Porter & L. A. Johnson. South side of meadow. (37.8701,-118.8552,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120833 , UC1973711 )

Habitat of Linanthus pungens at Sagehen Meadow.

Linanthus pungens at Sagehen Meadow.
Field Notes: Coll. No. 634, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Rumex paucifolius  

634. Rumex paucifolius S. Watson. South side of meadow. (37.8704,-118.8552,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (UC1973740 )
Field Notes: Coll. No. 635, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Juncus mexicanus  

635. Juncus mexicanus Willd. South side of meadow. (37.8704,-118.8552,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1121410 , UC1980376 )

Comments: 11 Jun 2011,

TAS006350 -- 11 June 2011

  • rhizamatous
  • upper culms (maybe) compressed
  • a couple of twists visible
  • infloresence seemingly lateral, lowest bract like an extension of the stem.
  • flowers many per cluster
  • perianth bristles absent
  • floral bracts 2-ranked
  • perigynia absent
  • anthers 2 mm, filament < 0.5 mm
  • stigma 2+
  • many ovules
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 636, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes  

636. Stellaria longipes Goldie ssp. longipes. In the swale draining the meadow, southeast corner. (37.8707,-118.8552,WGS 1984) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120834 , UC1973741 )

Habitat of Stellaria longipes in Sagehen Meadow.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 637, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Erythranthe primuloides  

637. Erythranthe primuloides (Benth.) G.L. Nesom & N.S. Fraga. In the swale draining the meadow, at a log dam intended to reduce erosion. (37.8707,-118.8552,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (UC1973742 )

Erythranthe primuloides in Sagehen Meadow.

Habitat of Erythranthe primuloides in Sagehen Meadow.
Forest Road 1N02 "Sagehen Meadows Road," Mono County, California: at Sagehen Mdw. Field Notes: Coll. No. 638, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Montia chamissoi  

638. Montia chamissoi (Spreng.) Greene. In the swale draining the meadow, southeast side. (37.8707,-118.8552,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (UC1973743 )

Habit of Montia chamissoi in Sagehen Meadow.
Forest Road 1S160 (Former 1S437), Mono County, California: above Sagehen CG. Field Notes: Coll. No. 639, 5 Jul 2010..

Name List: Castilleja chromosa  

639. Castilleja chromosa A. Nelson. about 1 mile south of Sagehen Meadow Campground on Forest Road 01S160, (37.8540,-118.8585,WGS 1984.) parasitizing Linanthus pungens among bitterbrush and Jeffrey pines. 7/5/2010 Sagehen Meadow Campground, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973785 )

Habitat of Castilleja chromosa south of Sagehen Meadow.

Coll. No. 639, Castilleja chromosa
Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010 Coll No 640.

Name List: Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis  

640. Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. aquatilis. In water at the mouth of Dry Creek, where it enters Big Sand Flat, just off California Highway 120, (37.8819,-118.8853,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1121412 , UC1980375 )

Coll. No. 640, Carex aquatilis var. aquatilis

Coll. No. 640

Coll. No. 640
Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010.

Name List: Hulsea vestita ssp. vestita  

641. Hulsea vestita A. Gray ssp. vestita. Stem leafless, Leaves woolly, spoon-shaped. In very soft sandy soil near mouth of Dry Creek where it enters Big Sand Flat, and near California Highway 120. (37.8818,-118.8856,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1973786 )

Hulsea vestita with bee as seen in Big Sand Flat.

Hulsea vestita in Big Sand Flat.

Habit of Hulsea vestita in Big Sand Flat.

Coll. No. 641, Hulsea vestita
Forest Road 01S27K, Mono County, California: 74000. Field Notes: 5 Jul 2010.

Name List: Astragalus monoensis  

642. Astragalus monoensis Barneby. East end of flat on very sandy soil with sedges and lupines. (37.8876,-118.8854,WGS 1984.) 7/5/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1120836 , UC1973744 )

Astragalus monoensis in Big Sand Flat

Habitat of Astragalus monoensis in Big Sand Flat

Astragalus monoensis in Big Sand Flat

Astragalus monoensis in Big Sand Flat
Field Notes: 8 Jul 2010.

Name List: Collinsia parviflora  

643. Collinsia parviflora Lindl. In the swale draining the meadow. (37.8707,-118.8544,WGS 1984.) 7/8/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973788 )

Habit of Collinsia parviflora in Sagehen Meadow

Collinsia parviflora in Sagehen Meadow.
Field Notes: 8 Jul 2010.

Name List: Diplacus mephiticus  

644. Diplacus mephiticus (Greene) G.L. Nesom. In open areas southeast of the spring. (37.8279,-118.8711,WGS 1984.) Somewhat ambiguous as to var. mephiticus vs. var. nanus. 7/8/2010 Pilot Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1121644 , CAS1121644 )
Field Notes: 8 Jul 2010.

Name List: Phacelia bicolor var. bicolor  

645. Phacelia bicolor Torr. ex S. Watson var. bicolor. In open areas southeast of the spring. (37.8279,-118.8711,WGS 1984.) 7/8/2010 Pilot Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1973713 )
Field Notes: 8 Jul 2010.

Name List: Boechera pinetorum  

646. Boechera pinetorum (Tidestr.) Windham & Al-Shehbaz. In open areas southeast of the spring. (37.8279,-118.8711,WGS 1984.) 7/8/2010 Pilot Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1121950 , UC1973746 )
Field Notes: 8 Jul 2010.

Name List: Rumex paucifolius  

647. Rumex paucifolius S. Watson. Under Jeffrey pines southeast of the spring. (37.8280,-118.8711,WGS 1984.) 7/8/2010 Pilot Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1121624 , UC1973747 )
Field Notes: 8 Jul 2010.

Name List: Penstemon cinicola  

648. Penstemon cinicola D. D. Keck. In upper Dry Creek, where it is crossed by Forest Road 1S56, just north of Crooked Meadows. (37.8320,-118.8483,WGS 1984.) 7/8/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1131473 , UC1980374 )

Habitat of Penstemon cinicola on upper Dry Creek.
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Abronia turbinata  

649. Abronia turbinata S. Watson. On loose sand slope just south of the campground. (37.8650,-118.8610,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Sagehen Meadow Campground, Mono County, California. (CAS1121480 , UC1973748 )

Habitat of Abronia turbinata near Sagehen Meadow Campground
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Penstemon speciosus  

650. Penstemon speciosus Lindl. Uncommon, on wooded slopes west of the campground, 22 miles by road southeast of Lee Vining, Mono County, California. (37.8655,-118.8617,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Sagehen Meadow Campground, Mono County, California. (UC1980372 )

Overview of Coll. No. 650, Penstemon speciosus

Flower of Coll. No. 650, Penstemon speciosus

Comments: 18 Oct 2011,

Leaves, upper glabrous; Infloresence, axis and pedicels glabrous; Calyx 7-9 mm; Corolla, color blue, 30 mm, throat 11 mm wide; Anthers glabrous (definitely not wooly), sacs not dehiscing full length, spreading not quite 90°.

Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Salix exigua var. exigua  

651. Salix exigua Nutt. var. exigua. Along incised Dry Creek near the small meadow in the middle reaches of upper Dry Creek, i.e., above Big Sand Flat and below Crooked Meadows. (37.8532,-118.8626,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1119870 , CAS1119870 , UC1980371 )

Coll. No. 651, Salix exigua var. exigua
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Juncus orthophyllus  

652. Juncus orthophyllus Coville. Along incised Dry Creek near the small meadow in the middle reaches of upper Dry Creek, i.e., above Big Sand Flat and below Crooked Meadows. (37.8532,-118.8626,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1980370 )

Coll. No. 652, Juncus orthophyllus

Coll. No. 652, Juncus orthophyllus
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Geum macrophyllum  

653. Geum macrophyllum Willd. In the middle reaches of upper Dry Creek, i.e., above Big Sand Flat. (37.8539,-118.8634,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1973749 )
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Stellaria longipes ssp. longipes  

654. Stellaria longipes Goldie ssp. longipes. In the middle reaches of upper Dry Creek, i.e., above Big Sand Flat. (37.8539,-118.8634,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1973714 )
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum  

655. Eriogonum spergulinum A. Gray var. reddingianum (M. E. Jones) J. T. Howell. Testing In small meadow in the middle reaches of upper Dry Creek, i.e., south of Big Sand Flat, and north of Crooked Meadows, 25 km by air southeast of Lee Vining, Mono County, California. (37.8545,-118.8633,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1121736 , UC1980511 )
Forest Road 1S160B (Former 1S438), Mono County, California: at col. Locn.. Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Thalictrum sparsiflorum  

656. Thalictrum sparsiflorum Turcz. Shady areas adjacent to the creek in the middle reaches of upper Dry Creek, i.e., south of Big Sand Flat, yet north of Crooked Meadows. (37.8573,-118.8653,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1121268 , UC1980369 )

Flowers of Ranunculaceae Thalictrum sparsiflorum, collection #656

Leaf of Thalictrum sparsiflorum along Dry Creek.

Coll. No. 656, Thalictrum sparsiflorum

Coll. No. 656, Thalictrum sparsiflorum
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010 Coll. No. 657.

Name List: Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata  

657. Ipomopsis aggregata (Pursh) V. E. Grant ssp. aggregata. In cut bank of small road leaving the middle reaches of Dry Creek, i.e., south of Big Sand Flat, yet north of Crooked Meadows. (37.8575,-118.8661,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1980368 )

Coll. No. 657, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima

Coll. No. 657, Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima
Field Notes: 12 Jul 2010.

Name List: Aquilegia formosa  

658. Aquilegia formosa DC. In the streambed at Pilot Spring. (37.8266,-118.8716,WGS 1984.) 7/12/2010 Pilot Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1121269 , UC1973715 )

Habitat of Aquilegia formosa at Pilot Spring.
Field Notes: 13 Jul 2010.

Name List: Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus  

659. Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. argenteus. Perennial, no basal leaves, only cauline leaves, petioles 5-6 cm., flower spurred ± 1 mm, upper keel margin ciliate, banner back hairy. North side of meadow in sagebrush. (37.8732,-118.8582,WGS 1984.) 7/13/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1119824 , UC1973787 )

Habitat of Lupinus argenteus near Sagehen Meadow.

Detail of Collection No. 659

Flower of Collection No. 659

Overview of Collection No. 658
Field Notes: 15 Jul 2010.

Name List: Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum  

660. Eriogonum spergulinum A. Gray var. reddingianum (M. E. Jones) J. T. Howell. North of the meadow in sagebrush. (37.8729,-118.8578,WGS 1984.) 7/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120831 , UC1973689 )
Field Notes: 15 Jul 2010.

Name List: Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense  

661. Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. var. nevadense Gand. North of the meadow in sagebrush. (37.8734,-118.8579,WGS 1984.) 7/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120825 , UC1973690 )

How to distinguish between Eriogonum umbellatum var. umbellatum and var. nevadense per FNANM.

Habit of Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense near Sagehen Meadow.

Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense

Overview of Eriogonum umbellatum var. nevadense
Field Notes: 15 Jul 2010.

Name List: Stipa hymenoides  

662. Stipa hymenoides Roem. & Schult. North side of meadow among sagebrush. (37.8734,-118.8583,WGS 1984.) 7/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1119425 , UC1973691 )
Field Notes: 15 Jul 2010.

Name List: Stipa comata var. comata  

663. Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr. var. comata. North of the meadow among sagebrush. (37.8733,-118.8584,WGS 1984.) 7/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1121397 , UC1973692 )

Coll No. 663, Stipa comata

Coll No. 663, Stipa comata
Field Notes: 15 Jul 2010.

Name List: Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum  

664. Hordeum jubatum L. ssp. jubatum. North of the meadow among sagebrush. (37.8733,-118.8584,WGS 1984.) 7/15/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1121396 , UC1973693 )

Coll. No. 664, Hordeum jubatum

Coll. No. 664, Hordeum jubatum
Field Notes: 16 Jul 2010.

Name List: Symphoricarpos rotundifolius  

665. Symphoricarpos rotundifolius A. Gray. Plant erect, corolla length 6-8 m, 1½ × width of erect lobes, inside of tube hairy in lower ½. North of the meadow among sagebrush. (37.8733,-118.8579,WGS 1984.) 7/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120824 , UC1973694 )

Habitat of Symphoricarpos rotundifolius near Sagehen Meadow

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius near Sagehen Meadow

Symphoricarpos rotundifolius near Sagehen Meadow

Detail of Collection No. 665, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. rotundifolius

Overview of Collection No. 665, Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. rotundifolius
Field Notes: 16 Jul 2010.

Name List: Castilleja applegatei ssp. pinetorum  

666. Castilleja applegatei Fernald ssp. pinetorum (Fernald) T. I. Chuang & Heckard. Perennial, stem many, 40 cm, hairs not branched, not particularly glandular-sticky, leaf 25-42 mm, margin wavy, lobes 0-3, Calyx 14 mm, divided > ½ in front, < ½ in back, lobes acute. North of Sagehen Meadow among sagebrush. (37.8734,-118.8579,WGS 1984.) 7/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120823 , UC1973695 )

Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum near Sagehen Meadow.

Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum near Sagehen Meadow.

Habitat of Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum near Sagehen Meadow.

Overview of Collection No. 666, Castilleja applegatei var. pinetorum
Field Notes: 16 Jul 2010.

Name List: Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus  

667. Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. var. intermontanus N. H. Holmgren. Lf blades 16-21 mm, margin slightly rolled under. Near the top of the hill north of Sagehen Meadow. (37.8761,-118.8612,WGS 1984.) 7/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120822 , UC1973696 )

Mountain Mahogany on hills near Sagehen Meadow

Detail of Collection No. 667.

Overview of Collection No. 667.
Field Notes: 16 Jul 2010.

Name List: Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus  

668. Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. var. microphyllus (Rydb.) Jeps. Near top of hill north of Sagehen Meadow. (37.8760,-118.8613,WGS 1984) 7/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120821 , UC1973697 )

Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus) on hill above Sagehen Meadow

Flowers of Collection No. 668, Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus

Overview of Collection No. 668, Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus

Stems and leaves of Collection No. 668, Holodiscus discolor var. microphyllus
Field Notes: 16 Jul 2010.

