EASTERN SIERRAS
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White-veined mallow, Waxy checkerbloom
Sidalcea glaucescens
Malvaceae
 
 
Dwarf bilberry
Vaccinium cespitosum
Ericaceae
Cusick's monkeyflower
Mimulus cusickii
Phrymaceae

{Named for William Conklin Cusick, 1842-1922]
California valerian
Valeriana californica
Valerianaceae
Dusty maidens
Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii
Asteraceae

[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]


 
Dwarf lewisia
Lewisia pygmaea
Montiaceae
 
Yellow cryptantha
Cryptantha confertiflora
Boraginaceae


 
 
Large-leaved avens
Geum macrophyllum
Rosaceae
 
 
 
 
cf. Nuttall's larkspur
Delphinium nuttallianum
Ranunculaceae

[Named for Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859]
False solomon's seal
Maianthemum racemosum
Ruscaceae
 
 


   
Mountain monardella
Monardella odoratissima
Lamiaceae
 
 
Sierra linanthus
Leptosiphon pachyphyllus
Polemoniaceae



   
Pumice hulsea
Hulsea vestita ssp. vestita
Asteraceae

[Named for Gilbert White Hulse, 1807-1883]
 
Tobacco bush
Ceanothus velutinus
Rhamnaceae
 
Woolly sunflower
Eriophyllum lanatum
Asteraceae
   


 
Royal penstemon
Penstemon speciosus
Plantaginaceae

Star-flowered false solomon's seal
Maianthemum stellatum
Ruscaceae
 
 
Soft arnica
Arnica mollis
Asteraceae
Sticky starwort
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Caryophyllaceae
[Named for Edwin P. James, 1797-1861]
Utah serviceberry
Amelanchier utahensis
Rosaceae
 
 
Condensed phlox
Phlox condensata
Polemoniaceae
Swamp onion
Allium validum
Alliaceae
 


 
 
Arrowleaf balsamroot
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Asteraceae
 
Hemp dogbanre
Apocynum cannabinum
Apocynaceae
Menzies' campion
Silene menziesii
Caryophyllaceae
[Named for Archibald Menzies, 1754-1842]
 
 


 
Columbian monkshood
Aconitum columbianum
Ranunculaceae


 
Pygmy fleabane
Erigeron pygmaeus
Asteraceae
 
 
Coyote tobacco
Nicotiana attentuata
Solanaceae

[Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]
 
 
Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium sp.
Iridaceae
 


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