Thick-leaf yerba santa in bloom, its lavender flower clusters held above the woolly foliage. Photo: Stickpen, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Eriodictyon crassifolium, commonly called thick-leaf
Southern honeysuckle’s small, pale yellow flowers open in loose clusters along the stem. Photo: Stickpen, Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Lonicera subspicata, commonly known as southern
A cheesebush in full bloom, its rounded form smothered in pale flower clusters. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Ambrosia salsola (long known
A bush rue shrub flowering within coastal sage scrub at Torrey Pines, San Diego County. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Cneoridium
A mature ashy silktassel forms a dense, rounded mound of gray-green foliage on rocky desert slopes. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Garrya
A mature Scouler’s willow in catkin, growing as a rounded shrub on a well-drained forest opening. Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service (Public domain) Salix
A mature malva rosa shrub, its maple-like leaves dotted with deep pink, dark-veined flowers. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Lavatera
Island morning glory flowers open wide in sunny coastal scrub, each bloom lasting only a day. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA
A mature island bush poppy in full spring bloom, its blue-gray foliage nearly hidden beneath the flowers. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC
California snowdrop bush in full spring bloom, its white flowers hanging below the leaves like clusters of small bells. Photo: John Rusk, via Wikimedia Commons
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