Name List: Phacelia ramosissima  

669. Phacelia ramosissima Douglas ex Lehm. Stem hairs below infl glandular, short to long, soft, spreading (no bulb-based hairs). Upper slope of hill north of Sagehen Meadow. (37.8760,-118.8611,WGS 1984.) 7/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1120820 , UC1973773 )

Coll. No. 669, Phacelia ramosissima

Coll. No. 669, Phacelia ramosissima
Field Notes: 16 Jul 2010.

Name List: Grayia spinosa  

670. Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. Upper slopes of hill north of Sagehen Meadow. (37.8759,-118.8609,WGS 1984.) 7/16/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (UC1973772 )

Coll. No. 670, Grayia spinosa
Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Stipa occidentalis var. occidentalis  

671. Stipa occidentalis Thurb. ex S. Watson var. occidentalis. Beside Sagehen Meadows Road approximately 1/4 mile south of Sagehen Meadow. (37.8676,-118.8555,WGS 1984.) 7/22/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1133247 , UC1980373 )

Coll. No. 671, Stipa occidentalis var. occidentalis

Comments: 5 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Lemma hairy; Palea << lemma; Awn all segments hairy, lowest hairs < hairs on upper lemma.

Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Rosa woodsii ssp. ultramontana  

672. Rosa woodsii Lindl. ssp. ultramontana (S. Watson) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde. In a flat area beside Sahegen Meadows Road approximately 1/2 mile north of Sagehen Peak, (37.8593,-118.8489,WGS 1984.) 7/22/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS1131429 , UC1980367 )

Detail of Coll. No. 672, Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

Overview of Coll. No. 672, Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

Comments: 30 Oct 2011, Characters observed while keying: Shrubs large; Leaves glandless; Leaflet tip rounded (as opposed to truncate); Prickles generally terete, slender, straight or slightly curved; Sepals glandless, tips entire, persistent in fruit (Note to self: remember the ovary is inferior, so the sepals are on top of the fruit.); Petals 10-25 mm (measured 10-19 mm); Pistils 10 (observed 26±).

Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Muhlenbergia richardsonis  

673. Muhlenbergia richardsonis (Trin.) Rydb. In a flat area beside Sagehen Meadows Road about 1/2 mile north of Sagehen Peak, (37.8593,-118.8490,WGS 1984) 7/22/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS1131475 , UC1980366 )

Coll. No. 673, Muhlenbergia richardsonis

Coll. No. 673, Muhlenbergia richardsonis

Comments: 6 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial, low, 12-15 cm, terrestrial; Rhizomes creeping, subterranean internodes not swollen; Leaf blade and sheath clearly differentiated, sheath open, margin membranaceous; Ligule membranaceous, 1.5 mm; Infloresence mature clearly > leaves, 5 mm wide, much branched, to at least 2°; Spikelet similar throughout plant, many, 2.5 mm, one-flowered, cylindric, axis not extended beside floret, not subtended by bristles or hairs; Glumes 2, unequal, < 2 mm, not swollen at base, not awned or long-pointed, glabrous, not ciliate-keeled, < lemma; Lemma vein 3, glabrous, awn 0; Palea 2-veined; Stamens 3.

Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Chenopodium leptophyllum  

674. Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson. In a flat area beside Sagehen Medows Road about 1/2 mile north of Sagehen Peak, (37.8593,-118.8489,WGS 1984) 7/22/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (UC1980365 )

Overview of Coll. No. 674, Chenopodium leptophyllum
Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus  

675. Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. argenteus. On an otherwise barren sand slope about 1/3 mile north northwest of Sagehen Peak, and east of Sagehen Meadows Road. (37.8579,-118.8471,WGS 1984.) 7/22/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS1120819 , UC1980364 )

Detail of Coll. No. 675, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus

Comments: 26 Oct 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial > 1 dm, stem hairs appressed, leaves cauline, petioles 4-4.5mm, calyx spurred <= 1 mm, banner back hairy, keel upper margin ciliate distal half.

Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Streptanthus tortuosus  

676. Streptanthus tortuosus Kellogg. About 1/3 mile north northwest of Sagehen Peak, and east of Sagehen Meadows Road. (37.8579,-118.8471,WGS 1984.) Uncommon, scattered in an near pure stand of Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus on sand slopes that appear barren until mid-summer. 7/22/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS1121438 , UC1980363 )

Coll. No. 676, Streptanthus tortuosus

Coll. No. 676, Streptanthus tortuosus

Comments: 10/27/2011, Glabrous throughout, cauline leaves clasping.

Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Penstemon speciosus  

677. Penstemon speciosus Lindl. Around the edges of a barren sand slope about 1/3 mile north northwest of Sagehen Peak, and east of Sagehen Meadows Road. (37.8567,-118.8455,WGS 1984.) Common at this location, nearly finished flowering. 7/22/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1980362 )
Field Notes: 22 Jul 2010.

Name List: Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum  

678. Eriogonum microthecum Nutt. var. ambiguum (M. E. Jones) Reveal. On a dry mesa about 1/3 mile north of Sagehen Peak, and east of Sagehen Meadows Road. (37.8565,-118.8466,WGS 1984.) 7/22/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS1119871 , UC1980361 )

Habitat of Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum

Overview of Coll. No. 678, Eriogonum microthecum var. ambiguum

Comments: 10/27/2011,

27 Oct 2011: Characters observed while keying: Subshrub ± erect (not cushion-like or matted); Stems upright, not jointed; Leaves not in fascicles, 10-20 mm, slightly rolled under; Bracts scale-like (as opposed to leaf-like); Infloresence branches short, evenly branched; Involucres solitary, terminal; Perianth base not jointed with a pedicel, glabrous, yellow.

Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

Name List: Lupinus argenteus var. meionanthus  

679. Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. meionanthus (A. Gray) Barneby. Leaves cauline, flower white, banner glabrous, keel ciliate entire length. Among Jeffrey pines at the northwest base of the peak with the "Crooked" benchmark, at the end of Forest Road 1S161. (37.8505,-118.8540,WGS 1984) 7/23/2010 Sagehen Peak, Mono County, California. (CAS1131430 , UC1980360 )

End of the road.

Coll. No. 679, Lupinus argenteus var. meionanthus

Comments: 5 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 679, 5 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial, herb, = 3 dm tall (obs: 4.5-5 dm); Leaves cauline, spread along stem; Leaflets 22-38 mm, upper surface appressed hairy, not wooly; Infloresence open; Pedicels slender, 4-5 mm; Calyx spur mere bulge; Bracts persistent; Flower white, 10-11 mm; Banner base lightly hairy, back glabrous; Keel upper margin ciliate claw to tip not uniform, cilia density increases claw to tip.

Keys to Lupinus holmgrenanus in TJM1, L. gracilentus in TJM2, L. argenteus var. meionanthus in TJDM, and L. pratensis var. eriostachyus in Taylor (2010). The larger flower size of 10-11 mm is usually what gets one off track while keying. Also, the persistence of the bracts can be a problem.

Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

Name List: Juncus orthophyllus  

680. Juncus orthophyllus Coville. Streambed in upper reaches of Dry Creek, above Big Sand Flat, (37.8528,-118.8625,WGS 1984) 7/23/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1131431 , UC1980359 )

Coll. No. 680, Juncus orthophyllus

Comments: 5 Nov 2011,

Perennial > 10 dm; Stem with pith; Leaf mostly basal, blade flat, flexible, flat side oriented toward stem, sheaths open and not appendaged; Flowers in head-like clusters, 5-6 per cluster; Perianth 4-5 mm; parts <= 1.5 mm wide; Anthers basifixed; Ovary not unilocular, ovules and seeds obviously many more than locules; Stigmas 3.

