Poodle dog bush Eriodictyon parryi Namaceae [Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]

Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana Asteraceae		Peak rush-rose Crocanthemum scoparium var. vulgare Cistaceae		Pine green-gentian Frasera neglecta Gentianaceae [Named for John Fraser, 1750-1811]

Narrow-leaved bedstraw Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium Rubiaceae

		Warrior's plume Pedicularis densiflora Orobanchaceae		Fiesta flower Pholistoma auritum var. auritum Hydrophyllaceae
Wild rose Rosa californica Rosaceae

		California blackberry Rubus ursinus Rosaceae
Beautiful rock-cress Boechera pulchra Brassicaceae [Named for Tyge Wittrock Böcher, 1909-1983]

Purple clarkia Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera Onagraceae		Purple nightshade Solanum xanti Solanaceae [Named for János Xántus (de Vesey) 1825-1894]		Purple false-gilia Allophyllum divaricatum Polemoniaceae

Sacred datura Datura wrightii Solanaceae [Named for Charles Wright, 1811-1885]		Rose snapdragon Antirrhinum thompsonii Plantaginaceae [Named for David Malcolm Thompson, 1957- ]

Sapphire woolstar Eriastrum sapphirinum ssp. sapphirinum Polemoniaceae Birch-leaf mountain mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides Rosaceae

Common sunflower Helianthus annuus Asteraceae

Thick-leaf yerba santa Eriodictyon crassifolium var. crassifolium Namaceae Burlew's onion Allium burlewii Alliaceae [Named for Fred Everts Burlew, 1863-1954]

Leafy buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum Polygonaceae

California tickseed Leptosyne californica Asteraceae

Tufted poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa Papaveraceae		Western poison oak Toxicodendron diversilobum Anacardiaceae
Small-flowered nightshade Solanum americanum Solanaceae		Telegraph weed Heterotheca grandiflora Asteraceae

Chaparral yucca Hesperoyucca whipplei Agavaceae [Named for Amiel Weeks Whipple, 1817-1863]

Rancheria clover Trifolium albopurpureum Fabaceae

		Giant blazing star Mentzelia laevicaulis Loasaceae [Named for Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701]

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