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 that in 2008 is producing a display which due to the conjunction of the fires and the rains is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.

Purple nightshade Solanum xanti Solanaceae [Named for Janos Xantus, 1825-1894]		Narrowpod locoweed Astragalus filipes Fabaceae

Rock phacelia Phacelia egena Hydrophyllaceae		Phlox-leaved bedstraw Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii Rubiaceae [Timothy Langdon Andrews, 1819-1908]

		Golden gilia Linanthus aureus ssp. aureus Polemoniaceae
Venus thistle Cirsium occidentale var. venustum Asteraceae				Santolina pincushion Chaenactis santolinoides Asteraceae
White tidy tips Layia glandulosa Asteraceae [Named for George Tradescant Lay, 1799-1844]				Mountain golden stars Bloomeria crocea var. montana Liliaceae [Named for Hiram Green Bloomer, 1819-1874]

Thickleaf yerba santa Eriodictyon crassifolium var. nigrescens Hydrophyllaceae		Streambank lotus Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius Fabaceae

		Red mariposa lily Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi Liliaceae [Named for William Ledlie Kennedy, c. 1827-1887]		Plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus Liliaceae
Purple clarkia Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera Onagraceae [Named for William Clark, 1770-1838]

Few-flowered woolstar Eriastrum signatum (= E. sparsiflorum) Polemoniaceae

		Poodle dog bush Turricula parryi Hydrophyllaceae [Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]
White catchfly Silene verecunda ssp. platyota Caryophyllaceae				Flax-like monardella Monardella oblonga ssp. linoides Lamiaceae
Lavender windows Phacelia exilis Hydrophyllaceae				Chia Salvia columbariae Lamiaceae

		Dense-fruited monkeyflower Mimulus constrictus (albino form) Scrophulariaceae
Parish's broomrape Orobanche parishii ssp. parishii Orobanchaceae

Hill lotus Lotus humistratus Fabaceae		Fremont's phacelia Phacelia fremontii Hydrophyllaceae [Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]		Poverty weed Iva axillaris var. robustior Asteraceae

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