A single western sunflower flowerhead rising on its characteristically bare stem above a prairie remnant. Photo: Joshua Mayer, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Helianthus occidentalis,
A spreading patch of oak fern carpeting the forest floor, Peru, New York. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Gymnocarpium dryopteris, known as Oak Fern
A wild Goodding’s verbena mound in bloom, southern Nevada. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Glandularia gooddingii, commonly called Goodding’s Verbena or southwestern
Richardson’s Geranium blooming near Bridal Veil Falls, Telluride, Colorado. Photo: JohnIngraham, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Geranium richardsonii, commonly known as Richardson’s Geranium, is
Northern Gentian in subalpine turf on Mount Wolverine, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Gentianella amarella, commonly called
Globe Gilia (ssp. abrotanifolia) blooming wild in San Bernardino County, California. Photo: Matt Berger, via iNaturalist/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Gilia capitata, commonly called Globe
ʻIeʻie climbing a ridge-top forest edge at Waihee Ridge Trail, Maui. Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0 US) Freycinetia arborea, known
Chocolate lily, showing its characteristic whorled leaves beneath a nodding bud. Photo: James Steakley, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Fritillaria camschatcensis, commonly called Chocolate Lily,
California ash in bloom, Colusa County, California. Photo: Eric in SF, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Fraxinus dipetala, commonly called California Ash or two-petal ash,
Forestiera angustifolia, known to botanists and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as Narrowleaf Forestiera or Texas Forestiera, and called Texas Swampprivet by USDA PLANTS,
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