Common goldfields Lasthenia gracilis Asteraceae

Vasey's prickly-pear Opuntia vaseyi Cactaceae [Named for George Richard Vasey, 1853-1921]

		Sweetbush Bebbia juncea var. aspera Asteraceae [Named for Michael Schuck Bebb, 1833-1895]		Tree tobacco * Nicotiana glauca Solanaceae [Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]
Desert brickellbush Brickellia desertorum Asteraceae [Named for John Brickell, 1749-1809]

		Desert bitterbrush Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa Rosaceae [Named for Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820]
Slender pectocarya Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula Boraginaceae

Four-wing saltbush Atriplex canescens var. canescens Chenopodiaceae [Picture on right are galls that are referred to as "cotton balls" formed by Cecidomyid midges]

Sand cress Calyptridium monandrum Montiaceae

Solitary-leaved alkali goldenbush Isocoma acradenia var. eremophila Asteraceae

Fringe-pod Thysanocarpus curvipes Brassicaceae

Scarlet monkeyflower Erythranthe cardinalis Phrymaceae		Salt cedar * Tamarix ramosissima Tamaricaceae

Goldback fern Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis Pteridaceae

Fremont's cottonwood Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii Salicaceae

Rock crossosoma Crossosoma bigelovii Crossosomataceae

		Prickly sow thistle * Sonchus asper Asteraceae
Hollyleaf redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia Rhamnaceae

		Lanceleaf dudleya Dudleya lanceolata Crassulaceae [Named for William Russel Dudley, 1849-1911]		Parish's poppy Eschscholzia parishii Papaveraceae
Heermann's lotus Acmispon heermannii var. heermannii Fabaceae [Named for Adolphus Lewis Heermann, 1821-1865]

Mulefat Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia Asteraceae [L: fenale, R: male]

Apricot mallow Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua Malvaceae		Narrow-leaved cryptantha Johnstonella angustifolia Boraginaceae [Named for Ivan Murray Johnston, 1898-1960]		London rocket * Sisymbrium irio Brassicaceae

Bajada lupine Lupinus concinnus Fabaceae		Bigelow's coreopsis Leptosyne bigelovii Asteraceae

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