Our route for this 20-mile hike was from Poopout Hill to Dry Lake to Mineshaft Saddle to the summit of Mt. San Gorgonio at 11,499', then around the backside of Jepson Peak to Dry Lake View and Dollar Lake Saddle, and finally back to South Fork and Poopout Hill. It was a gloriously beautiful fall day with a cloudless sky, cool breezes and temperatures around 75°. I knew there were species that grow only around the summit area, and although I didn't expect to find any blooming in September, I had a bit of luck. We did see a lot of mountain heather in what is its only Southern California location, but it was past its bloom. I will return next year earlier in the season. An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip.

Dwarf mountain ragwort ^
Senecio fremontii var. occidentalis
Asteraceae

Southern alpine buckwheat
Eriogonum kennedyi var. alpigenum
Polygonaceae

Brittle sandwort ^
Minuartia nuttallii ssp. gracilis
Caryophyllaceae

Pygmy hulsea ^
Hulsea vestita ssp. pygmaea
Asteraceae

Mountain oxytrope
Oxytropis oreophila var. oreophila
Fabaceae

Southern California draba
Draba corrugata var. corrugata
Brassicaceae

San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina
Asteraceae

Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Iridaceae

Parish's yampah
Perideridia parishii ssp. parishii
Apiaceae