Smoke tree’s dense, silvery-gray branching gives it a smoke-like haze from a distance. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Psorothamnus spinosus,
Seaside daisy forming a tidy mounding clump on a rocky Pacific bluff. Photo: Kenraiz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Erigeron glaucus, commonly called seaside
Mojave yucca forming bold, spiky rosettes against desert rock. Photo: Thayne Tuason / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Yucca schidigera, known as Mojave yucca, is
Beavertail cactus in spring bloom, its magenta flowers opening atop flattened, beaver-tail-shaped pads. Photo: Agnieszka KwiecieĊ, Nova / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Opuntia basilaris,
Tidy tips in bloom, Santa Clara County, California. Photo: Eugene Zelenko / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Layia platyglossa, commonly called tidy tips or coastal
Purple needlegrass tussocks in restored coastal prairie, Younger Lagoon Reserve. Photo: oliveoligarchy / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Nassella pulchra (formerly classified as Stipa pulchra),
Farewell-to-spring in bloom. Photo: Peter Pearsall / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Public Domain) Clarkia amoena, widely known as farewell-to-spring and sometimes sold under the
A field of California goldfields in bloom, Antelope Valley. Photo: Dawn Endico / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Lasthenia californica, known as California goldfields, is
A woolly blue curls flower spike in wild chaparral near Cuesta Ridge, San Luis Obispo County. Photo: Alan Schmierer, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Trichostema lanatum,
Lemonade berry in coastal scrub habitat, with its glossy leaves and clustered pink flower buds. Photo: Jengod, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Rhus integrifolia,
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