Wants List

These are species of plants I would like to find in order to photograph.  If anyone knows of a location for any of them, I would appreciate knowing about it, with as much specific information as possible. I should say that anything farther from the Southern California area than the White Mts is probably out of my range from a practical standpoint. Please contact me at: mmlcharters[at]calflora.net.

Updated November 2006.

TOP PRIORITIES (Taxa that have eluded me on three or more outings or that I have a particular interest in)

Desert windflower (Anenome tuberosa)
Harvest brodiaea (Brodiaea elegans)
Intermediate mariposa lily (Calochortus weedii var. intermedius)
Keysia (Glyptopleura marginata)
Late-flowered mariposa lily (Calochortus weedii var. vestus)
Leopard lily (Lilium pardalinum)
Moth mullein (Verbascum blattaria)
Orcutt's woody-aster (Xylorhiza orcuttii)
Pencil cholla (Opuntia ramosissima)
Pink funnel lily (Androstephium breviflorum)
Rosy apricot mallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rosacea)
Scaly-stemmed sand plant (Pholisma arenarium)
Scarlet lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis)
Scented shooting star (Dodecatheon redolens)
Spotted fritillary (Fritillaria atropurpurea)
Superb mariposa lily (Calochortus superbus)
Unicorn-plant (Proboscidea parviflora)
Wild petunia (Petunia parviflora)
Yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus)

