Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Search  Wildflowers   Travertine Wash   Palo Verde Wash   Smoke Tree Wash   S. Palm Wash   Hawk Can   Butler Can   Raven Can   Henderson Can   Alma Can   Plants     Hwy S-2 Part I     Coyote Creek 1     Coyote Creek 2     Coyote Creek 3     Coyote Creek 4     Coyote Creek 5     Desert Wildflower Index     Highway S-2: Scissors Crossing To Ocotillo (Part II)      Highway S-2 Part I   © W.P. Armstrong 5 May 2010 Cactaceae: Echinocereus engelmanii (Hedgehog Cactus) Cactaceae: Cylindropuntia ganderi var. ganderi (Gander's Cholla) This well-dusted beetle is the ornate checkered beetle (Trichodes ornatus) of the family Cleridae. Cactaceae: Cylindropuntia wolfii (Wolf's Cholla) Phrymaceae: Mimulus brevipes (Hillside Monkey Flower) Nyctaginaceae: Boerhavea coccinea (Scarlet Ringstem) Nyctaginaceae: Allionia incarnata var. villosa (Trailing Windmills) Fabaceae: Astragalus palmeri (Palmer's Locoweed)   See Other Anza-Borrego Locoweeds   Fabaceae: Lupinus sp. cf. L. sparsiflorus (Lupine) A low-growing annual lupine from canyon south of Ocotillo. Boraginaceae: Plagiobothrys arizonicus (Arizona Popcornflower) Polygonaceae: Chorizanthe fimbriata var. laciniata (Laciniate Spineflower) Asteraceae: Brickellia frutescens (Rigid Bricklebush) Asteraceae: Psathyrotes ramosissima (Velvet Rosettes) Crassulaceae: Dudleya arizonica (Arizona Chalk Dudleya Zygophyllaceae: Fagonia laevis (California Fagonia) Lennoaceae: Pholisma arenarium (Sand Plant)   More Images of Pholisma: Sand Food & Sand Plant   Return To WAYNE'S WORD Home Page Return To NOTEWORTHY PLANTS Page Go To Biology GEE WHIZ TRIVIA Page Go To The LEMNACEAE ON-LINE Page All text material & images on these pages copyright © W.P. Armstrong