Venus thistle Cirsium occidentale var. venustum Asteraceae

Charlotte's phacelia Phacelia nashiana Boraginaceae [Named for Charlotte Eden Nash, 1899-1982]

Cooper's jewelflower Caulanthus cooperi Brassicaceae		Common phacelia Phacelia distans Boraginaceae		Bladderpod Peritoma arborea var. arborea Cleomaceae

Desert bitterbrush Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa Rosaceae [Named fot Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820]

Desert baccharis Baccharis sergiloides Asteraceae

California dodder Cuscuta californica Cuscutaceae

Fremont's phacelia Phacelia fremontii Boraginaceae [Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]

Whitestem blazing star Mentzelia albicaulis Loasaceae [Named for Christian Mentzel, 1622-1701]

Apricot mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua Malvaceae

Mojave sand-verbena Abronia pogonantha Nyctaginaceae

		Mojave sun cup Camissonia campestris ssp. campestris Onagraceae [Named for Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso, 1781-1838]

Goldback fern Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis Pteridaceae				California cliffbrake Pellaea mucronata var. californica Pteridaceae

Golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum Asteraceae

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