A dense stand of false willow in bloom, its narrow willow-like leaves and fuzzy seed heads typical of fall. Photo: Clay, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY
Western needlegrass growing as scattered bunchgrass clumps among granite on a dry, rocky slope. Photo: Matt Lavin, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Achnatherum occidentale (formerly
Oneleaf onion’s showy, star-shaped rose-pink flowers, among the largest-flowered of the California native onions. Photo: John Rusk, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Allium unifolium, commonly
Narrowleaf onion’s loose, rounded flower cluster of pale pink-and-white, star-shaped florets. Photo: Alex Abair, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Allium amplectens, commonly known as narrowleaf
Flatbud prickly poppy’s large white flowers draw butterflies like this western tiger swallowtail. Photo: Daniel Mayer, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Argemone munita, commonly known
Purple cliffbrake rooted in a limestone crevice near the Black Range, New Mexico. Photo: aspidoscelis, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Pellaea atropurpurea, commonly called purple cliffbrake or
California manroot scrambling through spring grass and shrubs at Briones Regional Park, Contra Costa County. Photo: John Rusk, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Marah fabacea,
Texas wintergrass florets, showing the sharp-tipped seed and long, twice-bent, twisted awn that is the grass’s signature identification feature. Photo: Tracey Slotta, USDA ARS Systematic
Hartweg’s sundrops forming a low mound of yellow flowers along a sunny walkway. Photo: Megan Hansen / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Oenothera hartwegii (often
Woolly lip fern rooted in a narrow rock crevice, its typical foothold on dry, sunny outcrops. Photo: Michelle W., via iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) Cheilanthes
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