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)
Longleaf phlox blooming among sagebrush-steppe grasses. Photo: Matt Lavin / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Phlox longifolia, commonly called longleaf phlox, is a low, mat-
A cluster of dune evening primrose flowers, newly opened white blooms alongside older fading ones. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Oenothera
A fresh white California evening primrose flower, with an older bloom fading to pink behind it. Photo: Tom Hilton / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
A trailing stem of beach evening primrose on open dune sand, Bodega Dunes, Sonoma County. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Camissoniopsis
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