In TJM1 and Taylor (2010) the few number of flowers per cluster would lead one to J. covilleii, which has been collected once in Slate Creek Valley (J. Clausen, 1839, Sep 14 1940, UC1154006). In TJM2, size of perianth and fruit would separate them. TJDM does not include J. covilleii.

Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

Name List: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium  

681. Eriophyllum lanatum (Pursh) J. Forbes var. integrifolium (Hook.) Smiley. Sandy soils among Jeffrey pines near the top of Dry Creek, near the intersection of Forest Roads 1S55 and 1S56. (37.8358,-118.8454,WGS 1984.) 7/23/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1131432 , UC1980358 )

Coll. No. 681, Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

Comments: 3 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 681, Characters observed while keying: Perennial subshrub, not thistle-like; Leaves entire to 3-(5-)lobed (not compound), margins flat; Headsradiate, > 15 mm wide including ligules (obs: 17-18 mm wide); Phyllaries 5-10 or < 15 (1 obs = 8), keeled; Receptacle naked; Flowers not all ligulate, color yellow; Ray flowers present ±8 (1 obs = 7); Achenes with a small crown-like pappus of scales.

Field Notes: Coll No 682 on 23 Jul 2010.

Name List: Calyptridium umbellatum  

682. Calyptridium umbellatum (Torr.) Greene. Uppermost portion of Dry Creek, adjacent to Forest Road 1S56 and Crooked Meadows, sandy slopes, smaller plants here. (37.8345,-118.8462,WGS 1984.) 7/23/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1980357 )

Coll. No. 682, Calyptridium umbellatum
Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

Name List: Lupinus lepidus var. confertus  

683. Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. var. confertus (Kellogg) C. P. Sm. Leaves mostly cauline, some basal, infloresence crowed, banner glabrous, keel white to dark red-purple, ciliated distal half. Uppermost portion of Dry Creek, sandy soil of volcanic cinders, adjacent to Forest Road 1S56. (37.8472,-118.9144,WGS 1984.) 7/23/2010 Dry Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1980356 )

Coll. No. 683, Lupinus lepidus var. confertus

Coll. No. 683, Lupinus lepidus var. confertus

Comments: 30 Oct 2011,

30 Oct 2011: Characters observed while keying: Perennial herb; Leaves mostly cauline, spread along stems, upper and lower surfaces hairy; Leaflets largest < 40 mm (obs: 10-12 mm); Infloresence > leaves, dense, whorls > 7 (obs: 8-10); Calyx spur 0-1 mm; Banner back glabrous, spot yellow; Keel ciliate on distal half, color white to dark red-purple.

Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

Name List: Phacelia hastata var. compacta  

684. Phacelia hastata Douglas ex Lehm. var. compacta (Brand) Cronquist. Hairs spreading more than appressed, calyx glandular at base of hairs. Small sand flat approximately 1 mile southwest of Big Sand Flat, bisected by Forest Road 1S12, also known as "Logging Camp Road." (37.8472,-118.9144,WGS 1984.) 7/23/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1980403 )

Coll. No. 684, Phacelia hastata var. compacta
Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: 23 Jul 2010.

Name List: Geum macrophyllum  

685. Geum macrophyllum Willd. Mouth of Dry Creek at northeast end of Big Sand Flat, close to California Highway 120. (37.8818,-118.8852,WGS 1984) 7/23/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131433 , UC1980402 )

Detail of Coll. No. 685, Geum macrophyllum

Comments: 30 Oct 2011,

30 Oct 2011: Characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, drying green; Flowers 3-10 (observed: 8, 10), erect; Epicalyx should be present per Taylor (2010) but unable to see; Sepals 4, green; Hypanthium shape ? (unable to observe in dried specimens), bractlets unclear (but see small appendages circled in red on detail photo); Petals present, yellow; Styles persistent, 2-9 mm (obs: 4-5 mm), tapered, hooked, bristles at base (see detail photo, conflicts with species description), not plumose.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 686.

Name List: Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii  

686. Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. var. lobbii (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchc. In flat area in the western section of uppermost Cottonwood Canyon, 0.4 mi (0.7 km) east of CA Hwy 270, 1.5 mi (2.3 km) north of Mount Biedeman, and 1.6 mi (2.6 km) southwest of Murphy Spring. (38.1729,-119.0750,WGS 1984.) 7/25/2010 Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1131434 , UC1980401 )

Mats of Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Collection No. 686 of Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Coll. No. 686, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Coll. No. 686, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Comments: 6 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 686: 6 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial, montane, <= 1 dm, matted, hairy throughout; Leaves cauline appearing basal; Infloresence dense or head-like, base sometimes <= leaves, top >= leaves; Pedicel 2 mm; Flower 7 mm; Calyx spur 0; Sepals persistent; Petals blue, persistent; Banner back glabrous, patch white with blue spots; Keel upper margin glabrous.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 687.

Name List: Crepis intermedia  

687. Crepis intermedia A. Gray. Western portion of the uppermost reaches of Cottonwood Canyon, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north northwest of Mount Biedeman, and 1.75 mi (2.8 km) south of Murphy Spring. (38.1653,-119.0582,WGS 1984.) 7/25/2010 Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1131435 , UC1980400 )

Coll. No. 687, Crepis intermedia

Comments: 7 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 687, 7 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial 6 dm tall; Leaves alternate, pinnately lobed; Infloresence a panicle with 7-19 heads; Involucre 10 mm long; Phyllaries in 2 series, 4 outer << inner, 4 inner black tipped; Receptacle naked; Flowers unable to discern color or ray vs. disk; Achenes 6, pappus of bristles.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 688.

Name List: Potentilla biennis  

688. Potentilla biennis Greene. Yellow flowers, growing with nettles. In a watercourse about 0.4 mi (0.6 km) southwest of Murphy Spring. (38.1840,-119.0586,WGS 1984.) 7/25/2010 Murphy Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131436 , UC1980398 )

Potentilla biennis, Coll #688, Bodie Hills

Coll. No. 688, Potentilla biennis

Coll. No. 688, Potentilla biennis

Comments: 7 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 688, 7 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb (not shrub), to 4 dm, without stolons; Stem some hairs weakly glandular; Leaflets 3; Petals yellow, 1.5 mm; Carpels numerous on a convex receptacle; Styles attached at tip of achene (carpel?), 0.6 mm long, widest at base, bumpy; Achene glabrous.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 689.

Name List: Horkelia fusca var. parviflora  

689. Horkelia fusca Lindl. var. parviflora (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Wawra. White flowers, growing with nettles. In a wet meadow below California Highway 270 about 0.4 mi (0.6 km) southwest of Murphy Spring. (38.1840,-119.0586,WGS 1894.) 7/25/2010 Murphy Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131437 , UC1980397 )

Horkelia fusca ssp. parviflora, Coll #689

Coll. No. 689, Horkelia fusca var. parviflora

Comments: 7 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 689, 7 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, to 3 dm; Stem glandular; Leaf pinnately compound; Leaflets 9; 5-11 mm, divided ±40% to base; Epicalyx supposedly present but I can't see it with dry specimens; Sepals 5, with subtending bractlets (?); Petals 5, white, 2 mm; Filaments flattened, 0.8 mm widebroader at base than above; Stamens 2 x 5 = 10; Anthers <= 0.5 mm; Styles 1 mm, jointed to fruit, deciduous; Fruits 1 mm; Achenes not fleshy.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 690.

