A healthy clump of Western Blue Flag in a mountain meadow near Squilchuck State Park, Chelan County, Washington. Photo: Thayne Tuason, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA
Pencil Cholla growing in a desert wash alongside ocotillo, Nude Wash, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek (Kenraiz), Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Giant Trillium growing along the Coon Creek Trail, Montaña de Oro State Park, California. Photo: Joyce Cory (docentjoyce), Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Trillium chloropetalum,
A mature Desert Holly shrub on open desert pavement near Shoshone, California. Photo: Stan Shebs, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) Atriplex hymenelytra, commonly called Desert
A mature Bladderpod shrub blooming among desert scrub near Joshua Tree National Park, California. Photo: brewbooks, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Peritoma arborea (also known
A Sierra tiger lily stalk carrying a dozen nodding orange flowers in the Sierra Nevada. Photo: Dcrjsr, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Lilium parvum,
A scarlet bugler clump in full spring bloom on a California foothill slope. Photo: Leah Gardner, iNaturalist, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Penstemon centranthifolius, commonly called
Mountain pride rooted in a granite crack near Donahue Pass, Ansel Adams Wilderness. Photo: Dcrjsr, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) Penstemon newberryi, commonly called
Lewis monkeyflower blooming beside a mountain stream near Lake 22, Washington. Photo: brewbooks, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Erythranthe lewisii (long known as Mimulus
Bitterroot blooming from bare, rocky ground on Tronsen Ridge, Washington. Photo: brewbooks, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Lewisia rediviva, commonly called Bitterroot, is a
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