Plant Check List for Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, United States.

Edited by Tom Schweich

This list is assembled from personal collections, herbarium vouchers, and published lists.In particular, much of the data is provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria (http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/).

For a complete list of Locations included in this Area List, see the Locations Included section, below.

This page is highly summarized. For detail about the distribution of plants, please see: Detailed Area List for Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, United States.

For a summary of distribution information, with photographs and online queries, please see: Area List for Mesquite Mountains, San Bernardino County, United States.

Amaranthaceae
[ ] Grayia spinosa (Hook.) Moq. Spiny Hop Sage.
[ ] Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A. D. J. Meeuse & Smit. Winter Fat.

Asteraceae
[ ] Ambrosia eriocentra (A. Gray) Payne. Wooly Bur-Sage.
[ ] Eriophyllum wallacei (A. Gray) A. Gray. Woolly Wasterbonnets.
[ ] Hymenoclea salsola A. Gray. Cheese Bush.
[ ] Porophyllum gracile Benth. Odora.
[ ] Undetermined . Asteraceae Family.

Bignoniaceae
[ ] Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet ssp. arcuata (Fosb.) Henrickson. Desert Willow.

Boraginaceae
[ ] Nama demissum A. Gray var. demissum. Desert Purple Mat.
[ ] Pectocarya platycarpa (Munz & I.M. Johnst.) Munz & I.M. Johnst. Broad-Fruited Combseed.
[ ] Phacelia crenulata Torrey var. crenulata. Cleftleaf Wildheliotrope.
[ ] Tiquilia canescens (DC.) A. T. Richardson var. canescens. Woody Crinklemat.

Cactaceae
[ ] Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orc. Barrel Cactus.
[ ] Mammillaria tetrancistra Engelm. Foxtail Cactus.
[ ] Opuntia acanthocarpa Engelm. & J. Bigelow var. coloradensis L. Benson. Buckhorn Cholla.
[ ] Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & J. Bigelow. Beavertail Cactus.

Caryophyllaceae
[ ] Achyronychia cooperi Torrey & A. Gray. Frost Mat.
[ ] Arenaria macradenia S. Watson. (=Eremogone macradenia (S. Watson) Ikonn.) Desert Sandwort.

Celastraceae
[ ] Mortonia utahensis (Trel.) Nelson. Utah Mortonia.

Euphorbiaceae
[ ] Chamaesyce albomarginata (Torrey & A. Gray) Small. Rattlesnake Weed.

Krameriaceae
[ ] Krameria erecta Schultes. Pima Rhatany.

Lamiaceae (Labiatae)
[ ] Salazaria mexicana Torrey. Mexican Bladder Sage.
[ ] Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams ssp. pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. (Syn: Ramona pilosa (A. Gray) Abrams ) Purple Sage.
[ ] Salvia mohavensis E. Greene. Mohave Sage.

Loasaceae
[ ] Eucnide urens (A. Gray) C. Parry. Rock Nettle.

Malvaceae
[ ] Sphaeralcea ambigua A. Gray. Apricot Mallow.

Nyctaginaceae
[ ] Allionia incarnata L. Windmills.
[ ] Mirabilis laevis (Benth.) Curran var. villosa (Kellogg) Spellenb. (Syn: Mirabilis bigelovii A. Gray var. bigelovii ) Wishbone Bush.

Oleaceae
[ ] Menodora spinescens A. Gray. Spiny Desert Olive.

Onagraceae
[ ] Camissonia brevipes (A. Gray) Raven ssp. brevipes. Yellow Cup.

Phrymaceae
[ ] Mimulus bigelovii (A. Gray) A. Gray var. bigelovii. Bigelow's Monkeyflower.

Plantaginaceae
[ ] Plantago ovata Forsskal. Desert Indian-Wheat.

Polemoniaceae
[ ] Langloisia setosissima (Cov.) S. Timbrook ssp. punctata. Lilac Sunbonnet.
[ ] Linanthus demissus (A. Gray) E. Greene. Desert Snow.

Polygonaceae
[ ] Chorizanthe rigida (Torrey) Torrey & A. Gray. Spiny Herb.
[ ] Eriogonum inflatum Torrey & Fremont. Desert Trumpet.
[ ] Undetermined . Buckwheat Family.

Rosaceae
[ ] Coleogyne ramosissima Torrey. Blackbrush.

Scrophulariaceae
[ ] Penstemon palmeri A. Gray ssp. palmeri. Wild Pink Snapdragon.
[ ] Undetermined . Unknown Scroph.

Solanaceae
[ ] Lycium cooperi A. Gray. Peach Thorn.
[ ] Physalis hederifolia A. Gray. Ivy-Leaved Groung Cherry.

Undet.
[ ] Undet. . Unknown.

Viscaceae
[ ] Phoradendron californicum Nutt. Desert Mistletoe.

Zygophyllaceae
[ ] Larrea tridentata (DC) Cov. Creosote Bush.

Agavaceae
[ ] Yucca brevifolia Engelm. Joshua Tree.
[ ] Yucca schidigera K. E. Ortgies. Mohave Yucca.

Locations Included in This Area

• Mesquite Mountains.
• Winters Pass.