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 that in 2008 is producing a display which due to the conjunction of the fires and the rains is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon. To get to this area, take Interstate 5 North to the Frazier Mountain area, turn west on Frazier Mountain Park Road, then south on Lockwood Valley Road, then left again on Mutau Flats Road (Forest Route 7N03, aka Grade Valley Road) and then right at a fork onto Forest Route 7N03B to Thorn Meadows.

Purple nightshade
Solanum xanti
Solanaceae
[Named for Janos Xantus, 1825-1894]

Narrowpod locoweed
Astragalus filipes
Fabaceae

Rock phacelia
Phacelia egena
Hydrophyllaceae

Phlox-leaved bedstraw
Galium andrewsii ssp. andrewsii
Rubiaceae
[Named for Timothy Langdon Andrews, 1819-1908]

Venus thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. venustum
Asteraceae

White tidy tips
Layia glandulosa
Asteraceae
[Named for George Tradescant Lay, 1799-1844]

Thickleaf yerba santa
Eriodictyon crassifolium var. nigrescens
Hydrophyllaceae

Streambank lotus
Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius
Fabaceae

Purple clarkia
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
Onagraceae
[Named for William Clark, 1770-1838]

Few-flowered woolstar
Eriastrum signatum
Polemoniaceae

White catchfly
Silene verecunda ssp. platyota
Caryophyllaceae

Lavender windows
Phacelia exilis
Hydrophyllaceae

Parish's broomrape
Orobanche parishii ssp. parishii
Orobanchaceae

Hill lotus
Lotus humistratus
Fabaceae

Fremont's phacelia
Phacelia fremontii
Hydrophyllaceae
[Named for John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]

Poverty weed
Iva axillaris var. robustior
Asteraceae