Volcanic gilia ^ Gilia ochroleuca ssp. bizonata Polemoniaceae

Sticky lessingia Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera Asteraceae

Golden gilia Linanthus aureus ssp. aureus Polemoniaceae

Spearleaf mountain dandelion Agoseris retrorsa Asteraceae

		Shredding evening primrose Camissonia boothii ssp. decorticans Onagraceae
Oak violet Viola purpurea ssp. quercetorum Violaceae				Bitterroot Lewisia rediviva Portulacaceae
Pringle's woolly sunflower Eriophyllum pringlei Asteraceae				Davis's pitted onion Allium lacunosum var. davisiae Liliaceae

Mountain blue penstemon Penstemon laetus var. laetus Scrophulariaceae

		Common madia Madia elegans ssp. elegans Asteraceae
Flax-flowered linanthus Linanthus liniflorus Polemoniaceae				Chaparral yucca Yucca whipplei Liliaceae

		Chicalote Argemone munita Papaveraceae   Kennedy's buckwheat Eriogonum kennedyi var. kennedyi Polygonaceae   Kennedy's buckwheat Eriogonum kennedyi var. kennedyi Polygonaceae
Beautiful rock-cress Arabis pulchra var. pulchra Brassicaceae				Western wallflower Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum Brassicaceae
Beautiful rock-cress Arabis pulchra var. pulchra Brassicaceae				Lupine Lupinus sp. Fabaceae

Pursh's milkvetch Astragalus purshii var. tinctus Fabaceae

Desert parsley Lomatium mohavensis Apiaceae

Few-flowered woolstar ^ Eriastrum signatum Polemoniaceae

River bar bird's foot trefoil ^ Lotus denticulatus Fabaceae

I am extremely grateful to Ventura County botanist David Magney of David Magney Environmental Consulting for his help in identifying many of these species which were previously unfamiliar to me and for letting me know about this amazing area which in 2008 is producing a display which due to the con-junction of the fires and the rains is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.

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