Name List: Erythranthe primuloides  

690. Erythranthe primuloides (Benth.) G.L. Nesom & N.S. Fraga. At small spring and miner's cabin 0.6 mi (1 km) south southwest of Sugarloaf. (38.1795,-119.0123,WGS 1984.) 7/25/2010 Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1980396 )
Cottonwood Canyon Road: at miners cabin. Field Notes: Coll. No. 690.1.

Name List: Epilobium ciliatum  

690.1 Epilobium ciliatum Raf. At small spring and miner's cabin 0.6 mi (1 km) south southwest of Sugarloaf. (38.1795,-119.0123,WGS 1984) 7/25/2010 Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC )

Coll. No. 690.1, Epilobium ciliatum

Coll. No. 690.1, Epilobium ciliatum

Coll. No. 690.1, Epilobium ciliatum

Coll. No. 690.1, Epilobium ciliatum

Comments: 13 Nov 2013, Coll. No. 690.1, 8 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual, to 1 dm, glabrous, not tap-rooted; Leaves basal 0, cauline opposite, to 3 cm, 1 cm wide, not reduced above; Ovary inferior; Hypanthium, ±1 mm. (measured from ovary tip? to sepal base); Sepals 4, 3 mm; Petals 4, white to rose; Stamens 2 x 4 = 8, unequal; Stigma entire.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 691.

Name List: Rosa woodsii ssp. ultramontana  

691. Rosa woodsii Lindl. ssp. ultramontana (S. Watson) Roy L. Taylor & MacBryde. At small spring and miner's cabin 0.6 mi (1 km) south southwest of Sugarloaf. (38.1795,-119.0123,WGS 1894.) 7/25/2010 Cottonwood Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1980395 )

Coll. No. 691, Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana
Field Notes: 26 Jul 2010.

Name List: Arnica sororia  

692. Arnica sororia Greene. (37.8712,-118.8579,WGS 1984.) 7/26/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131465 , UC1980394 )

Arnica sororia in Sagehen Meadow.

Coll. No. 692, Arnica sororia

Coll. No. 692, Arnica sororia

Habitat of Arnica sororia in Sagehen Meadow.

Arnica sororia in Sagehen Meadow.

Coll. No. 692, Arnica sororia

Coll. No. 692, Arnica sororia
Field Notes: 26 Jul 2010.

Name List: Castilleja pilosa  

693. Castilleja pilosa (S. Watson) Rydb. North edge of meadow. (37.8713,-118.8578,WGS 1984.) 7/26/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131466 , UC1980392 )

Castilleja pilosa in Sagehen Meadow

Coll. No. 693, Castilleja pilosa
Field Notes: 26 Jul 2010.

Name List: Horkeliella congdonis  

694. Horkeliella congdonis (Rydb.) Rydb. North edge of meadow. (37.8714,-118.8579,WGS 1984.) 7/26/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131467 , UC1980393 )

Horkeliella congdonis in Sagehen Meadow

Coll. No, 694, Horkeliella congdonis
Field Notes: 1 Aug 2010.

Name List: Frasera puberulenta  

695. Frasera puberulenta Davidson. Lower flowers on plants just beginning to open. Some plants with one flower stalk, others with up to four stalks. Southern portion of Mono Craters, south of the Pumice Mine, in bare loose cinders in open areas among Jeffrey pines. Mostly north and west slopes. (37.8425,-119.0076,WGS 1984.) 8/1/2010 Mono Craters, Mono County, California. (CAS1131468 , UC1980391 )

Habit of Frasera puberulenta in the Mono Craters

Flower of Frasera puberulenta in the Mono Craters

Coll. No. 695, Frasera puberulenta

Coll. No. 695, Frasera puberulenta

Comments: 13 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 695, 13 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Plant short-lived perennial, chlorophyll, without milky sap, dying after flowering, caulescent; Leaves, simple, opposite, linear, sessile, lower clasping, narrow white margin, puberulent, 10 mm wide; Inflorescence open, distal in small cyme; Corolla regular, rotate, lobed to near base, base of sinus between corolla lobes unappendaged; Petals 4, fused at base, 1 prominent nectary pit; Stamens 4, alternate with corolla lobes; Anthers opening longitudinally; Ovary superior, chamber 1; Style 1; Stigma 2-cleft.

Field Notes: Col #696, 8 Aug 2010.

Name List: Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi  

696. Eriogonum baileyi S. Watson var. baileyi. Involucre sessile, > 1.5 mm, perianth glabrous, white. North of the meadow, near the house. (37.8730,-118.8580,WGS 1984.) Most common in disturbed areas, such as dirt piles left from construction. 8/8/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131469 , UC1980390 )

Infloresence of Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi.

Flower of Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi.

Dirt-pile Habitat of Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi near Sagehen Meadow

Coll. No. 696, Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi

Comments: 13 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 696, 13 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Annual; Stem glabrous; Leaves basal; Infloresence elongate; Involucres subtended by bracts, sessile, 2 mm, ribbed; Flowers glabrous, 1.5 mm, white to rose.

Field Notes: Coll. No. 697, 9 Aug 2011.

Name List: Chrysolepis sempervirens  

697. Chrysolepis sempervirens (Kellogg) Hjelmq. About 400 ft. south of Poole Power Station Road, 0.2 miles east of the power station, open places among boulders from scree above. (37.9436,-119.2122,WGS 1984.) 8/9/2010 11:16:22 AM Lee Vining Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1131470 , UC1980389 )

Coll. No. 697, Chrysolepis sempervirens
Field Notes: Coll. No. 698, 9 Aug 2011.

Name List: Cornus sericea ssp. sericea  

698. Cornus sericea L. ssp. sericea. No flowers, developing fruit. Alongside Poole Power Station Road, about 0.2 miles east of the power station, between the road and Lee Vining Creek. (37.9447,-119.2128,WGS 1984) 8/9/2010 11:36:11 AM Lee Vining Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1980388 )

Coll. No. 698, Cornus sericea ssp. sericea
Field Notes: Coll. No. 699, 9 Aug 2011. Glossary: pinnae.

Name List: Pellaea bridgesii  

699. Pellaea bridgesii Hook. In a rock crevice on a bedrock ridge about 0.4 miles northwest of the Aspen Campground, north side of Poole Power Station Road. (37.9412,-119.1933,WGS 1984.) 8/9/2010 12:10:17 PM Lee Vining Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1980454 )

Coll. No. 699, Pellaea bridgesii
Field Notes: Coll. No. 700, 9 Aug 2011.

Name List: Eriogonum nudum var. nudum  

700. Eriogonum nudum Douglas ex Benth. var. nudum. On a bedrock ridge about 0.4 miles northwest of the Aspen Campground, north side of Poole Power Station Road. (37.9412,-119.1933,WGS 1984) 8/9/2010 12:12:18 PM Lee Vining Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1131413 , UC1980387 )

Coll. No. 700, Eriogonum nudum

Comments: 13 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 700, 13 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying; Perennial herbaceous, erect; Leaves basal, 22-32 mm, elliptic, subglabrous above (glabrous with a few cobwebby hairs); Infloresence in cymose heads, glabrous; Tepals glabrous; Perianth base entire (not jointed).

