Above are the charcoal kilns along Wild Rose Canyon Road on the way up to Mahogany Flats campground on the west side of Death Valley National Park.

		Panamint daisy Enceliopsis covillei Asteraceae [Named for Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1917]

Desert mariposa lily Calochortus kennedyi var. munzii Liliaceae [Named for William Ledlie Kennedy, c. 1827-1887, and Philip Alexander Munz, 1892-1974]

Prince's plume Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata Brassicaceae [Named for Lord Edward Smith-Stanley, 1775-1851]		Mojave mound cactus Echinocereus triglochidiatus Cactaceae		Longspine horsebrush Tetradymia axillaris var. longispina Asteraceae

		Little-leaved Mojave indigo bush Psorothamnus arborescens var. minutifolius Fabaceae
Desert beardtongue Penstemon fructiciformis var. fructiciformis Scrophulariaceae

		Gilia Gilia sp. Polemoniaceae [Named for Filippo Luigi Gilii, 1756-1821]
Southern mountain phacelia Phacelia austromontana Hydrophyllaceae				Violet false-gilia Allophyllum gilioides ssp. violaceum Polemoniaceae
Roughseed cryptantha Cryptantha flavoculata Boraginaceae				Mountain maple Acer glabrum var. diffusum Aceraceae

		Fremont's phacelia Phacelia fremontii Hydrophyllaceae [Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890
Northern desert monkeyflower Mimulus bigelovii var. cuspidatus Scrophulariaceae [Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878

		Blue sage Salvia dorrii var. dorrii Lamiaceae [Named for Clarendon Herbert Dorr, 1816-1887]
Blackbrush Coleogyne ramosissima Rosaceae				Sand blazing star Mentzelia involucrata Loasaceae

Desert trumpet Eriogonum inflatum Polygonaceae		Acton encelia Encelia actoni Asteraceae [Named for Christoph Entzelt, 1517-1583]

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