White ratany’s low, densely tangled growth habit in a desert wash near Gold Butte, Nevada. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Krameria grayi
A dense stand of Great Valley gumplant in bloom, showing its sprawling, many-flowered habit. Photo: H. Zell, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Grindelia camporum, commonly
Coastal gumplant forming a dense, flower-covered mound directly on open beach sand. Photo: Eric Hunt, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Grindelia stricta, commonly known as
Coast goldenbush in bloom, its branching habit and clustered yellow flower heads typical of coastal California scrub. Photo: Anthony Valois / National Park Service (Public
A cluster of California helianthella’s bright yellow, sunflower-like blooms in spring. Photo: John Rusk, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Helianthella californica, commonly known as California
A cluster of spiny hopsage shrubs flushed with bright yellow-green spring growth in southwest Idaho. Photo: ThayneT, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Grayia spinosa, commonly
A gray horsebrush in full bloom, its woolly silver foliage topped with clusters of yellow flower heads, Mono County, California. Photo: Dcrjsr, Wikimedia Commons (CC
Cooper’s box thorn growing among Joshua trees near State Line Pass on the California-Nevada border. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Lycium cooperi,
A compact, rounded mound of black sagebrush on shallow gravelly soil near Lee Canyon, Nevada. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Artemisia nova,
A mature allscale saltbush shrub on open desert ground, its intricate silvery branching typical of the species. Photo: Felagund, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Atriplex
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