Orcutt's bird's beak Dicranostegia orcuttiana Orobanchaceae [Named for San Diego plant collector Charles Russell Orcutt, 1864-1929]

Flowering-quillwort Triglochin scilloides Juncaginaceae

Everlasting neststraw Stylocline gnaphaloides Asteraceae

		Common toad rush Juncus bufonius var. bufonius Cyperaceae

Sticky false-gilia Allophyllum glutinosum Polemoniaceae

Tall melica Melica frutescens Poaceae

Fringed spineflower Chorizanthe fimbriata var. fimbriata Polygonaceae

Encinitas baccharis Baccharis vanessae Asteraceae [Named for botanist Vanessa Beth Beauchamp (1976- ), daughter of R. Mitchel Beauchamp, author of A Flora of San Diego County]

Two-seeded milkvetch Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus Fabaceae

Green algae Nitella clavata Characeae
		Golden-spined cereus Bergerocactus emoryi Cactaceae [Named for German botanist Alwin Berger, 1871-1931]

Hooked navarretia Navarretia hamata ssp. hamata Polemoniaceae [Named for Francisco Fernandez de Navarrete, ?-1742]

Toothed calicoflower Downingia cuspidata Campanulaceae [Named for famed landscape gardener and horticulturist Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815-1852]

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