Parish's milkvetch Astragalus douglasii var. parishii Fabaceae [Named after David Douglas, 1798-1834, and the brothers Samuel Parish, 1838-1928, and William Parish, 1840-1918]

Desert paintbrush Castilleja chromosa Orobanchaceae [Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744?-1793]		Desert parsley Lomatium mohavense Apiaceae

		Slender phlox Microsteris gracilis Polemoniaceae		Showy Brewer's lupine Lupinus breweri var. grandiflorus Fabaceae
Silver-haired ivesia Ivesia argyrocoma var. argyrocoma Rosaceae [Named for Eli Ives, 1779-1861]

		Engelmann's hedgehog cactus Echinocereus engelmannii Cactaceae [Named for George Engelmann, 1809-1884]
Desert sandwort Eremogyne macradenia var. macradenia Caryophyllaceae

Few-flowered woolstar Eriastrum sparsiflorum Polemoniaceae		Sierra lewisia Lewisia nevadensis Montiaceae [Named for Meriwether Lewis, 1774-1809]		Downy monkeyflower Mimetanthe pilosa Phrymaceae

Sierra onion Allium campanulatum Alliaceae		Slender wild cabbage Caulanthus major Brassicaceae
Firecracker penstemon Penstemon eatonii var. undosus Plantaginaceae [Named for Daniel Cady Eaton, 1834-1895]		Fine-flower gilia Gilia leptantha ssp. leptantha Polemoniaceae

Limestone phacelia Phacelia affinis Boragnaceae
		Foothill shooting star Primula hendersonii Primulaceae [Named for Louis Fourniquet Henderson, 1853-1942]

		Douglas's violet Viola douglasii Violaceae [Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]
Greenleaf manzanita Arctostaphylos patula Ericaceae

Juniper mistletoe Phoradendron juniperinum Viscaceae				Hemp dogbane Apocynum cannabinum Apocynaceae

Purple monkeyflower Erythranthe purpurea Phrymaceae		Parish's tauschia Tauschia parishii Apiaceae [Named for Ignaz Friedrich Tausch, 1793-1848]

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