Star lily Toxicoscordion fremontii Melanthiaceae [Named for John Charles Fremont, 1813-1890]
Few-leaved checkerbloom Sidalcea sparsifolia Malvaceae				Fire poppy Papaver californicum Papaveraceae

Purple sanicle Sanicula bipinnatifida Apiaceae

		Poodle-dog bush Eriodictyon parryi Boraginaceae [Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]		Jones cryptantha Cryptantha muricata var. jonesii Boraginaceae [Named for Marcus Eugene Jones, 1852-1934]
San Diego gilia Gilia diegensis Polemoniaceae [Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]

		Wild peppergrass Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii Brassicaceae [Named for Archibald Menzies, 1754-1842]

Slender-pod jewelflower Caulanthus heterophyllus Brassicaceae

Red-skinned onion Allium haematochiton Alliaceae

Velvety false-lupine Thermopsis californica var. semota Fabaceae		Ashy spike-moss Selaginella cinerascens Selaginellaceae

		Golden stars Bloomeria crocea var. crocea Themidaceae [Named for Hiram Green Bloomer, 1819-1874]
Baby blue eyes Nemophila menziesii var. integrifolia Boraginaceae				Whiskerbrush Leptosiphon ciliatus Polemoniaceae

Sierra Nevada lotus Acmispon nevadensis var. nevadensis Fabaceae		Coast locoweed Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus Fabaceae		Blue dicks Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus Themidaceae		Andrews' bedstraw Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii Rubiaceae [Named for Timothy Langdon Andrews, 1819-1908]

Dense false-gilia Allophyllum gilioides ssp. gilioides Polemoniaceae
		Sierra sanicle Sanicula graveolens Apiaceae

		Purple owl's clover Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta Orobanchaceae
Coastal California buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. fasciculatum Polygonaceae

 

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