Woolly amsonia Amsonia tomentosa Apocynaceae [Named for Dr. John Amson, 1698-?. Death year might be 1765]

		Downy monkeyflower Mimetanthe pilosa Phrymaceae
East Mojave buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. flavoviride Polygonaceae				Silver cholla Cylindropuntia echinocaepa Cactaceae

Four-wing saltbush Atriplex canescens var. canescens Chenopodiaceae

Shortflower buckwheat Eriogonum brachyanthum Polygonaceae

Flat-topped buckwheat Eriogonum plumatella Polygonaceae

		Engelmann's hedgehog cactus Echinocereus engelmannii Cactaceae [Named for George Engelmann, 1809-1884]

Common phacelia Phacelia distans Hydrophyllaceae

Chinchweed Pectis papposa var, papposa Asteraceae

Rough hairy golden-aster Heterotheca villosa var. scabra Asteraceae

Green rabbitbrush Ericameria teretifolia Asteraceae				Hollyleaf redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia Rhamnaceae

Hairy windmills Allionia incarnata var. villosa Nyctaginaceae [Named for Carlo Ludovico Allioni, 1728-1804]

Lowland cudweed Gnaphalium palustre Asteraceae		Desert baccharis Baccharis sergiloides Asteraceae

 

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