Chaparral yucca Hesperoyucca whipplei Agavaceae [Named for Amiel Weeks Whipple (1817-1863)

Three-spot Osmadenia tenella Asteraceae		Southern foothill penstemon Penstemon heterophyllus var. australis Plantaginaceae

White sage Salvia apiana Lamiaceae
		Golden-rayed pentachaeta Pentachaeta aurea ssp. aurea Asteraceae

		Slim vetch Vicia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana Fabaceae
Windmill pink * Silene gallica Caryophyllaceae

		Delicate buttercup Ranunculus hebecarpus Ranunculaceae		Miniature lupine Lupinus bicolor Fabaceae
Cobweb thistle Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale Asteraceae

		Wild peony Paeonia californica Paeoniaceae

Western false-indigo Amorpha fruticosa Fabaceae		California maidenhair fern Adiantum jordanii Pteridaceae [Named for Rudolf Jordan, Sr., 1818-1910]		Yerba mansa Anemopsis californica Saururaceae

Blue toadflax Nuttallanthus texanus Plantaginaceae [Named for Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859]		Mexican elderberry Sambucus mexicana Viburnaceae

Wild celery Apiastrum angustifolium Apiaceae

Bird's-foot fern Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata Pteridaceae

Laurel sumac Malosma laurina Anacardiaceae

California figwort Scrophularia californica Scrophulariaceae

Vinegar weed Trichostema lanceolatum Lamiaceae Common phacelia Phacelia distans Hydrophyllaceae

Canterbury bells Phacelia minor Hydrophyllaceae

Common skullcap Scutellaria tuberosa Lamiaceae Chia Salvia columbariae Lamiaceae

Bristly golden-aster Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. echioides Asteraceae

My pants after walking along the Wiashal Trail a year after it was burned by a fire in 2010
		Southern miner's lettuce Claytonia perfoliata ssp. mexicana Montiaceae

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