Durango root Datisca glomerata Datiscaceae

Nevada ephedra Ephedra nevadensis Ephedraceae		Smooth scouring rush Equisetum laevigatum Equisetaceae

		California saxifrage Micranthes californica Saxifragaceae		Hollyleaf redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia Rhamnaceae
Creosote bush Larrea tridentata Zygophyllaceae [Named for Juan Antonio Hernández Perez de Larrea, 1731-1803]

		Western lady's mantle Aphanes occidentalis Rosaceae
Spreading larkspur Delphinium patens Ranunculaceae

		California hedge-parsley Yabea microcarpa Apiaceae [Named for Yoshisada Yabe, 1876-1931]		Two-seeded milkvetch Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus Fabaceae
Mountain pink currant Ribes nevadense Grossulariaceae

Mountain whitethorn Ceanothus cordulatus Rhamnaceae		Scouler's St. John's wort Hypericum scouleri Hypericaceae [Named for John Scouler, 1804-1871]

Hairy blue sage Salvia dorrii var. villosa Lamiaceae [Named for Clarendon Herbert Dorr, 1816-1887] California loosestrife Lythrum californicum Lythraceae

Plain mariposa lily Calochortus invenustus Liliaceae

Douglas's microseris Microseris douglasii ssp. douglasii Asteraceae   Vinegar weed Trichostema lanceolatum Lamiaceae

Alkali mallow Malvella leprosa Malvaceae		Rigid hedge-nettle Stachys rigida Lamiaceae

		Hemp dogbane Apocynum cannabinum Apocynaceae
California milkweed Asclepias californica Apocynaceae				California lomatium Lomatium californicum Apiaceae

Nevin's brickellbush Brickellia nevinii Asteraceae [Named for Joseph Cook Nevin, 1835-1913]		Cheesebush Ambrosia salsola var. salsola Asteraceae

		Bristly pectocarya Pectocarya setosa Boraginaceae		Spring draba Draba verna Brassicaceae
Rigid fiddleneck Amsinckia retrorsa Boraginaceae

		California-aster Corethrogyne filaginifolia Asteraceae
Wild licorice Glycyrrhiza lepidota Fabaceae

California croton Croton californicus Euphorbiaceae [Left: female flowers; Right: Male flowers]

Streambank lotus Hosackia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia Fabaceae

California breadroot Pediomelum californicum Fabaceae		Chaparral pea Pickeringia montana Fabaceae [Named for Charles Pickering, 1805-1878]

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