Leafy buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum Polygonaceae

Purple nightshade Solanum xanti Solanaceae [Named for János Xántus (de Vesey) 1825-1894]		Narrow-leaf filago * Logfia gallica Asteraceae

Mexican elderberry Sambucus mexicana Viburnaceae

Pine goldenbush Ericameria pinifolia Asteraceae

Sacred datura Datura wrightii Solanaceae [Named for Charles Wright, 1811-1885]

Silver puffs Uropappus lindleyi Asteraceae [Named for John Lindley, 1799-1865]

Short-leaved clff-aster Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia Asteraceae

Thickleaf yerba santa Eriodictyon crassifolium var. crassifolium Namaceae

		Common knotweed * Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum Polygonaceae
California bur-clover * Medicago polymorpha Fabaceae				Italian thistle * Carduus pycnocephalus ssp. pycnocephalus Asteraceae

Strigose lotus Acmispon strigosus Fabaceae

Downy monkeyflower Mimetanthe pilosa Phrymaceae

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