Slender pectocarya Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula Boraginaceae

Woolly daisy Eriophyllum wallacei Asteraceae [Named for William Allen Wallace, 1815-1893]		Goldback fern Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis Pteridaceae

Rock crossosoma Crossosoma bigelovii Crossosomataceae
		Parish's poppy Eschscholzia parishii Papaveraceae [Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831, and the Parish brothers]

Mulefat Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia Asteraceae (Left; female flowers; Right: Male flowers)

Fourwing saltbush Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens Chenopodiaceae				Desert bitterbrush Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa Rosaceae [Named for Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820]

California ephedra Ephedra californica Ephedraceae

		California fan palm Washingtonia filifera Arecaceae [Named for George Washington, 1732-1799]
Desert prickly-pear Opuntia phaeacantha Cactaceae				Tree tobacco * Nicotiana glauca Solanaceae [Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]

Bee assassin Apiomerus sp. Reduviidae On Peucephyllum schottii

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