Transverse range manzanita Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. mollis Ericaceae

Clustered blazing star Mentzelia congesta Loasaceae		Coulter's lupine Lupinus sparsiflorus Fabaceae		Tall hawksbeard Crepis acuminata Asteraceae

Common skullcap Scutellaria tuberosa Lamiaceae		Whiteplume wirelettuce Stephanomeria exigua ssp. coronaria Asteraceae

Velvet ash Fraxinus velutina Oleaceae

Gunsight fairyfan Clarkia xantiana ssp. xantiana Onagraceae California sun cup Eulobus californicus Onagraceae

Desert wishbone bush Mirabilis laevis var. villosa Nyctaginaceae

Desert olive Forestiera pubescens Oleaceae [Named for André Robert Forestier, 1742-1812]		Mojave sand-verbena Abronia pogonantha Nyctaginaceae

		Cooper's goldenbush Ericameria cooperi var. cooperi Asteraceae [Named for James Graham Cooper, 1830-1902]
Common sunflower Helianthus annuus Asteraceae				Sneezeweed Helenium puberulum Asteraceae

Douglas's stitchwort Sabulina douglasii Caryophyllaceae		Turkey pea Sanicula tuberosa Apiaceae

		Mustang mint Monardella breweri ssp. lanceolata Lamiaceae		Honey mesquite Neltuma odorata Fabaceae
California man-root Marah fabacea Cucurbitaceae

		Silvery false-lupine Thermopsis californica var. argentata Fabaceae
Giant four o'clock Mirabilis multiflora var. pubescens Nyctaginaceae

Broom snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae Asteraceae		Sand cress Calyptridium monandrum Montiaceae		California lotus Acmispon wrangellianus Fabaceae [Named for Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangell, 1796-1870]

Flannelbush Fremontodendron californicum Malvaceae		Chicalote Argemone munita Papaveraceae
Salt marsh fleabane Pluchea odorata var. odorata Asteraceae [Named for Noël-Antoine Pluche, 1688-1761]		Beaked penstemon Penstemon rostriflorus Plantaginaceae

		Booth's shredding evening primrose Eremothera boothii ssp. decorticans Onagraceae [Named for William Beattie Booth, 1804-1874]
Wishbone bush Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia Nyctaginaceae				Royal penstemon Penstemon speciosus Plantaginaceae

Desert pincushion Chaenactis stevioides Asteraceae

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