Field Notes: Coll. No. 701, 9 Aug 2011.

Name List: Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum  

701. Eriogonum wrightii Torr. ex Benth. var. subscaposum S. Watson. On a bedrock ridge about 0.4 miles northwest of the Aspen Campground, north side of Poole Power Station Road. (37.9413,-119.1936,WGS 1984.) A very loose "mat" suggestive of a subshrub and var. wrightii. 8/9/2010 12:17:14 PM Lee Vining Canyon, Mono County, California. (UC1980399 )

Coll. No. 701, Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum
Field Notes: Coll. No. 702, 9 Aug 2011.

Name List: Penstemon rostriflorus  

702. Penstemon rostriflorus Kellogg. Rocky bank along Poole Power Station Road, about 0.5 miles west of its junction with California Highway 120. (37.9310,-119.1743,WGS 1984) 8/9/2010 12:34:33 PM Lee Vining Canyon, Mono County, California. (CAS1131414 , UC1980386 )

Coll. No. 702, Penstemon rostriflorus

Coll. No. 702, Penstemon rostriflorus

Comments: 14 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial terrestrial; Stem round; Leaves cauline, opposite; Calyx segments free; Corolla red, upper lobes not forming a beak or hood, lower lip strongly reflexed, spur 0; Stamens fertile 4, staminode 1, attached at root of corolla tube; Filament base glabrous; Anther sacs not dehiscing full length.

Field Notes: 16 Aug 2010. A Checklist Flora of the Mono Lake Basin, Mono County, California and Mineral County, Nevada.: California Geological Survey.

Name List: Cymopterus cinerarius  

703. Cymopterus cinerarius A. Gray. 1.4 miles southeast of Crater Mountain, on a small ridge of cinders. (37.8608,-118.9941,WGS 1984.) In pine needle-covered areas beneath Jeffrey pines. 8/16/2010 Mono Craters, Mono County, California. (UC1973771 )

Habitat of Cymopterus cinerarius on the Mono Craters

Coll. No. 703, Apiaceae Cymopterus cinerarius
Field Notes: 16 Aug 2010.

Name List: Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua  

704. Stephanomeria exigua Nutt. ssp. exigua. North side of meadow, near house. (37.8731,-118.8580,WGS 1984.) 8/17/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131415 , UC1980385 )

Coll. No. 704, Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua

Comments: 15 Nov 2011, I'm going with S. exigua and especially ssp. exigua on the strength of slightly glandular stems and infloresences. Should have paid attention to annual vs. perennial when I collected them.

Field Notes: 16 Aug 2010.

Name List: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus  

705. Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. ssp. viscidiflorus. North of the meadow and the house, on loose granitic sand slopes. (37.8733,-118.8580,WGS 1984.) 8/17/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131416 , UC1980384 )

Collection No. 705, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. viscidiflorus near Sagehen Meadow.

Coll. No. 705, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus

Comments: 15 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 705, 15 Nov 2011, characters observed while keyin: Perennial shrub; Stems woody at base, juice latex (?); Leaves entire, lanceolate, twisted > 360°, margin sparsely ciliate; Phyllaries 3 unequal series, tending to be aligned in vertical ranks, not transparent or scarious; Flowers all disc flowers, yellow; Achenes hairy, pappus of hairs/bristles "capillary bristles" (not ornamented).

Field Notes: Coll No 706, 17 Aug 2010.

Name List: Tetradymia canescens  

706. Tetradymia canescens DC. Near the top of the granitic hills north of the meadow. (37.8754,-118.8604,WGS 1984) In loose soil derived from granite and pumice. 8/17/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131417 , UC1980383 )

Coll. No. 706, Tetradymia canescens

Comments: 15 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 706, 15 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial woody below; Stems some sharp-pointed, 2nd+ year stems pubesence interrupted by linear glabrescent streaks (Sect. Tetradymia, incl. stenolepis, canescens, and glabrata); Leaves gray tomentose (not green glabrous), not spiny; Phyllaries 4, in one equal series, not scarious or transparent, tips not black; Flowers not ligulate, yellow; Achenes glabrous, with a pappus of bristles.

Field Notes: Col. #707.

Name List: Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa  

707. Drymocallis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rydb. var. reflexa (Greene) Ertter. In and beside the streambed at the dam, growing with the columbines. (37.8266,-118.8718,WGS 1984) 8/26/2010 Pilot Spring, Mono County, California. (CAS1131418 , UC1980382 )

Coll. No. 707, Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa

Comments: 15 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 707, 15 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, without stolons; Leaves palmate; Sepals 5, ~= petals; Petals present, 3 mm, 2 mm wide, obovate; Stamens 10-25 (obs: 23); Styles widest in middle, not warty, jointed to fruit, attached below the middle, deciduous; Achenes glabrous.

Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: Col. #708.

Name List: Symphyotrichum spathulatum  

708. Symphyotrichum spathulatum (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom. Flowers lavender. In the east end of Big Sand Flat where Dry Creek enters the flat. (37.8820,-118.8852,WGS 1984.) 8/26/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131419 , UC1980381 )

Coll. No. 708, Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum

Comments: 16 Nov 2011, Coll. No. 708, 16 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial from fibrous roots, generally < 4 dm tall (obs: 37-38 cm); Leaveslanceolate, > 7 x longer than wide (obs: 13 x longer), glabrous, without spinulose tip, basal present at flowering, mid-cauline leaves smaller than below; Peduncles 2-8 cm, non-glandular; Involucre 15 mm, non-glandular; Phyllaries in 3-4 series, graduated, outer < inner, not paper-like (chartaceous), lower margin scarious, elongate green tip 3x width, tip acute; Receptacle naked; Flowers both ray and disc; Rays conspicuous, blue/lavender; Style branches minutely glandular, not tufted hairy; Achenes with a pappus of bristles, whitish.

Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: Col. #709.

Name List: Erigeron lonchophyllus  

709. Erigeron lonchophyllus Hook. Flowers small, white. Wet area where Dry Creek enters Big Sand Flat. (37.8819,-118.8852,WGS 1984) 8/26/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (CAS1131420 , UC1980380 )

Coll. No. 709, Erigeron lonchophyllus

Comments: 16 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 709, 16 Nov 2011, Characters observed while keying: Perennial herb to 2 dm; Leaves basal and cauline, basal narrowly elliptic, petiole 2 cm, blade 5 cm, 7mm wide, cauline alternate linear; Phyllaries in 3 series, outer 1/2 x inner 2 series, scarious only on edges, purple tips; Flowers white, rays absent inconspicuous, pistillate and staminate flowers in same head, outer flowers without corollas; Achenes with a pappus of bristles,

Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: Col. #710.

