Telescope Peak Trail (and road from charcoal kilns) 7-12-97
Pteridaceae (brake fern family)
 Pellaea
  • breweri brewer's cliff-brake

    Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
     Artemisia sagebrush
  • dracunculus tarragon
  • nova? black sagebrush
  • tridentata great-basin/big sagebrush
    Chaenactis pincushion
  • douglasii var. douglasii (C. d. rubricaulis) dusty maidens, red-stemed pincushion
    Chrysothamnus rabbitbrush
  • nauseosus ssp. mohavensis rubber/gray rabbitbrush
  • viscidiflorus curly-leaved rabbitbrush
    Gutierrezia matchweed, snakeweed
  • sarothrae matchweed
    Heliomeris golden-eye
  • multiflora var. nevadensis (Viguiera m. n.)
    Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
  • flaccidus var. monoensis (S. douglasii var. m.)
    Sphaeromeria (Tanacetum) tansy
  • cana (Tanacetum canum) grey tansy
    Stephanomeria
  • spinosa (Lygodesmia s.) thorny skeleton plant
    Tetradymia cotton-thorn, horse brush
  • canescens spineless horsebrush

    Cactaceae (cactus family)
     Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
  • erinacea var. erinacea old-man cactus

    Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
     Sambucus elderberry
  • mexicana (S. caerulea) blue elderberry
    Symphoricarpos waxberry, snowberry
  • longiflorus fragrant/desert snowberry

    Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
     Silene catchfly, campion
  • verecunda ssp. andersonii

    Cupressaceae (cypress family)
     Juniperus juniper
  • californica California juniper

    Ephedraceae (ephedra family)
     Ephedra mormon/mexican/desert tea
  • viridis green ephedra

    Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
     Astragalus milkvetch, rattleweed, locoweed
  • gilmanii
  • lentiginosus? freckled milkvetch
    Lupinus lupine
  • alpestris (hybrid population?) alpine lupine
  • magnificus (no vars)? Panamint Mts. lupine

    Grossulariaceae (Saxifragaceae) (gooseberry family)
     Ribes current, gooseberry
  • montigenum mountain gooseberry
  • velutinum plateau gooseberry

    Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
     Salvia
  • dorrii var. dorrii (S. d. ssp. argentea) grey-ball sage, great basin blue sage

    Liliaceae (lily family)
     Calochortus mariposa lily
  • panamintensis (C. nuttallii p.) panamint mariposa lily

    Linaceae (flax family)
     Linum flax
  • lewisii western blue flax

    Onagraceae (evening-primrose family)
     Gayophytum
  • sp.
    Oenothera evening primrose
  • caespitosa ssp. crinita limestone evening primrose
  • caespitosa ssp. marginata fragrant evening primrose

    Papaveraceae (poppy family)
     Argemone prickly poppy
  • munita (no vars) chicalote

    Pinaceae (pine family)
     Pinus pine
  • flexilis limber pine
  • longaeva bristlecone pine
  • monophylla singleleaf pinyon pine

    Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
     Allophyllum
  • gilioides ssp. violaceum (A. v.)
    Gilia
  • sp.
    Ipomopsis scarlet gilia
  • arizonica (I. aggregata ssp. a)
    Leptodactylon
  • pungens (no vars) granite gilia, prickly-phlox
    Phlox
  • stansburyi (P. longifolia, P. viridis)

    Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
     Eriogonum wild buckwheat
  • deflexum var. deflexum flat-topped/skeleton buckwheat
  • eremicola Wildrose canyon buckwheat
  • microthecum var. simpsonii great basin buckwheat
  • panamintense
  • umbellatum sulfur flower

    Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family)
     Ceanothus California-lilac
  • cordulatus snowbush, mountain whitethorn

    Rosaceae (rose family)
     Cercocarpus mountain-mahogany
  • ledifolius var. intermontanus
    Chamaebatiaria fern bush, desert sweet
  • millefolium
    Holodiscus
  • microphyllus var. microphyllus rock spiraea, creambush
    Purshia antelope bush
  • mexicana var. stansburyana (Cowania m. s.) cliff-rose

    Rubiaceae (madder family)
     Galium bedstraw, cleavers
  • hilendiae ssp. carneum? panamint mountains bedstraw

    Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family)
     Heuchera alumroot
  • sp.

    Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
     Castilleja indian paintbrush
  • angustifolia (C. chromosa, martinii) desert paintbrush
    Keckiella
  • rothrockii var. rothrockii
    Mimulus monkeyflower
  • bigelovii var. cuspidatus (M. b. panamintensis) panamint monkeyflower
    Penstemon beard-tongue
  • rostriflorus (P. bridgesii)
    Scrophularia figwort
  • desertorum

    Viscaceae (Loranthaceae) (mistletoe family)
     Arceuthobium dwarf mistletoe
  • divaricatum pinyon dwarf mistletoe
    Phoradendron mistletoe
  • densum (P. bolleanum d.) juniper/dense mistletoe
  • juniperinum juniper mistletoe

    number of families = 23
    number of genera = 46
    number of species, subspecies and varieties = 60