California dandelion Taraxacum californicum Asteraceae

Birdnest buckwheat Eriogonum nidularium Polygonaceae		Bird's nest

		Bownut cryptantha Oreocarya abortiva Boraginaceae		Dwarf three-petal bedstraw Galium trifidum ssp. subbiflorum Rubiaceae
Big Bear checkerbloom Sidalcea pedata Malvaceae

		Spotted buckwheat Eriogonum maculatum Polygonaceae
Curved-stem phacelia Phacelia curvipes Boraginaceae

Southern mountain lupine Lupinus albifrons var. austromontanus Fabaceae

		Blue grama Bouteloua gracilis Poaceae [Named for Spanish botanists Claudio and Estéban Boutelou Agraz]
Brewer's navarretia Navarretia breweri Polemoniaceae [Named for Francisco Fernandez de Navarrete, 1680-1742]

Parish's fleabane Erigeron parishii Asteraceae [Butterfly on right is I believe a square-spotted blue, Euphilotes battoides]

Slender woodland star Lithophragma affine Saxifragaceae

Spiny greasebush Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum Crossosomataceae [Picture at lower right taken at same location in March 2005]

California evening primrose Oenothera californica ssp. californica Onagraceae

Small-flowered groundsmoke Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum Onagraceae [Named for French botanist Claude Gay, 1800-1873]

Primrose monkeyflower Erythranthe primuloides Phrymaceae		Parry's fringed onion Allium parryi Alliaceae

 

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