To get to this area, you exit I-5 onto Frazier Mountain Park Road at the southern part of Lebec and head west to a left turn onto Lockwood Valley at Cuddy Creek, then go south. I made several trips to this area and the flora was great due to a recent fire. I am extremely grateful to Ventura County botanist David Magney of David Magney Environmental Consulting for his help in identifying many of these species which were previously unfamiliar to me and for letting me know about this amazing area which in 2008 is producing a display which due to the conjunction of the fires and the rains is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.

Red mariposa lily
Calochortus kennedyi var. kennedyi
Liliaceae
[Named for William Ledlie Kennedy, c. 1827-1887]

Pine green gentian
Frasera neglecta
Gentianaceae
[Named for John Frasera, 1750-1811]

Spring lessingia
Lessingia tenuis
Asteraceae
[Named for Christian Friedrich Lessing, 1809-1862]

Thurber's spineflower
Centrostegia thurberi
Polygonaceae
[Named for Dr. George Thurber, 1821-1890]

Dense-fruited monkeyflower
Mimulus constrictus
Scrophulariaceae

Heartleaf thornmint
Acanthomintha obovata ssp. cordata
Lamiaceae

Oak mistletoe
Phoradendron villosum
Viscaceae

California evening primrose
Oenothera californica var. californica
Onagraceae

Great valley phacelia
Phacelia ciliata
Hydrophyllaceae

Douglas phacelia
Phacelia douglasii
Hydrophyllaceae
[Named for David Douglas, 1798-1834]

Golden yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Asteraceae

California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
Papaveraceae
[Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1783-1831]

Martin's paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei ssp. martinii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Domingo Castillejo Muñoz, 1744-1793]

Coyote tobacco
Nicotiana attenuata
Solanaceae
[Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]