San Diego County goldeneye Bahiopsis laciniata Asteraceae

Mat cholla, Club cholla Grusonia parishii Cactaceae [Named for Hermann August Jacques Gruson, 1821-1895, and William Fletcher Parish, 1840-1918]

Splendid mariposa lily Calochortus splendens Liliaceae

Arrow-weed Pluchea sericea Asteraceae [Named for Noël-Antoine Pluche, 1688-1761]		Utah agave Agave utahensis Agavaceae

Parish's sagebrush Artemisia tridentata ssp. parishii Asteraceae
		Western red cedar Thuja plicata Cupressaceae

Joshua tree Yucca brevifolia Agavaceae

		Hooker's evening primrose Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri Onagraceae [Named for William Jackson Hooker, 1785-1865]		Hop tree Ptelea crenulata Rutaceae Singleleaf pinyon pine Pinus monophylla Pinaceae
Common madia Madia elegans Asteraceae
Venus thistle Cirsium occidentale var. venustum Asteraceae

Desert marigold Baileya multiradiata Asteraceae [Named for Jacob Whitman Bailey, 1811-1857]		Munz's cholla Cylindropuntia munzii Cactaceae [Named for Philip Alexander Munz, 1892-1974]

Coast live oak Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia Fagaceae

Spiny rush Juncus acutus ssp.leopoldii Juncaceae [Named for Leopoldo di Borbone-Due Sicilie, Conte di Siracusa, 1813-1860]

		White-whorled lupine Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus Fabaceae

Yellow hummingbird sage Salvia spathacea Lamiaceae (Yellow form)		California barrel cactus Ferocactus cylindraceus Cactaceae		Catalina island mountain-mahogany Cercocarpus traskiae Rosaceae [Named for Luella Blanche Engle Trask, 1865-1916]

California-aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia Asteraceae

Channel Island scrub oak Quercus pacifica Fagaceae

Creeping grape holly Berberis aquifolium var. repens Berberidaceae

		Desert prickly-pear Opuntia phaeacantha Cactaceae
Green ephedra Ephedra viridis Ephedraceae

		Common sunflower Helianthus annuus Asteraceae		Foothill needlegrass Stipa lepida Poaceae
Crimson pitcher sage Salvia spathacea Lamiaceae

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