Drummond's false-pennyroyal Hedeoma drummondii Lamiaceae [Named for Scottish naturalist Thomas Drummond, 1790-1835]

Sticky snakeweed Gutierrezia microcephala Asteraceae [Named for 19th century Spanish nobleman, botanist and apothecary Pedro Gutierrez]

Desert sweet, Fern bush Chamaebatiaria millefolium Rosaceae

Firecracker penstemon, Eaton's penstemon Penstemon eatonii ssp. undosus Plantaginaceae [Named for Daniel Cady Eaton, 1834-1895]

Giant four o'clock Mirabilis multiflora Nyctaginaceae

California brickellbush Brickellia californica Asteraceae [Named for Irish-American naturalist and physician John Brickell, 1749-1809]

Fremont's barberry Berberis fremontii Berberidaceae [Named for explorer and plant collector John C. Frémont, 1813-1890]

Gambel oak Quercus gambelii Fagaceae [Named for American naturalist William Gambel, 1823-1849, who died of typhus while trying to treat sick miners in the Sierra Nevadas]

Grand Canyon goldenweed Ericameria arizonica Asteraceae

 

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