Woolly paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa Orobanchaceae [Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744?-1793]				White snapdragon Antirrhinum coulterianum Plantaginaceae

Winged pectocarya Pectocarya penicillata Boraginaceae

Virgin's bower Clematis ligustifolia Ranunculaceae California figwort Scrophularia californica Scrophulariaceae

Crab spider Bob Allen says "Probably a member of the genus Misumenops. Its ~80 species were revised and split into several genera."

California thistle Cirsium occidentale var. californicum Asteraceae Bush poppy Dendromecon rigida Papaveraceae

Strigose lotus Acmispon strigosus Fabaceae		Variable checkerspot Euphydryas chalcedona Nymphalidae

		Coffee fern Pellaea andromedifolia Pteridaceae		Royal goldfields Lasthenia coronaria Asteraceae
California groundsel Senecio californica Asteraceae

Silver cholla Cylindropuntia echinocarpa Cactaceae

		Red maids Calandrinia menziesii Montiaceae
Cream cups Platystemon californicus Papaveraceae				Hairy evening primrose Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima Onagraceae

Chamise Adenostoma fsaciculatum var. fasciculatum Rosaceae

Desert straw Stephanomeria pauciflora Asteraceae

		Red brome * Bromus rubens Poaceae
Peninsular onion Allium peninsulare var. peninsulare Alliaceae

Desert willow Chilopsis linearis ssp. arcuata Bignoniaceae

Golden ear drops Ehrendorferia chrysantha Papaveraceae [Named for Friedrich Ehrendorfer, 1927-2023]

		Sow thistle * Sonchus oleraceus Asteraceae
Miniature lupine Lupinus bicolor Fabaceae

Hairy bush monkeyflower Diplacus longiflorus Phrymaceae		Hall's bush lupine Lupinus albifrons var. hallii Fabaceae [Named for Harvey Monroe Hall, 1874-1932]		Cupleaf ceanothus Ceanothus perplexans Rhamnaceae

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