Pine green-gentian Frasera neglecta Gentianaceae [Named for John Fraser, 1750-1811]

Pink spineflower Chorizanthe membranacea Polygonaceae				Pringle's woolly sunuflower Eriophyllum pringlei Asteraceae

Scaly-stemmed sandplant Pholisma arenarium Lennoaceae

Purple mat Nama demissa var. demissa Namaceae Purple nightshade Solanum xanti Solanaceae

Purple owl's clover Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta Orobanchaceae

Purple sanicle Sanicula bipinnatifida Apiaceae Purple clarkia Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera Onagraceae

Sapphire woolstar Eriastrum sapphirinum ssp. sapphirinum Polemoniaceae		Hairy yerba santa Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. trichocalyx Namaceae

Beautiful rock-cress Boechera pulchra Brassicaceae [Named for Tyge Wittrock Böcher, 1909-1983]
		Winged pectocarya Pectocarya penicillata Boraginaceae

		Telegraph weed Heterotheca grandiflora Asteraceae
Arizona popcorn flower Plagiobothrys arizonicus Boraginaceae

American bulrush Schoenoplectus americanus Cyperaceae

Bentham lupine Lupinus benthamii Fabaceae [Named for George Bentham, 1800-1884]

White-flowered filaree California macrophylla Geraniaceae

Bigelow's coreopsis Leptosyne bigelovii Asteraceae

		Bigelow's spike-moss Selaginella bigelovii Selaginellaceae
Birdseye gilia Gilia tricolor ssp. diffusa Polemoniaceae				White caterpillar phacelia Phacelia cicutaria var. cicutaria Hydrophyllaceae

Blue dicks Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus Themidaceae

Poison sanicle Sanicula bipinnata Apiaceae

Wild tarragon Artemisia dracunculus Asteraceae

Common sweet-cicely Osmorhiza brachypoda Apiaceae

		Bowlesia Bowlesia incana Apiaceae [Named for William Bowles, 1705-1780]
Bristly fiddleneck Amsinckia tessellata var. gloriosa Boraginaceae

California goosefoot Chenopodium californicum Chenopodiaceae		Warty spurge Euphorbia spathulata Euphorbiaceae		California goldenrod Solidago velutina ssp. californica Asteraceae

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