Query: G.N.I.S.

Elevation: 2657ft, 810m.

Articles that refer to this location:

• California Highway 138: at Sierra Hwy; 
• California Highway 14: Palmdale; 
• West and East Palmdale Boulevard, Los Angeles County, California: at Sierra Hwy; 
• Field Notes: in 1952;  in 1953;  in 1953;  Fall 1954;  Winter 1954;  6th Grade;  Fall 1956;  in 1956/7?;  25 Nov 2019; 
• School Photos: 19521000;  195310;  195410;  19550900;  19560900; 

Literature Referring To This Location:

• Leadabrand, Russ. 1996. A Guidebook to the Mojave Desert of California: Including Death Valley, Joshua Tree National Monument, and the Antelope Valley. Los Angeles, California: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1966. {TAS} Does not mention the eastern Mojave.
• Worcester, Don. 1990. A visit from father and other tales of the Mojave. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1990. {TAS} Locations mentioned include Littlerock, Palmdale, and Lancaster.

Palmdale School, Third Grade, 1952-3, Mrs. Connely	Palmdale School, Fourth Grade, 1953-4, Mrs. Morse	Martha, 6th Grade School Photo	Palmdale School, Fifth Grade, 1954-5, Mrs. Salestrom	Tom's 5th Grade Class Photo
View of Desert View Highlands.	Yucca School, Sixth Grade, 1955-6, Mr. Little	Palmdale High School gym under construction.	Palmdale High School under construction.	Palmdale High School under construction.
Mr. Smith's 7th Grade Class	The Ol' Homestead in 2019.	Palmdale School, Third Grade, 1952-3, Mrs. Connely (with Names)	Palmdale School, Fourth Grade, 1953-4, Mrs. Morse (with names)	Palmdale School, Fifth Grade, 1954-5, Mrs. Salestrom (with names)
Yucca School, Sixth Grade, 1955-6, Mr. Little (with names)	Sage School, Seventh Grade, 1956-7, Mr. Smith (with names)	Sage School, Seventh Grade, 1956-7, Mr. Smith

Species collected at or near this location.

This list summarizes plants collected or observed at this specific, named location. It does not include plants collected or observed at nearby named or unnamed locations. It may be more instructive to use the Area Lists that contain this location.

• TAS – The plant was collected by Tom Schweich.
• Oth – The plant was collected by someone, but not Tom.
• Obs – The plant was observed, but not collected.

Lamiaceae

Ramona pilosa (A. Gray) Abrams. Purple Sage (Oth) CC:?

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams pilosa (A. Gray) J. L. Strachan & Rev. Purple Sage (Oth) CC:?

Interesting collections made at or near this location:

• Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams
• A. Lewis 185 4/20/1933
• Carl C. Epling 8733 3/11/1925
• Carl C. Epling and L. Ellison 0 4/17/1930
• H. E. McMinn 4079 6/28/1935
• J. Burtt Davy 2586 5/19/1896
• Philip A. Munz 6863 5/26/1923

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Date and time this article was prepared:3:15:21 PM, 8/1/2026.