Paperbag bush Scutellaria mexicana Lamiaceae				Desert straw Stephanomeria pauciflora Asteraceae

Chia Salvia columbariae Lamiaceae

Desert calico Loeseliastrum matthewsii Polemoniaceae [Named for Washington Matthews, 1843-1905]

Cooper's goldenbush Ericameria cooperi var. cooperi Asteraceae [Named for James Graham Cooper, 1830-1902]

		California juniper Juniperus californica Cupressaceae

Xantus pincushion Chaenactis xantiana Asteraceae [Named for János Xántus, 1825-1894]

California poppy Eschscholzia californica Papaveraceae [Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831]

Bigelow's coreopsis Leptosyne bigelovii Asteraceae [Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878]

Cream cups Platystemon californicus Papaveraceae

Yellow turbans Eriogonum pusillum Polygonaceae

Coville's lip fern Myriopteris covillei Pteridaceae [Named for Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1937]

Coulter's lupine Lupinus sparsiflorus Fabaceae
		Desert paintbrush Castilleja chromosa Orobanchaceae [Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793]

California evening primrose Oenothera californica ssp. californica Onagraceae

Winterfat Krascheninnikovia lanata Chenopodiaceae [Named for Stepan Petrovich Krascheninnikov, 1713-1755]

 

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