Plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus Liliaceae

Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii Polygonaceae [Named for George Davidson, 1825-1911]

Spearleaf mountain dandelion Agoseris retrorsa Asteraceae

Southern mountain lupine Lupinus albifrons var. austromontanus Fabaceae

		Threelobe oxytheca Sidotheca trilobata Polygonaceae

White catchfly Silene verecunda Caryophyllaceae

Western blue flax Linum lewisii var. lewisii Linaceae [Named for Meriwether Lewis, 1774-1809]		Velvety false-lupine Thermopsis californica var. semota Fabaceae

Bush poppy Dendromecon rigida Papaveraceae

		Pink rock-rose * Cistus incanus Cistaceae
Coyote tobacco Nicotiana attenuata Solanaceae [Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]

Parish's milkvetch Astragalus douglasii var. parishii Fabaceae [Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834, and the Parish brothers]

Sand cress Calyptridium monandrum Montiaceae

Woolly-fruited milkweed Asclepias eriocarpa Apocynaceae		Wand wirelettuce Stephanomeria virgata var. pleurocarpa Asteraceae		Southern tauschia Tauschia arguta Apiaceae [Named after Ignaz Friedrich Tausch, 1793-1848]

		Laguna Mountains goldenbush Ericameria cuneata var. macrocephala Asteraceae

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