A single woodland star flower shows its deeply cleft, star-shaped petals and wiry, slightly hairy stem. Photo: Stickpen, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Lithophragma affine,
A single padre’s shooting star stem nodding above spring grasses in Southern California. Photo: Steve Berardi, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Primula clevelandii (long
A single elephant’s head spike standing above the sedges and grasses of a wet mountain meadow. Photo: Walter Siegmund, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Checkerbloom’s pink, mallow-shaped flowers open along a branching stem lined with lobed, maple-like leaves. Photo: Stan Shebs, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Sidalcea malviflora,
A stand of California corn lily in bloom on a wet Sierra Nevada slope, growing alongside larkspur. Photo: Jane S. Richardson, via Wikimedia Commons (CC
Sierra iris growing among grasses on a gravelly forest slope. Photo: Morgan Stickrod / iNaturalist (CC0) Iris hartwegii, known as Sierra iris, is a low,
Hairy golden aster in bloom at Badlands National Park, South Dakota. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz (CC BY-SA 4.0) Heterotheca villosa, commonly called hairy golden aster
Ground iris blooms close to the ground, often nearly hidden among grasses. Photo: Missvain (CC BY 4.0) Iris macrosiphon, known as ground iris or bowl-tube
Crevice alumroot forms a low rosette of lobed leaves topped by tall, airy flower stalks. Photo: Walter Siegmund (CC BY-SA 3.0) Heuchera micrantha, commonly known
California coneflower filling a mountain meadow near Sequoia National Park. Photo: Dcrjsr (CC BY 3.0) Rudbeckia californica, commonly called California coneflower, is a tall, dramatic
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