CALIFORNIA BOTANIC GARDEN
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Desert apricot
Prunus fremontii
Rosaceae
 
Parry's phacelia
Phacelia parryi
Hydrophyllaceae

[Named for Charles Christopher Parry,
1823-1890]
 
Mission manzanita
Xylococcus bicolor
Ericaceae
   


 
Evergreen currant
Ribes viburnifolium
Grossulariaceae
  Shaw's agave
Agave shawii var. shawii
Agavaceae

[Named for Henry Shaw, 1800-1889]
 


 
Interior goldenbush
Ericameria linearifolia
Asteraceae
 
 
 
Fivespot
Nemophila maculata
Hydrophyllaceae


   
Yellow-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium elmeri
Iridaceae

[Named for Elmer Reginald Drew, 1865-1930]
 
Southern mountain misery
Chamaebatia australis
Rosaceae



 
 
Wright's beebrush
Aloysia wrightii
Verbenaceae

[Named for Queen of Spain Maria Luisa Teresa, 1751-1819, and Charles Wright, 1811-1885]
 
 
Pink fairy duster
Calliandra eriophylla
Fabaceae

Canyon sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides
Asteracceae

[Named for Miguel Venegas, 1680-1764]
Woolly-fruited milkweed
Asclepias eriocarpa
Apocynaceae

White-flowering currant
Ribes indecorum
Grossulariaceae
 


 
 
American wild carrot
Daucus pusillus
Apiaceae

Cooper's boxthorn
Lycium cooperi
Solanaceae

[Named for James Graham Cooper, 1830-1902]
 


 
Cliff spurge
Euphorbia misera
Euphorbiaceae

 
 
Coast barrel cactus
Ferocactus viridescens
Cactaceae
 
 
Chinese houses
Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla
Plantaginaceae

[Named for Zaccheus Collins, 1764-1831]
 


 
 
Yellow pine
Pinus ponderosa var. pacifica
Pinaceae
Cliff rose
Purshia stansburyana
Rosaceae

[Named for Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820, and Howard Stansbury, 1806-1863]


 
Giant horsetail
Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii
Equisetaceae

[Named for Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun, 1805-1877]
 
 
Douglas's iris
Iris douglasiana
Iridaceae
Douglas's meadowfoam
Limnanthes douglasii ssp. douglasii
Limnanthaceae
 
 
Fernleaf ironwood
Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp. aspleniifolius
Rosaceae
[Named for William Scrugham Lyon, 1851-1916]
 


 
Golden brodiaea
Triteleia ixioides ssp. ixioides
Themidaceae

[Named for James Brodie. 1744-1824]
 
 
Coulter's horseweed
Laennecia coulteri
Asteraceae

[Named for René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec, 1781-1826]
 
 
 
Western hackberry
Celtis reticulata
Ulmaceae


   
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
Zygophyllaceae

[Named for Juan Antonio Hernández Perez de Larrea, 1731-1803]
 
Fremont's barberry
Berberis fremontii
Berberidaceae



   
Mojave ceanothus
Ceanothus pauciflorus
Rhamnaceae
Desert ironwood
Olneya tesota
Fabaceae

[Named for Stephen Thayer Olney, 1812-1878]
 


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