Desert calico Loeseliastrum matthewsii Polemoniaceae [Loeseliastrum = with superficial resemblance to genus Loeselia, matthewsii named for U.S. Army surgeon, ethnographer and linguist Washington Matthews, 1843-1905]

Davidson's buckwheat Eriogonum davidsonii Polygonaceae		Cithara wild buckwheat Eriogonum cithariforme Polygonaceae

Desert monardella Monardella exilis Lamiaceae [exilis = small, thin, slender]

California croton Croton californicus Euphorbiaceae [Croton = from Greek kroton, "tick," because of the way the seeds look in some members of the family

Ghostly rubber rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca Asteraceae [Right: gall of spiny cone gall midge Rhopalomyia sp.

Little gold poppy Eschscholzia minutiflora Papaveraceae

		Desert needlegrass Stipa speciosa Poaceae

Nevada gilia Gilia brecciarum ssp. brecciarum Polemoniaceae

Parry's linanthus Linanthus parryae Polemoniaceae [Named for Emily Richmond Preston Parry, second wife of Dr. C.C. Parry

Paperbag bush, Mexican bladder sage Scutellaria mexicana Lamiaceae

California mustard Caulanthus lasiophyllus Brassicaceae

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