REGULAR PRIORITIES

Adder's mouth (Malaxis monophyllos ssp. brachypoda)
American rockbrake (Cryptogramma acrostichoides)
Androsace monkeyflower (Mimulus androsaceus)
Annual saltbush (Atriplex serenana)
Aralia (Aralia californica)
Arched elegant rock-cress (Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata)
Arizona carlowrightia (Carlowrightia arizonica)
Austin's beardtongue (Penstemon floridus var. austinii)
Baja navarretia (Navarretia peninsularis) *
Baneberry (Actaea rubra)
Bear paw poppy (Arctomecon merriamii)
Biennial sagewort (Artemisia biennis)
Black milkvetch (Astragalus funereus)
Blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus)
Blockman's liveforever (Dudleya blochmaniae)
Blue forget-me-not (Myosotis discolor)
Brewer's butterweed (Senecio breweri)
Bristly fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessellata var. gloriosa)
Broadleaf arrowhead or Tule potato (Sagittaria latifolia)
Broad-seeded rockcress (Arabis platysperma)
Brown dogwood (Cornus glabrata)
Bud sage (Artemisia spinescens)
Buffalo-berry (Solanum rostratum)
Bur-marigold (Bidens laevis)
Butter lupine (Lupinus luteolus)
California amaranth (Amaranthus californicus)
California chorizanthe (Mucronea californica)
California groundsel (Senecio aphanactis)
California hedge-parsley (Yabea microcarpa)
California meconella (Meconella californica)
California polycarp (Polycarpon depressum)
California water-starwort (Callitriche marginata)
California waterwort (Elatine californica)
California wax-myrtle (Myrica californica)
Cima milkvetch (Astragalus cimae var. cimae)
Cithara buckwheat (Eriogonum cithariforme)
Cliffbush (Jamesia americana var. rosea)
Common soliva (Soliva sessilis)
Cooper's goldflower (Hymenoxys cooperi)
Cotton fern (Notholaena newberryi)
Coulter's saltbush (Atriplex coulteri)
Crowned muilla (Muilla coronata)
Cuyamaca Lake downingia (Downingia concolor var. brevior)
Dead man's fingers (Calandrinia ambigua)
Death Valley beardtongue (Penstemon fruticiformis var. amargosae)
Desert columbine (Aquilegia shockleyi)
Desert cymopterus (Cymopterus deserticola)
Douglas' sandwort (Minuartia douglasii)
Downy navarretia (Navarretia pubescens)
Dwarf greasebush (Glossopetalon pungens)
Elegant microseris (Microseris elegans)
Enchanter's nightshade (Circaea alpina)
Field charlock (Sinapsis arvensis)
Finger-leaved gourd (Cucurbita digitata)
Fishhook cactus (Mammillaria tetrancistra)
Flat top broom-rape (Orobanche corymbosa)
Flix-weed (Descurainia sophia)
Flowering flax (Linum grandiflorum)
Fremont indigo bush (Psorothamnus fremontii)
Frog fruit (Phyla lanceolata)
Funeral mountain blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium funereum)
Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides)
Golden dock (Rumex maritimus)
Graham's nipple cactus (Mammillaria grahamii)
Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia cirrata)
Graythorn (Zizyphus obtusifolia)
Ground-daisy (Townsendia scapigera)
Hairy indian paintbrush (Castilleja tenuis)
Hairy-fruited buttercup (Ranunculus hebecarpus)
Hollybush (Tetracoccus ilicifolius)
Howell's onion (Allium howellii var. howellii)
Idaho blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium idahoense)
Iodine bush (Allenrolfea occidentalis)
Jewel flower (Caulanthus heterophyllus var. pseudosimulans)
Jimson weed (Datura stramonium)
Jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum)
Kelso Creek monkeyflower (Mimulus shevockii)
Kern tarweed (Hemizonia pallida)
Ladies tresses (Spiranthes porrifolia)
Laguna Mts aster (Machaeranthera asteroides var. lagunensis)
Lavender woolstar (Eriastrum filifolium)
Leafystem coreopsis (Coreopsis calliopsidea)
Lemmon's syntrichopappus (Syntrichopappus lemmonii)
Lesser wintergreen (Pyrola minor)
Limestone beardtongue (Penstemon calcareus)
Little elephant's head (Pedicularis attolens)
Little sand verbena (Tripterocalyx micranthus)
Lowland cudweed (Gnaphalium palustre)
Many-flowered marsh-pennywort (Hydrocotyle umbellulata)
Marigold navarretia (Navarretia tagetina) *
Marsh parsley (Ciclospermum leptophyllum)
Meadow lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei)
Michael's rein orchid (Piperia michaelii)
Mission Canyon bluecup (Githopsis diffusa ssp. filicaulis)
Mojave fishhook cactus (Sclerocactus polyancistrus)
Mojave milkweed (Asclepias nyctaginifolia)
Mojave monkeyflower (Mimulus mohavensis)
Mojave sage (Salvia mohavensis)
Mountain larkspur (Delphinium glaucum)
Mountain monkeyflower (Mimulus montioides)
Mountain piperia (Piperia transversa)
Mountain sorrel (Oxyria digyna)
Mt. Pinos onion (Allium howellii var. clokeyi)
Munz's onion (Allium munzii)
Narrow-leaf miner's lettuce (Montia linearis)
Narrow-leaved meconella (Meconella linearis)
Narrow-leaved owl's clover (Castilleja attenuata)
Needleleaf navarretia (Navarretia intertexta)
Nevada onion (Allium nevadense)
Ojai fritillary (Fritillaria ojaiensis)
One-sided wintergreen (Orthilia secunda)
Orcutt's linanthus (Linanthus orcuttii) *
Pale primrose (Camissonia pallida ssp. hallii)
Palmer's frankenia (Frankenia palmeri)
Palmer's sun cup (Camissonia palmeri)
Panamint cymopterus (Cymopterus panamintensis)
Parish's broom-rape (Orobanche parishii ssp. parishii)
Parish's onion (Allium parishii)
Parish's phacelia (Phacelia parishii)
Parry's marina (Marina parryi)
Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea)
Peirson's milkvetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii)
Peirson's morning glory (Calystegia peirsonii)
Perennial burweed (Ambrosia confertiflora)
Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
Phantom orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae)
Pink everlasting (Gnaphalium ramossismum)
Prairie clover (Dalea searlsiae)
Prince's pine (Chimaphila umbellata)
Prostrate pigweed (Amaranthus blitoides)
Purple mouse ears (Mimulus douglasii)
Purple owl's clover (Castilleja exserta ssp. venusta)
Pygmy bitter-root (Lewisia pygmaea)
Pygmy hulsea (Hulsea vestita ssp. pygmaea)
Rabbit thorn (Lycium pallidum var. oligospermum)
Red four o'clock (Mirabilis coccinea)
Red-fruited mahonia (Berberis haematocarpa)
Redscale (Atriplex rosea)
Rock Creek broom-rape (Orobanche valida ssp. valida)
Rock cress (Draba cuneifolia)
Rock lady (Maurandya petrophila)
Rush bristleweed (Machaeranthera juncea)
Saltmarsh baccharis (Baccharis douglasii)
San Gabriel bluecup (Githopsis diffusa ssp. diffusa)
Saw-toothed ditaxis (Ditaxis serrata)
Sea blite (Suaeda calceoliformis)
Searls' prairie clover (Dalea searlsiae)
Shiny chickweed (Stellaria nitens)
Shinyleaf sandpaper plant (Petalonyx nitidus)
Short-leaved baccharis (Baccharis brachyphylla)
Showy penstemon (Penstemon spectabilis var. spectabilis)
Shrubby bedstraw (Galium cliftonsmithii)
Sierra helianthella (Helianthella californica var. nevadensis)
Sierra lewisia (Lewisia nevadensis) *
Silky raillardella (Raillardella argentea)
Silverleaf horse-nettle (Solanum elaeagnifolium)
Single-leaved onion (Allium nevadense)
Slender rattleweed (Astragalus tener)
Slender vetch (Vicia ludoviciana)
Slender-horned spineflower (Dodecahema leptoceras)
Slender-petalled rein orchid (Piperia leptopetala)
Small-flowered galinsoga (Galinsoga parviflora var. parviflora)
Small-flowered meconella (Meconella denticulata)
Small-leaved amsonia (Amsonia brevifolia)
Sour clover (Trifolium fucatum)
Southern lewisia (Lewisia brachycalyx) *
Spanish needle onion (Allium shevockii)
Spineflower (Lastarriaea coriacea)
Staining collomia (Collomia tinctoria)
Stick-tight (Bidens frondosa)
Sticky geraea (Geraea viscida)
Sticky ringstem (Anulocaulis annulatus)
Suksdorf's monkeyflower (Mimulus suksdorfii)
Thompson's beardtongue (Penstemon thompsoniae)
Toad lily (Montia chamissoi)
Toothed onion (Allium denticulatum)
Twayblade (Listera convallarioides)
Valley broom-rape (Orobanche vallicola)
Wall rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia)
Waterpepper (Polygonum hydropiperoides)
Western polemonium (Polemonium occidentale)
White collinsia (Collinsia bartsiifolia)
White cymopterus (Cymopterus aboriginum)
White mallow (Eremalche exilis)
Whitemargin beardtongue (Penstemon albomarginatus)
Willow dock (Rumex salicifolius)
Woolly fishhooks (Ancistrocarphus filagineus)
Woolly malacothrix (Malacothrix floccifera)
Woolly morning glory (Calystegia malacophylla ssp. malacophylla)
Yellow cress (Rorippa curvisiliqua)
Yellow gilia (Gilia filiformis)
Yellow mock-aster (Eastwoodia elegans)
Yosemite rock-cress (Arabis repanda)

* Fragile/sensitive habitat

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