PEARBLOSSOM HIGHWAY, MOJAVE DESERT
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Mojave-aster
Xylorhiza tortifolia var. tortifolia
Asteraceae


 
Checker fiddleneck
Amsinckia tessellata var. tessellata
Boraginaceae
[Named for Wilhelm Amsinck, 1752-1831]


 
Chia
Salvia columbariae
Lamiaceae
 
 
 
California wild buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium
Polygonaceae


   
Cooper's goldenbush
Ericameria cooperi
Asteraceae
[Named for James Graham Cooper, 1830-1902]



   
Cushion cryptantha
Cryptantha circumscissa var. circumscissa
Boraginaceae


 
Common phacelia
Phacelia distans
Boraginaceae



   
Tansy-leaved phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Asteraceae


 
Desert alyssum
Lepidium fremontii
Brassicaceae
[Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]



 
Cooper's jewelflower
Caulanthus cooperi
Brassicaceae
   
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
Zygophyllaceae
[Named for Juan Antonio Hernández Perez de Larrea, 1731-1803]
     


 
Desert cryptantha ^
Cryptantha similis
Boraginaceae


 
 
 
Desert dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
Asteraceae
 
 



 
Painted lady
Vanessa cardui
Nymphalidae
  Gopher snake
Pituophis catenifer
Colubridae


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