California Desert Flowers: An Introduction to Families, Genera, and Species"I am impressed with the attractive format, the excellent color photographs, and the simplified, workable keys to family and genus."--Edwin A. Phillips, Emeritus Professor of Botany, Pomona College and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden "These fine photographs and clear explanations of plant families, genera, and species will entice the amateur botanist lucky enough to be exploring the California deserts and their wildflowers."--David M. Gates, Professor Emeritus of Biology and former Director, Biological Station, University of Michigan "This beautifully conceived book not only provides an outstanding introduction to the magnificent wildflowers that carpet California's deserts in years with sufficient rainfall, it does so in a way that skillfully introduces users to plant families and genera and thus gives them a foundation of understanding plants wherever they find them."--Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden "[This] is an easy-to-use work that can serve equally well as a stand-alone guide to a casual day trip or, for more advanced botanists, as a practical companion to the Jepson Manual."--John N. Trager, Curator of Desert Collections, Huntington Botanical Gardens |
Contents
ACANTHACEAE | 19 |
BIGNONIACEAE | 81 |
CACTACEAE | 109 |
CUCURBITACEAE | 125 |
FOUQUIERIACEAE | 151 |
KRAMERIACEAE | 165 |
LOASACEAE | 189 |
NYCTAGINACEAE | 203 |
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS | 271 |
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Common terms and phrases
annuals anthers Asteraceae attached basal base beans bilateral symmetry Boraginaceae botanist bracts branches Brassicaceae bristles cactus California California Desert Genera calyx Camissonia Capparaceae chaff clusters cm long color common name corolla corolla tube Corollas white Corollas yellow Cryptantha deeply lobed dense desert mountains desert species disk flowers distinctive elevations Fabaceae Family filaments five four fruits fused genus genus name glands glandular grow habitats hairs hairy Hydrophyllaceae hypanthium Krameria Lamiaceae Latin lavender leaflets ligules Liliaceae look magenta mature Mentzelia Mojave Desert narrow native nonnative North America numerous nutlets Nyctaginaceae oval ovary pairs pappus perennials perianth petal-like petals Phacelia Phyllaries pink pistils plants pollen purple radial symmetry rarely Ray corollas ray flowers Rosaceae sandy seeds sepals shape shrubs similar single Solanaceae sometimes Sonoran Desert specific epithet spines spiny spreading stalk stamens stems stigma style subshrubs superior ovary tall tiny tips toothed trees tubular usually woody yellow flowers
References to this book
Calochortus: Mariposa Lilies & Their Relatives Mary E. Gerritsen,Ron Parsons No preview available - 2007 |