Narrowleaf mule’s ears blooming in a grassy meadow. Photo: tomhilton / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Wyethia angustifolia, commonly known as Narrowleaf mule’s ears, is
Gray mule’s ears blooming among California wildflowers, with its characteristic gray-felted foliage. Photo: John Rusk / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Wyethia helenioides, commonly known
Goldback fern rooted in a rock crevice, a typical spot for this drought-adapted western fern. Photo: Jim Morefield / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Pentagramma
Open oak-grassland slopes carpeted with blooming Deltoid balsamroot in the Columbia River Gorge. Photo: brewbooks / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Balsamorhiza deltoidea, commonly called
A young coastal wood fern clump in open woodland leaf litter. Photo: Awinch1001 / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Dryopteris arguta, commonly known as Coastal wood fern,
Yellow sand verbena’s fragrant flower clusters sit atop thick, succulent leaves. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Abronia latifolia, commonly called yellow
Pacific pea’s vivid magenta-pink flowers are among the showiest of California’s native peas. Photo: Stickpen, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Lathyrus vestitus, known as Pacific pea
Mojave fishhook cactus flowers open among its dense, interlacing hooked spines. Photo: Jim Morefield, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Sclerocactus polyancistrus, commonly called Mojave fishhook
Common fishhook cactus flowering in the Colorado Desert of Southern California. Photo: Steve Bera, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Mammillaria tetrancistra (recently reclassified by some
Sticky phacelia growing from a rocky roadcut, its intensely blue flowers held well above the foliage. Photo: Joyce Cory / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
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