Showy phlox in full spring bloom at Colockum Wildlife Area, Washington. Photo: ThayneT, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Phlox speciosa, commonly called showy phlox, is
Desert sand verbena carpeting a sandy wash after winter rains. Photo: NPS/Stacy Manson (Public domain) Abronia villosa, commonly called desert sand verbena, is the plant
California bee plant flowering on a coastal bluff. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Scrophularia californica, known as California bee plant or California figwort, is
Blazing star on a rocky slope in Nevada’s Spring Mountains. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Mentzelia laevicaulis, commonly called blazing star or
Beach sand verbena flowering on open coastal dune sand. Photo: USFWS (Public domain) Abronia umbellata, commonly known as beach sand verbena or pink sand verbena,
Purple owl’s clover blooming during an Arizona wildflower superbloom. Photo: Bureau of Land Management, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Castilleja exserta, commonly called purple owl’s clover
A flowering Great Basin sage mound in Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Salvia dorrii, commonly called Great Basin
Coast paintbrush blooming in Marin County, California. Photo: Franco Folini, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Castilleja affinis, commonly known as coast paintbrush or coast Indian
California buttercup in bloom at Sunol Regional Wilderness. Photo: Acmonbluey, Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Ranunculus californicus, the California buttercup, is one of the first wildflowers to
Calico monkeyflower, grown from wild-collected Kern County seed at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden. Photo: John Rusk, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Diplacus pictus (long
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