ANTELOPE VALLEY CALIFORNIA POPPY RESERVE
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Cream cups
Platystemon californicus
Papaveraceae

[Platystemon = with flat stamens]

 
 
 



 
Desert dandelion
Malacothrix glabrata
Asteraceae
  Davidson's buckwheat
Eriogonum davidsonii
Polygonaceae


   
Desert parsley
Lomatium mohavense
Apiaceae


 
Xantus pincushion
Chaenactis xantiana
Asteraceae



 
 
 
Winged pectocarya
Pectocarya penicillata
Boraginaceae
 
 



 
Fremont pincushion
Chaenactis fremontii
Asteraceae



Western side-blotched lizard
Uta stansburiana elegans
Phrynosomatidae

[Named for surveyor and topographical engineer Howard S. Stansbury, 1806-1863]


 
Chinchweed
Pectis papposa var. papposa
Asteraceae



 
 
Interior goldenbush, Narrowleaf goldenbush
Ericameria linearifolia
Asteraceae
 
 



 
Red maids
Calandrinia ciliata
Montiaceae
  Purple owl's clover
Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta
Orobanchaceae

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