California buckeye Aesculus californica Sapindaceae

Desert paintbrush Castilleja chromosa Orobanchaceae		Tehachapi ragwort Packera ionophylla Asteraceae [Named for John George Packer, 1929-2019]

Mountain clarkia Clarkia heterandra Onagraceae [Named for William Clark, 1770-1838]

Pygmy madia Hemizonella minima Asteraceae

Doveweed Croton setiger Euphorbiaceae

		Common fiddleneck Amsinckia intermedia Boraginaceae [Named for Wilhelm Amsinck, 1752-1831]
Spikeweed Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens Asteraceae

Davidson's blue-eyed mary Collinsia bartsiifolia var. davidsonii Plantaginaceae [Named for Zaccheus Collins (1764-1831) and George Davidson, 1825-1911]

California chicory Rafinesquia californica Asteraceae [Named for Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1783-1840]

Green ephedra Ephedra viridis Ephedraceae

		Desert milkweed Asclepias erosa Apocynaceae

		Least duckweed Lemna minuta Araceae
Red spot clarkia Clarkia speciosa ssp. polyantha Onagraceae				Strigose lotus Acmispon strigosus Fabaceae

Davy gilia Gilia latiflora ssp. davyi Polemoniaceae [Named for Joseph Burtt Davy, 1870-1940]

		False-spineflower Hollisteria lanata Polygonaceae [Named for William Welles Hollister, 1818-1886]		Small-seeded spurge Euphorbia polycarpa Euphorbiaceae
Yellow pincushion Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula Asteraceae

		Nevada gilia Gilia brecciarum ssp. brecciarum Polemoniaceae [Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]
Mojave cottonthorn Tetradymia stenolepis Asteraceae

Big-berry manzanita Arctostaphylos glauca Ericaceae

Forest goosefoot Chenopodium atrovirens Chenopodiaceae

Short-stemmed bastard-sage Eriogonum wrightii var. subscaposum Polygonaceae [Named for Charles Wright, 1811-1885]

Everlasting neststraw Stylocline gnaphaloides Asteraceae

Ashy silk-tassel Garrya flavescens Garryaceae [Named for Nicholas Garry, c.1782-1856]

Nodding bedstraw Galium hallii Rubiaceae [Named for Harvey Monroe Hall, 1874-1932]

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