Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
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Here are the pictures from the trip to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden for plant taxonomy class. All the plants at this garden are California native. I’m too lazy to describe the place (maybe some other time) so here are some of the plants I was able to capture. You’ll notice some of the pictures came out fugly and/or don’t have names. Sorry. I tried. If you find any errors, please let me know. If you want to view a bigger version of the picture, just click on it. Have fun keying them out!
Prunus fremontii – Desert Apricot – Rose Family – Rosaceae
Encelia californica – California Encelia – Sunflower Family – Asteraceae
Lycium brevipes – Potato Family – Solanaceae
Justicia californica – Chuparosa – Acanthus Family – Acanthaceae
Encelia farinosa – Brittle Bush – Sunflower Family – Asteraceae
Prunus andersonii – Desert Peach – Rose Family – Rosaceae
Layia platyglossa – Tidy Tips
Nemophilia menziessii – Baby Blue Eyes
Phacelia campanularia – Desert Bluebells
Oenothera eleta – Hooker’s Evening Primrose
Salvia mellifera - Black Sage – Mint Family – Lamiaceae
Berberis nevinii – Nevin’s barberry – Barberry Family – Berberidaceae
Arctostaphylos pumila – Sandmat Manzanita – Heath Family – Ericaceae
Umbellularia californica - California Bay – Laurel Family – Lauraceae
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleiifolius - Fern-leaved Iron Wood – Rose Family – Rosaceae
Dudleya edulis – Live-forever – Stonecrop Family – Crassulaceae
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Ribes viburnifolium – Evergreen Current – Current Family – Grossulariaceae
Cercocarpus traskiae – Catalina Mountain-mahogany – Rose Family – Rosaceae
Cercis occidentalis – Western Redbud – Pea Family
Ceanothus cuneatus var. fasicularis - California Lilac – Buckthorn Family – Rhamnaceae
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Sisyrinchium bellum – Blue-eyed Grass – Iris Family – Iridaceae
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August 14th, 2008 at
I’m certain that last photo of the palmate leaf, yellow/brown flowered plant is the monkey-hand tree, Chironthodendron pentyladacta, formerly Bombacaceae, now Malvaceae. It has nectar that tastes like roasted hazelnuts, delicious!
The blue-flowered, leathery leaved plant two above that is Deerbrush, Ceanothus sp., whose flowers make a great soap when you rub them with water.
Above that is California poppy, the state flower
above that is a mallow, probably Malva sp. or Hibiscus sp.
The last unknown, light-blue flowers above the Ribes is a forget-me-not in the Boraginaceae, that I often see in the California hills, not sure of the species, but looks a lot like this: http://www.photosforsouls.com/images/Nature2/Forget%20me%20nots…never%20leave%20you.jpg
February 11th, 2009 at
My gosh these flowers are so pretty! Your pictures look great especially ones focused on the flowers with blurred backgrounds.