Name List: Pyrrocoma racemosa var. paniculata  

710. Pyrrocoma racemosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray var. paniculata (Nutt.) Kartesz & Gandhi. Flowers yellow. Wet area where Dry Creek enters Big Sand Flat. (37.8819,-118.8853,WGS 1984) 8/26/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1980421 )

Coll. No. 710, Pyrrocoma racemosa var. paniculata

Coll. No. 710, Pyrrocoma racemosa var. paniculata

Comments: 17 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 710, 17 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb to 35 cm; Stem curved ascending, sparsely tomentose; Leaves alternate, reduced above, narrowly oblanceolate, either sessile or with winged petiole, small-serrate, glabrous; Heads 3, 15-20 mm across, racemose (not flat-topped clusters), not gummy/sticky; Pedicels 4-5 cm; Phyllaries in > 2 series, to 7 mm, white margined below, green tip 2 mm x 1 mm wide; Receptacle naked; Flowers both ray and disc, yellow; Achenes silky pubescent, with a pappus of bristles of uniform length (one series).

Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: Col. #711.

Name List: Galium trifidum var. columbianum  

711. Galium trifidum L. var. columbianum (Rydb.) Hultén. East end, wet area where Dry Creek enters Big Sand Flat. (37.8819,-118.8853,WGS 1984) 8/26/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC , UCR248638 )

Coll. No. 711, Galium trifidum var. columbianum

Coll. No. 711, Galium trifidum var. columbianum

Comments: 18 Nov 2011, Coll. No. 711, 18 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb, weak, sprawling; Stem glabrous (without prickles); Leaves 4 in a whorl, short-petioled, elliptic to obovate, thin, glabrous; Infloresence not dense (3-4 flowers); Corolla 4 3-lobed, yellow (?); Fruit 2 nutlets, smooth, hairiness like herbage (glabrous to few hairs).

Inyo National Forest Road 01S04A, Mono County, California: 10300. Field Notes: Col. #712.

Name List: Gentianopsis simplex  

712. Gentianopsis simplex (A. Gray) H. H. Iltis. East end, wet area, where Dry Creek enters Big Sand Flat. (37.8816,-118.8850,WGS 1984) Growing in a narrow zone above the Carex growing in water, and below the dry sand slopes, im a similar fashion to those at Crooked Meadows. Late blooming plants: seen late August to September. 8/26/2010 Big Sand Flat, Mono County, California. (UC1980427 )

Coll. No. 712, Gentianopsis simplex

Coll. No. 712, Gentianopsis simplex

Comments: 18 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 712, 18 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual photosynthetic herb, to 8 cm; Stems simple, to 4 cm; Internode 11 mm (compare to peduncle); Leaves cauline, opposite, sessile, simple, elliptic, 12 mm; Peduncle 19 mm (> internode); Infloresence not coiled, single-flowered; Perianth in 2 whorls (sepals and petals present); Flowers single, bisexual; Sepals 4; Corolla 2 cm, distinct tube, not bell shaped; Petals 4, connate (congenitally fused at least at base), 17 mm, blue sinuses between petals not appendaged, lobes serrate; Stamens 4, alternate, filaments fused at base, free upper half; Ovary 1, superior; Pistil 1; Stigma 2-cleft.

Field Notes: Col. #713.

Name List: Collomia linearis  

713. Collomia linearis Nutt. Finished flowering, a few withered flowers still attached. Along the dry edges of the swale draining the meadow. (37.8706,-118.8547,WGS 1984) 8/28/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131421 , UC1980420 )

Coll. No. 713, Collomia linearis

Coll. No. 713, Collomia linearis

Comments: 19 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 713, 19 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Annual; Stem simple, unbranched; Leaves linear, 20-25 mm; Calyx membrane 0, lobes growing with capsule, becoming papery with age; Corolla white, 6-9 mm;

Field Notes: Col. #714.

Name List: Lupinus lepidus var. confertus  

714. Lupinus lepidus Douglas ex Lindl. var. confertus (Kellogg) C. P. Sm. Leaves cauline, crowded at base, inflorescence crowded, whorls 6-12, banner back glabrous, keel ciliate distal half. On slopes of the swale draining the meadow. (37.8706,-118.8547,WGS 1984.) 8/28/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131422 , UC1980419 )

Comments: 20 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 714, 20 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb 25-40 cm tall; Leaves cauline, crowded at base and reduced above, appressed hairy below, hairy above; Leaflets 15-23 mm, gray green; Infloresence 4-11 cm, whorls 6-12 (obs: 6,8,9,12); Bracts persistent; Calyx spur absent; Flower 9 mm; Banner back glabrous, patch yellow, banner fading to brown while small spot remains yellow; Keel ciliate distal end.

Redetermined to var. confertus from var. ramosus because of number and density of whorls in infloresence.

Field Notes: Col. #715.

Name List: Symphyotrichum spathulatum  

715. Symphyotrichum spathulatum (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom. Cauline leaves slightly reduced, clasping, lavender ray flowers, ±40. Same as collection #708 from Big Sand Flat. Lavender On the edge of the swale draining the meadow. (37.8707,-118.8552,WGS 1984) 8/28/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131423 , UC1980418 )

Collection No. 715, Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Collection No. 715, Symphyotrichum spathulatum
Field Notes: Col. #716.

Name List: Artemisia cana ssp. bolanderi  

716. Artemisia cana Pursh ssp. bolanderi (A. Gray) G. H. Ward. On the drying edges of the wet meadow. (37.8713,-118.8577,WGS 1984) 8/28/2010 Sagehen Meadow, Mono County, California. (CAS1131424 , UC1980417 )

Coll. No. 716, Artemisia cana var. bolanderi

Comments: 20 Nov 2011,

Coll. No. 715, 20 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Subshrub woody at base, 30-35 cm tall, unarmed; Leaves linear, entire, 15 mm, < 2 mm wide; Heads erect, 3 mm dia. (less than 5 mm per TJM1, 2, & D).

Rush Creek Delta Trail, East, Mono County, California: in delta. Field Notes: Col. #717.

Name List: Heliotropium curassavicum  

717. Heliotropium curassavicum L. On a former strand of Mono Lake in the Rush Creek delta, 0.7 mi downstream from Test Station Road. (37.9553,-119.0516,WGS 1984) 8/30/2010 Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. (CAS1131425 , UC1980416 )

Flowers of Heliotropium curassavicum on the Rush Creek delta.

Succulent leaves of Heliotropium curassavicum

Appearance of Heliotropium curassavicum on the Rush Creek delta.

Coll. No. 717, Heliotropium curassavicum

Coll. No. 717, Heliotropium curassavicum
Field Notes: 30 Aug 11, Coll No 717.1.

Name List: Berula erecta  

717.1 Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville. On a former strand of Mono Lake in the Rush Creek delta, 1 km downstream from Test Station Road, 6 km by air east of Lee Vining, Mono County, California. (37.9553,-119.0516,WGS 1984.) 8/30/2010 Rush Creek delta, Mono County, California. (UC1980415 )

Infloresence of Coll. No. 717.1, Berula erecta

Overview of Coll. No. 717.1, Berula erecta
Field Notes: Col. #718.

Name List: Mentha arvensis  

718. Mentha arvensis L. On the wet banks of Rush Creek, 2.7 mi. downstream from US Highway 395 and 1.6 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9261,-119.0680,WGS 1984.) 8/30/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1131426 , UC1980414 )

Coll. No. 718, Mentha arvensis

Comments: 20 Nov,

Coll. No. 718, 20 Nov 2011, characters observed while keying: Perennial herb; Stem erect; Internodes visible; Leaves ±equal in size upward; Infloresence axillary clusters distributed along stem; Calyx 5-lobed, radially symmetrical, lobes and tips equally hairy; Flowers radial, 3 mm; Stamens exserted, fertile 4; Style exserted.

