Water pennywort Hydrocotyle verticillata Araliaceae

Common phacelia Phacelia distans Hydrophyllaceae		Davis's pitted onion Allium lacunosum var. davisiae Alliaceae [Named for Nancy Jane Davis, 1833-1921]

		Veatch's blazing star Mentzelia veatchiana Loasaceae [Named for Andrew Allen Veatch, c.1832-1871]
Congdon's phacelia Phacelia congdonii Hydrophyllaceae [Named for Joseph Whipple Congdon, 1834-1919]				California condor Gymnogyps californianus Cathartidae

		Golden yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum Asteraceae
Tracy's woolstar Eriastrum tracyi Polemoniaceae [Named for Joseph Prince Tracy, 1879-1953]

Tehachapi buckwheat Eriogonum callistum Polygonaceae

		Creek monkeyflower Erythranthe guttata Phrymaceae
Deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus var. macrothyrsus Rhamnaceae

Desert calico Loeseliastrum matthewsii Polemoniaceae [Named for Washington Matthews, 1843-1905]
		Stiffbranch bird's beak Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. rigidus Orobanchaceae

Desert larkspur Delphinium parishii Ranunculaceae [Named for Samuel Bonsall Parish, 1838-1928]		Spineless horsebrush Tetradymia canescens Asteraceae

Small wirelettuce Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua Asteraceae Lanceleaf dudleya Dudleya lanceolata Crassulaceae [Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]

Few-flowered naked buckwheat Eriogonum nudum var. pauciflorum Polygonaceae

Fremont's bush mallow Malacothamnus fremontii Malvaceae Sticky lessingia Lessingia glandulifera var. glandulifera Asteraceae [Named for Christian Friedrich Lessing, 1809-1862, and two relatives]

Sticky Chinese houses Collinsia tinctoria Plantaginaceae		Gaping penstemon Keckiella breviflora var. breviflora Plantaginaceae [Named for David Daniels Keck, 1903-1995]

Golden gilia Leptosiphon aureus ssp. aureus Polemoniaceae

Fremont's syntrichopappus Syntrichopappus fremontii Asteraceae

		Golden ear drops Ehrendorferia chrysantha Papaveraceae [Named for Friedrich Ehrendorfer, 1927-2023]
Tansy-leaved phacelia Phacelia tanacetifolia Hydrophyllaceae

		Northern Grinnell's penstemon Penstemon grinnellii var. scrophularioides Plantaginaceae [Named for Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 1882-1943]
Heartleaf jewelflower Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus Brassicaceae				Joshua tree Yucca brevifolia Agavaceae

Twiggy wreathplant Stephanomeria virgata ssp. virgata Asteraceae		Smallflower woodland star Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum Saxifragaceae

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