California Desert Flowers: An Introduction to Families, Genera, and Species
This easy-to-use guide to the most visible families of California desert flowers includes family and genus keys, color photographs of nearly 300 species, and a wealth of diagrams. Created as a primer on identification to family and genus, California Desert Flowers takes readers to a new level of understanding and appreciation of wildflower relationships and their habitats and adaptations.
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"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
Acanthaceae : acanthus family19Asclepiadaceae : milkweed family23Asteraceae (compositae) : sunflower family29Bignoniaceae : bignonia or catalpa family81Boraginaceae : borage family85Brassicaceae (cruciferae) : mustard family93Cactaceae : cactus family109Capparaceae : caper family119Cucurbitaceae : gourd or cucumber family125Fabaceae (leguminosae) : legume or bean or pea family131Fouquieriaceae : ocotillo family151Hydrophyllaceae : waterleaf family155Krameriaceae : rhatany family165Lamiaceae (labiatae) : mint family169Liliaceae : lily family177Loasaceae : loasa or blazing star family189Malvaceae : mallow family197Nyctaginaceae : four o'clock family203Onagraceae : evening primrose family211Papaveraceae : poppy family221Rosaceae : rose family227Scrophulariaceae : figwort family241Solanaceae : nightshade or potato family253Zygophyllaceae : caltrop family263
