Checkerbloom Sidalcea malviflora Malvaceae

Rydberg's horkelia Horkelia rydbergii Rosaceae

Fringepod or lacepod Thysanocarpus sp. Brassicaceae

Butterfly mariposa lily (various color forms) Calochortus venustus Liliaceae

Silvery false-lupine ^ Thermopsis macrophylla var. argentata Fabaceae

		San Gabriel beardtongue Penstemon labrosus Scrophulariaceae		Indian hemp Apocynum cannabinum Apocynaceae
American vetch Vicia americana var. americana Fabaceae

		Chick lupine Lupinus microcarpus Fabaceae   Spring lessingia Lessingia tenuis Asteraceae   Parry's collinsia Collinsia parryi Scrophulariaceae
Western hawksbeard Crepis occidentalis Asteraceae				Royal penstemon Penstemon speciosus Scrophulariaceae
Interior goldenbush Ericameria linearifolia Asteraceae				Large-flowered collomia Collomia grandiflora Polemoniaceae

Sticky lessingia Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera Asteraceae

Clustered tidy lupine Lupinus lepidus var. confertus Fabaceae

Diamond-petalled clarkia Clarkia rhomboidea Onagraceae

Unusual form of splendid mariposa lily much hairier than those further south Calochortus splendens Liliaceae

Beautiful rock-cress Arabis pulchra var. pulchra Brassicaceae

Bracken fern Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens Pteridaceae

Whispering bells Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora Hydrophyllaceae

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 con- junction of the fires and the rains is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.

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