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Apiaceae (1)

____________________ Desert Parsley (Lomatium mohavense)
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Asteraceae (30)

____________________ Goldenhead----------------- (Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus)
____________________ Ragweed (Ambrosia acanthicarpa)
____________________ Burrobush (Ambrosia dumosa)
____________________ Scale Bud (Anisocoma acaulis)
____________________ Desert Brickellebush (Brickellia desertorum)
____________________ Fremont Pincushion (Chaenactis fremontii)
____________________ Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)
____________________ *California Coreopsis (Coreopsis californica)
____________________ Bigelow Coreopsis (Coreopsis bigelovii)
____________________ Rayless Encelia (Encelia frutescens)
____________________ Cooper Goldenbbush (Ericameria cooperi)
____________________ Interior Goldenbush (Ericameria linearifolius)
____________________ Pringle Eriophyllum (Eriophyllum pringlei)
____________________ Wallace Eriophyllum (Eriophyllum wallacei)
____________________ Glyptopleura (Glyptopleura marginata)
____________________ Snake Weed (Gutierrezia sp.)
____________________ Cheesebush (Hymenoclea salsola)
____________________ Goldfields (Lasthenia californica)
____________________ White Layia (Layia glandulosa)
____________________ Scale-broom (Leptospartum squamatum)
____________________ Lessingia (Lessingia g. Glandulifera)
____________________ Snake's-Head (Malocothrix coulteri)
____________________ Desert Dandelion (Malocothrix glabrata)
____________________ Desert star (Monoptilon bellioides)
____________________ Hole-in-the-Sand (Nicolletia occidentalis)
____________________ Wire lettuce (Stephanomeria sp.)
____________________ Cotton-Thorn (Tetradymia axillaris longispina)
____________________ Mojave Horsebrush (Tetradymia stenolepis)
____________________ Silver Puffs (Uropappus lindleyi)
____________________ Mojave Aster (Xylorhiza tortifolia)
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Boraginaceae (7)

____________________ Checker Fiddleneck (Amsinckia tessellata)
____________________ Popcornflower (Cryptantha circumcissa)
____________________ Popcornflower (Cryptantha micrantha)
____________________ Popcornflower (Cryptantha pterocaria)
____________________ Comb-bur (Pectocarya linearis)
____________________ Comb-bur (Pectocarya setosa)
____________________ Coldenia (Tiquilia nuttallii)
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Brassicaceae (11)

____________________ Mustard --------------------- (Brassica tournefortii)
____________________ Cooper Caulanthus (Caulanthus cooperi)
____________________ Desert Candle (Caulanthus inflatus)
____________________ Tansy-Mustard (Descurainia pinnata)
____________________ Tansy-Mustard (Descurainia sophia)
____________________ Spectacle-Pod (Dithyrea californica)
____________________ California Mustard (Guillenia lasiophylla)
____________________ Pepper-grass (Lepidium flavum)
____________________ Desert Alyssum (Lepidium fremontii)
____________________ Tumble-Mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum)
____________________ Long-beaked Twist-flower (Streptanthella longirostris)
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Cactaceae (2)

____________________ Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris)
____________________ Silver Cholla (Opuntia echinocarpa)
____________________ *Pencil Cholla (Opuntia ramosissima)
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Chenopodiaceae (5)

____________________ Wingscale (Atriplex canescens)
____________________ Allscale (Atriplex polycarpa)
____________________ Hop-Sage (Grayia spinosa)
____________________ Winter Fat (Krascheninnikovia lanata)
____________________ Russian Thistle (Salsola tragus)
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Cupressaceae (1)

____________________ California Juniper (Juniperus californica)
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Ephedraceae (2)

____________________ Croton (Croton californicus)
____________________ Mormon tea (Ephedra nevadensis)
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Euphorbiaceae (2)

____________________ Spurge (Chamaesyce sp.)
____________________ Stillingia (Stillingia paucidentata)
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Fabaceae (3)

