San Diego button-celery Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii Apiaceae [Named for Samuel Bonsall Parish, 1838-1928]

Red maids Calandrinia menziesii Montiaceae [Named for Jean Louis Calandrini, 1703-1758, and Archibald Menzies, 1754-1842]

		Rayless goldfields Lasthenia glaberrima Asteraceae		Spider in its web
Prostrate navarretia Navarretia prostrata Polemoniaceae [Named for Francisco Fernandez de Navarrete, 1680-1742]

		Small-flowered dwarf flax Hesperolinon micranthum Linaceae

		Brass-buttons * Cotula coronopifolia Asteraceae
Splendid mariposa lily Calochortus splendens Liliaceae				Woolly-fruited milkweed Asclepias eriocarpa Apocynaceae

Spotted downingia Downingia bella Campanulaceae [Named for Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815-1852]

Vasey's prickly-pear Opuntia vaseyi Cactaceae [Named for George Richard Vasey, 1852-1951]				Water buttercup Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus Ranunculaceae

Chinese houses Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla Plantaginaceae [Named for Zacheus Collins, 1764-1831]		Parish's nightshade Solanum parishii Solanaceae [Named for William Fletcher Parish, 1840-1918]

Thread-leaved brodiaea Brodiaea filifolia Themidaceae [Named for James Brodie, 1744-1824]

Skunkbrush Rhus aromatica Anacardiaceae

Red bush monkeyflower Diplacus puniceus Phrymaceae

Pomona locoweed Astragalus pomonensis Fabaceae

 

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