Field Notes: Col. #719.

Name List: Mimetanthe pilosa  

719. Mimetanthe pilosa (Benth.) Greene. Sandy areas on recently flooded banks of Rush Creek, 2.7 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 1.6 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9262,-119.0677,WGS 1984.) 8/30/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1131427 , UC1980413 )

Coll. No. 719, Mimetanthe pilosus
Field Notes: Coll. No. 719.1.

Name List: Gnaphalium palustre  

719.1 Gnaphalium palustre Nutt. Sandy areas on recently flooded banks of Rush Creek, 2.7 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 1.6 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9262,-119.0677,WGS 1984.) Found in a collection of Mimulus pilosa from this location. 8/30/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California.

Coll. No. 719.1, Gnaphalium palustre
Field Notes: Col. #720.

Name List: Tetradymia tetrameres  

720. Tetradymia tetrameres (S. F. Blake) Strother. Past flowering. On stabilized dunes, north side of California Highway 167, 4.2 miles east of US Highway 395. (38.0649,-119.0936,WGS 1984) 8/30/2010 Mono Dunes, Mono County, California. (CAS1121622 , UC1980412 )

Habitat of Tetradymia tetrameres north of Mono Lake.

Habitat of Tetradymia tetrameres north of Mono Lake.

Habit of Tetradymia tetrameres north of Mono Lake.

Overview of Coll. No. 720, Tetradymia tetrameres
Field Notes: Col. #721.

Name List: Atriplex canescens var. canescens  

721. Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. var. canescens. In stabilized dunes on the south side of California Highway 167, 4.2 miles east of US Highway 395. (38.0646,-119.0935,WGS 1984.) Only one shrub seen, about 5 meters south of the highway. 8/30/2010 Mono Dunes, Mono County, California. (CAS1121739 , UC1980411 )

Detail of Coll. No. 721, Atriplex canescens var. canescens

Overview of Coll. No. 721, Atriplex canescens var. canescens

Comments: 19 Oct 2011,

Shrub 1 m; Twigs 30 cm, 2 mm wide at base to 1 mm wide at tip; Leaves (mature primary) 28-35 mm, 5-7 mm wide, (smallest) 12-15 mm, 2 mm wide; Bracts 8-9 mm, 5 mm wide, entire to dentate (not deeply sharp-dentate).

Field Notes: Col. #722.

Name List: Chenopodium leptophyllum  

722. Chenopodium leptophyllum (Moq.) Nutt. ex S. Watson. In openings of seasonal wetlands, 2.3 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 2.0 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9211,-119.0743,WGS 1984.) 9/1/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1980410 )

Habitat of Collection No. 722 Chenopodium

Detail of Coll. No. 722, Chenopodium leptophyllum

Overview of Coll. No. 722, Chenopodium leptophyllum
Field Notes: Col. #723.

Name List: Shepherdia argentea  

723. Shepherdia argentea Nutt. Among willows between the creek and the sagebrush, 3.2 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 1.1 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9336,-119.0678,WGS 1984.) 9/1/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1120308 , UC1980409 )

Habitat of Buffalo Berry (Shepherdia argentea) along Rush Creek.

Detail of Coll. No. 723, Shepherdia argentea
Field Notes: Col. #724.

Name List: Symphyotrichum spathulatum  

724. Symphyotrichum spathulatum (Lindl.) G. L. Nesom. Perennial from fibrous roots and rhizomes. On the bank of Rush Creek, 3.2 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 1.1 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9333,-119.0667,WGS 1984.) 9/1/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS1131428 , UC1980408 )

Coll. No. 724, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium

Coll. No. 724, Symphyotrichum spathulatum

Comments: 25 Oct 2012, Coll. No. 724, 1 Sep 2010, Characters observed while keying this collection: Perennial from fibrous roots and rhizomes, not thistle-like; generally > 4 dm tall (observed 3.5-4.5 dm); Stem pubesence uniform and sparse; Leaves basal withered at flowering, altho' formerly larger than cauline leaves, without spinulose tip; Peduncle not glandular; Involucre not glandular; Receptacle naked; Phyllaries in multiple series, could be >3; Outer phyllaries not chartaceous (paper-like) but could have scarious margins to half their length, elongate green area at tip, tip acuminate; Flowers not all ligulate; Ray flowers conspicuous, color violet or purple; Disk flowers style branches not tipped with tufted yellow hairs; Achenes with pappus of hairs.

Originally guessed to be Erigeron philadelphicus, but in Taylor's (2010) key, phyllaries in multiple series leds one away from Erigeron. Then I got lost in Symphyotrichum over the question of what basal leaves "present at flowering" means relative to "withered." This led me into S. lanceolatum. With the help of John Strother, I came to see that even though the basal leaves were withered, they were clearly formerly larger than the cauline leaves. This put me on a different path leading, eventually, to S. spathulatum.

Field Notes: Col. #725.

Name List: Eriastrum wilcoxii  

725. Eriastrum wilcoxii (A. Nelson) H. Mason. On drying formerly flooded sandy banks of Rush Creek, 2.8 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 1.5 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9265,-119.0676,WGS 1984.) Many insects embedded in this collection. 9/1/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (CAS , UC1980407 )

Coll. No. 725, Eriastrum wilcoxii

Coll. No. 725, Eriastrum wilcoxii
Field Notes: Col. #726.

Name List: Tiquilia nuttallii  

726. Tiquilia nuttallii (Hook.) A. T. Richardson. On formerly flooded and now drying sandy banks of Rush Creek, 2.8 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 1.5 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9265,-119.0676,WGS 1984.) 9/1/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1980406 )

Coll. No. 726, Tiquilia nuttallii

Coll. No. 726, Tiquilia nuttallii
Field Notes: Col. #727.

Name List: Cyperus squarrosus  

727. Cyperus squarrosus L. On formerly flooded and now drying sandy banks of Rush Creek, 2.8 mi. downstream from US Highway 395, and 1.5 mi. upstream from Test Station Road. (37.9265,-119.0676,WGS 1984.) 9/1/2010 Rush Creek, Mono County, California. (UC1980405 )

Collection No. 727, Cyperus squarrosus L. Bearded Flatsedge.

Coll. No. 727, Cyperus squarrosus

Coll. No. 727, Cyperus squarrosus

Comments: 10/24/2011,

Characters observed while keying this collection: Monocot; Perianth without petal-like parts, bristles absent; Flowers borne concealed within axils of stramineous (chaff-like or husk-like) bracts; Floral bracts 2-ranked, 5-11-veined (observed: 7), tip recurved; Perigynia absent; Ovary unilocular; Styles 3; Seed widest near top.

Field Notes: Col. #728.

Name List: Gentianopsis simplex  

728. Gentianopsis simplex (A. Gray) H. H. Iltis. On the short grass margin of watercourses in Crooked Meadows. (37.8222,-118.8442,WGS 1984.) 9/2/2010 Crooked Meadows, Mono County, California. (UC1980404 )