____________________ Locoweed (Astragalus sp.)
____________________ Royal Desert Lupine (Lupinus odoratus)
____________________ Lupine (Lupinus sp.)
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Geraniaceae (1)

____________________ Filaree (Erodium cicutarium)
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Hydrophyllaceae (4)

____________________ Purple Mat (Nama demissuum)
____________________ Fat-leaf Phacelia (Phacelia distans)
____________________ Fremont Phacelia (Phacelia fremontii)
____________________ Pholistoma (Pholistoma membranaceum)
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Lamiaceae (5)

____________________ Desert Pennyroyal (Monardella exilis)
____________________ Bladder Sage (Salazaria mexicana)
____________________ Thistle Sage (Salvia carduacea)
____________________ Chia (Salvia columbariae)
____________________ Blue Sage (Salvia dorrii)
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Liliaceae (3)

____________________ Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia)
____________________ Whipple Yucca (Yucca whipplei)
____________________ Desert Zygadene (Zigadenus brevibracteatus)
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Loasaceae (1)

____________________ Blazing Star (Mentzelia affinis)
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Malvaceae (1)

____________________ White Mallow (Eremalche exilis)
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Nyctaginaceae (3)

____________________ Mojave Sand-Verbena (Abronia pogonantha)
____________________ Hairy Sand-Verbena (Abronia villosa)
____________________ Four O'Clock (Mirabilis bigelovii)
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Onagraceae (4)

____________________ Mojave Sun Cup (Camissonia campestris)
____________________ Brown-Eyed Primrose (Camissonia claviformis)
____________________ Dune Primrose (Oenothera deltoides)
____________________ Yellow Desert Primrose (Oenothera primiveris)
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Papaveraceae (2)

____________________ Pygmy Poppy (Canbya candida)
____________________ Little Gold Poppy (Eschscholzia minutiflora)
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Poaceae (7)

____________________ Indian Rice Grass (Achnatherum hymenoides)
____________________ Desert Needlegrass (Achnatherum speciosum)
____________________ Red Brome (Bromus madritensis rubens)
____________________ Cheat Grass (Bromus tectorum)
____________________ Foxtail Barley (Hordeum jubatum)
____________________ One-sided Bluegrass (Poa secunda)
____________________ Mediterranean Grass (Schismus barbatus)
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Polemoniaceae (7)

____________________ Eriastrum (Eriastrum sapphirinum)
____________________ Davy Gilia (Gilia latiflora davyi)
____________________ Gilia (Gilia sinuata)
____________________ Golden Linanthus (Linanthus aureus)
____________________ Evening Snow (Linanthus dichotomus)
____________________ Parry Linanthus (Linanthus parryae)
____________________ Desert Calico (Loeseliastrum mathewsii)
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Polygonaceae (8)

____________________ Thurber Spineflower (Centrostegia thurbrei)
____________________ Flat-top Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum polifolium)
____________________ Slender Buckwheat (Eriogonum gracillimum)
____________________ Desert Trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum)
____________________ Yellow Turban (Eriogonum pusillum)
____________________ Buckwheat (Eriogonum viridescens)
____________________ Oxytheca (Oxytheca sp.)
____________________ Wild-Rhubarb (Rumex hymenosepalus)
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Portulacaceae (1)

____________________ Sand-cress (Calyptridium monandrum)
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Ranunculaceae (1)

____________________ Parish Larkspur (Delphinium parishii)
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Rosaceae (1)

____________________ Desert Almond (Prunus fasciculatum)
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Scrophulariaceae (2)

____________________ Owl's Clover (Castilleja exserta)
____________________ Fremont Monkeyflower (Mimulus fremontii)
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Solanaceae (4)

____________________ Toloache (Jimson Weed) (Datura wrightii)
____________________ Anderson Boxthorn (Lycium andersonii)
____________________ Cooper Boxthorn (Lycium cooperi)
____________________ Rabbit-thorn (Lycium pallidum)
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Zygophyllaceae (1)

____________________ Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)


Compiled By M. Long & Ian Swift
*added by J. Numer