Desert bitterbrush Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa Rosaceae [Named for Saxon explorer, plant collector, horticulturist and author Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820]

Wilcox's woolstar Eriastrum wilcoxii Polemoniaceae [Named for plant collector Ernest Norton Wilcox, 1869-1961]

Desert calico Loeseliastrum matthewsii Polemoniaceae [Named for Dr. Washington Matthews, 1843-1905]

Anderson's buttercup Ranunculus andersonii Ranunculaceae [Named for naturalist and physician Charles Lewis Anderson, 1827-1910]

Desert needlegrass Stipa speciosa Poaceae

Water birch Betula occidentalis Betulaceae

		Desert larkspur Delphinium parishii ssp. parishii Ranunculaceae

Stansbury phlox Phlox stansburyi ssp. stansburyi Polemoniaceae [Named for topographical engineer Howard Stansbury, 1806-1863]

Desert paintbrush Castilleja chromosa Orobanchaceae

Desert peach Prunus andersonii Rosaceae

Yellow cryptantha Oreocarya confertiflora Boraginaceae

Spiny hopsage Grayia spinosa Chenopodiaceae [Named for the Dean of American botany Asa Gray, 1810-1888]

Spotted buckwheat Eriogonum maculatum Polygonaceae

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