Narrow-leaved stillingia Stillingia linearifolia Euphorbiaceae [Named for Benjamin Stillingfleet, 1702-1771]
Sweetbush Bebbia juncea var. aspera Asteraceae [Named for Michael Schuck Bebb, 1833-1895]				London rocket * Sisymbrium irio Brassicaceae

Fremont's pincushion Chaenactis fremontii Asteraceae

Sacred datura Datura wrightii Solanaceae		Desert mistletoe Phoradendron californicum Viscaceae

Chuparosa Justicia californica Acanthaceae [Named for Scottish botanist James Justice, 1698-1763] Fishhook cactus Mammillaria dioica Cactaceae		Bladderpod Isomeris arborea Capparaceae Narrow-leaf ditaxis Ditaxis lanceolata Euphorbiaceae Retrorse desert four o'clock Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa Nyctaginaceae
				Smooth-stemmed fagonia Fagonia laevis Zygophyllaceae [Named for Guy-Crescent Fagon, 1638-1718]
				Beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Cactaceae

Bigelow's monkeyflower Mimulus bigelovii var. bigelovii Scrophulariaceae [Named for John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878]		California barrel cactus Ferocactus cylindraceus Cactaceae		Desert rock pea Lotus rigidus Fabaceae

Smoke tree Psorothamnus spinosus Fabaceae

		Arrowleaf Pleurocoronis pluriseta Asteraceae		Cheesebush Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola Asteraceae
Pale primrose Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida Onagraceae

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