Deerbrush in full bloom beneath the granite cliffs of Yosemite Valley. Photo: Dawn Endico / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Ceanothus integerrimus, commonly known as
California fescue sending up airy seed stalks above its foliage clump. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Festuca californica, commonly called
Buckbrush in bloom, showing its small umbel-like flower clusters and wedge-shaped leaves. Photo: Chris English / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Ceanothus cuneatus, commonly called
Blue wildrye seed heads with their characteristic long, slender awns. Photo: Matt Lavin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Elymus glaucus, commonly called blue wildrye,
The star-shaped, purple-blue flower of Western Blue-eyed Grass, with its bright yellow throat. Photo: Björn S… / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Sisyrinchium bellum, commonly
A blooming Southern Bush Monkeyflower shrub, its pale buff-yellow flowers scattered across sticky green foliage. Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Diplacus longiflorus (long
Red Bush Monkeyflower’s deep brick-red, two-lipped tubular flower. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Diplacus puniceus (long known as Mimulus puniceus,
Chinese Houses in full bloom, showing the tiered whorls of bicolor flowers that give the plant its common name. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Collinsia
Bush poppy’s four-petaled, satiny yellow flower, blooming on Bouquet Reservoir chaparral. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Dendromecon rigida, commonly called
Yerba santa in bloom, Fort Ord National Monument, California. Photo: BLM California, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Eriodictyon californicum, commonly called Yerba Santa (“holy herb” in
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