desert star, Monoptilon bellioides	List of Species in Bloom on 2 January 2012 in Mecca Hills, Riverside County	hairy desert-sunflower, Geraea canescens
Pictures taken on 2 January 2012 in lowermost Box Canyon immediately east of the Coachella Valley Aqueduct.

This is a list of the 50 species found to be in bloom in lowermost Box Canyon, immediately east of the Aqueduct, on 2 January 2012, presumably from good rain in October 2011, along with our best estimate of the number of plants in bloom for each species. For more information about this survey, and the flora of this area, see Flora of Mecca Hills.

The Checklist is sorted first by category - dicots, monocots, and ferns - and then by family and scientific name. The Family and Scientific Name are from the Jepson Manual 1993 First Edition.

#	FAM	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name	#Pls in Fl
1	Amaranthaceae	Tidestromia oblongifolia	Arizona honeysweet	1
2	Asteraceae	Ambrosia dumosa	burroweed	2
3	Asteraceae	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	2
4	Asteraceae	Encelia farinosa	brittlebush	3
5	Asteraceae	Geraea canescens	hairy desert-sunflower	10
6	Asteraceae	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star	1
7	Asteraceae	Palafoxia arida var. arida	desert needle	50
8	Asteraceae	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	15
9	Asteraceae	Viguiera parishii	Parish's viguiera	1
10	Boraginaceae	Cryptantha angustifolia	narrow-leaved cryptantha	99
11	Boraginaceae	Cryptantha maritima	Guadalupe cryptantha	5
12	Brassicaceae	Brassica tournefortii	*Asian mustard	25
13	Brassicaceae	Lepidium lasiocarpum var. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass	1
14	Brassicaceae	Sisymbrium irio	*London rocket	3
15	Caryophyllaceae	Achyronychia cooperi	frost mat	50
16	Chenopodiaceae	Chenopodium murale	*nettle-leaved goosefoot	10
17	Cucurbitaceae	Brandegea bigelovii	desert star-vine	15
18	Euphorbiaceae	Chamaesyce polycarpa	small-seeded spurge	20
19	Euphorbiaceae	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge	25
20	Euphorbiaceae	Ditaxis californica	California ditaxis	1
21	Euphorbiaceae	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	10
22	Euphorbiaceae	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge	1
23	Fabaceae	Caesalpinia virgata	wand holdback	3
24	Fabaceae	Dalea mollis	silky dalea	5
25	Fabaceae	Lotus strigosus	strigose lotus	3
26	Fabaceae	Lupinus arizonicus	Arizona lupine	99
27	Fabaceae	Marina parryi	Parry's marina	1
28	Fabaceae	Psorothamnus emoryi	Emory's indigo-bush	3
29	Fabaceae	Psorothamnus schottii	indigo bush	1
30	Geraniaceae	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree	1
31	Hydrophyllaceae	Phacelia crenulata var. ambigua	heliotrope phacelia	2
32	Hydrophyllaceae	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	1
33	Lamiaceae	Salvia columbariae	chia	2
34	Nyctaginaceae	Abronia villosa var. villosa	hairy sand-verbena	15
35	Nyctaginaceae	Allionia incarnata	trailing four o'clock	2
36	Onagraceae	Camissonia boothii ssp. condensata	Booth's evening primrose	2
37	Onagraceae	Camissonia brevipes ssp. brevipes	golden sun-cup	1
38	Onagraceae	Camissonia cardiophylla ssp. cardiophylla	heartleaf sun-cup	3
39	Onagraceae	Camissonia claviformis ssp. aurantiaca	brown-eyed primrose	35
40	Plantaginaceae	Plantago ovata	desert plantain	1
41	Polygonaceae	Eriogonum inflatum	desert trumpet	1
42	Polygonaceae	Eriogonum thomasii	Thomas' buckwheat	2
43	Resedaceae	Oligomeris linifolia	lineleaf whitepuff	1
44	Solanaceae	Datura discolor	desert thornapple	10
45	Solanaceae	Datura wrightii	sacred datura	10
46	Solanaceae	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco	20
47	Solanaceae	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry	75
48	Poaceae	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn	2
49	Poaceae	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama	1
50	Poaceae	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus	5

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We thank RT Hawke for alerting us to the good bloom in this area.

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• Plants of Southern California: Regional Floras