Dollar Lake is a fairly small seasonal body of water almost hidden below the north face of the San Gorgonio-San Bernardino Peak ridge and about a two mile hike from South Fork Meadows. It has been described as a jewel and supposedly when full shines like a silver dollar, but obviously late in the summer dries up. An upside-down V next to the common name indicates a taxon that was new to me when I photographed it on this field trip.

California geranium
Geranium californicum
Geraniaceae

Anderson's lupine
Lupinus andersonii
Fabaceae
[Named for Charles Lewis Anderson, 1827-1910]

Blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
Iridaceae

Fireweed
Epilobium angustifolium ssp. circumvagum
Onagraceae

Bigelow's sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii
Asteraceae
{Named for Helen of Troy and John Milton Bigelow, 1804-1878]

Autumn dwarf gentian
Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta
Gentianaceae

Grinnell's penstemon
Penstemon grinnellii var. grinnellii
Scrophulariaceae
[Named for Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 1882-1943]

Western mountain aster
Aster occidentalis var. occidentalis
Asteraceae

San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. bernardinus
Asteraceae

Parish's catchfly
Silene parishii
Caryophyllaceae
[Named for the Parish brothers]

White fir
Abies concolor
Pinaceae