Pacific madrone Arbutus menziesii Ericaceae

Peak rush rose Crocanthemum scoparium var. vulgare Cistaceae		Purple sage Salvia leucophylla Lamiaceae		Pine goldenbush Ericameria pinifolia Asteraceae

Apricot mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua Malvaceae		Deergrass Muhlenbergia rigens Poaceae [Named for Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, 1753-1815]

Toyon Heteromeles arbutifolia Rosaceae

Giant chalk dudleya Dudleya brittonii Crassulaceae [Named for Nathaniel Lord Britton, 1859-1934]

		Mexican flannelbush Fremontodendron mexicanum Malvaceae
Red shanks Adenostoma sparsifolium Rosaceae

		Showy island snapdragon Gambelia speciosa Plantaginaceae [Named for William Gambel, 1823-1849]		Rush milkweed Asclepias subulata Apocynaceae Small evening primrose Camissoniopsis micrantha Onagraceae
Red-skinned onion Allium haematochiton Alliaceae
Big-cone douglas fir Pseudotsuga macrocarpa Pinaceae

St. Catherine's lace Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum Polygonaceae		Santa Catalina Island manzanita Arctostaphylos catalinae Ericaceae

San Clemente Island bush mallow Malacothamnus clementinus Malvaceae

Sticky lessingia Lessingia glandulifera var glandulifera Asteraceae [Named for Christian Friedrich Lessing, 1809-1862, his brother Carl Friedrich Lessing, 1808-1880, and their grand uncle Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, 1729-1781]

Seaside daisy Erigeron glauca Asteraceae

Apache plume Fallugia paradoxa Rosaceae [Named for Abbot Virgilio Fallugi of Vallombrosa, 1627-1707]

		Banana yucca Yucca baccata var. baccata Agavaceae		California bay Umbellularia californica Lauraceae
California fuchsia Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium Onagraceae

		Buckhorn cholla Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. acanthocarpa Cactaceae
Velvet ash Fraxinus velutina Oleaceae

		Red bush monkeyflower Diplacus puniceus Phrymaceae		Arroyo willow Salix lasiolepis Salicaceae
Mojave tarplant Deinandra mohavensis Asteraceae

		California fan palm Washingtonia filifera Arecaceae [Named for George Washington, 1732-1799]
Baja bird bush Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia Ericaceae

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