California barrel cactus Ferocactus cylindraceus Cactaceae		Downy monkeyflower Mimetanthe pilosa Phrymaceae		Beavertail cactus Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris Cactaceae		Strawberry cactus Mammillaria dioica Cactaceae

Honey mesquite Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana Fabaceae [Named for John Torrey, 1796-1873]

		Engelmann's hedgehog cactus Echinocereus engelmannii Cactaceae [Named for George Engelmann, 1809-1884]
Trailing windmills Allionia incarnata var. incarnata Nyctaginaceae [Named for Carlo Ludovico Allioni, 1728-1804]

Chuparosa Justicia californica Acanthaceae [Named for James Justice, 1698-1763]

		Chia Salvia columbariae Lamiaceae
Vasey's sage Salvia vaseyi Lamiaceae [Named for George Richard Vasey, 1852-1921]

Fremont's pincushion Chaenactis fremontii Asteraceae [Named for the "Pathfinder," John Charles Frémont, 1813-1890]		California ayenia Ayenia compacta Malvaceae [Named for Louis de Noailles, the Duc d'Ayen, 1713-1793]		Coulter's lyrepod Lyrocarpa coulteri Brassicaceae [Named for Thomas Coulter, 1793-1843]

Parish's poppy Eschscholzia parishii Papaveraceae		Parry's lipfern Myriopteris parryi Pteridaceae [Named for Charles Christopher Parry, 1823-1890]

Desert tobacco Nicotiana obtusifolia Solanaceae [Named for Jean Nicot de Villemain, 1530-1600]

Cheesebush Ambrosia salsola var. salsola Asteraceae

White fiesta flower Pholistoma membranaceum Hydrophyllaceae		Whispering bells Emmenanthe penduliflora Hydrophyllaceae		Mulefat Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia Asteraceae		Slender-lobed four o'clock Mirabilis tenuiloba Nyctaginaceae

Desert chicory Rafinesquia neomexicana Asteraceae [Named for Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1783-1840]		Mojave ragwort Senecio mohavensis Asteraceae		Desert ironwood Olneya tesota Fabaceae [Named for Stephen Thayer Olney, 1812-1878]

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