Ted's World of Wildflowers

I do not purport to be a flower expert; information on plant specifics is readily available on numerous other websites.  My sole objective is to share some pretty photographs; if a picture happens to help someone to identify a flower, that's great.  Despite exhaustive research, I might have misnamed a species or two; if so, I would sincerely appreciate a note to that effect.

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Place names are in California unless otherwise specified.

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AARON'S BEARD
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Aaron's Beard

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ALPINE LILY
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Alpine Lily
sierra tiger lily

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ASH
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Mountain Ash
california mountain ash

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AZALEA
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Western Azalea

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BABY BLUE EYES
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Baby Blue Eyes

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BALSAMROOT
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California Balsamroot

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BEAR GRASS
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Bear Grass

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BEAUTYBERRY
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Beautyberry

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BISTORT
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American Bistort
western bistort

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BLACKBERRY
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California Blackberry

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BLAZING STAR
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Blazing Star

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BLEEDING HEART
* *
Pacific Bleeding Heart

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BLOW WIVES
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Blow Wives

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BLUEBELL
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Sierra Bluebell

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BLUE EYED GRASS
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Blue Eyed Grass
western blue eyed grass

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BLUE EYED MARY
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Blue Eyed Mary Torrey's Blue Eyed Mary

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BRIDE'S BONNET
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Bride's Bonnet
blue-bead lily

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BRODIAEA
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Golden Brodiaea
prettyface		 (same) Narrow-leaved Brodiaea
 
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Common Brodiaea
blue dick, desert hyacinth		 (same) Twining Brodiaea
twining snakelily
 
* * *
Ithuriel's Spear
wally basket, blue milla		 Many-flowered Brodiaea
wild hyacinth		 (same)
 
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California Brodiaea White Brodiaea

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BUCKWHEAT
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Cushion Buckwheat Sulfur-flower Buckwheat Nevada Buckwheat

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BUTTERCUP
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Snow Buttercup

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CACTUS
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Claret Cup Cactus

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CAMAS
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Camas
camas lily		 Death Camas

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CAMPION
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Scarlet Campion
indian pink		 (same) Lemmon Campion
lemmon's catchfly

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CAT'S EAR
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Cat's Ear

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CEANOTHUS
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Fresno Ceanothus

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CHECKERBLOOM
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Annual Checkerbloom
checker mallow		 Checkerbloom
wild hollyhock

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CHICORY
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Chicory

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CINQUEFOIL
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Sticky Cinquefoil Fanleaf Cinquefoil Slender Cinquefoil
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Drummond's Cinquefoil

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CLARKIA
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Red Ribbons (same) Hunt's Clarkia

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CLEMATIS
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Pipestem Clematis
chaparral clematis

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CLOVER
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Foothill Clover Rose Clover Small-Lobed Owl's Clover
pale owl's clover
 
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White Clover Bull Clover

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COLLINSIA
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Purple Chinese Houses

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COLUMBINE
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Crimson Columbine
western columbine		 Yellow McKana Giant Columbine Colorado Blue Columbine
 
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Yellow Columbine Coville's Columbine

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CORN LILY
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Corn Lily

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COW PARSNIP
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Cow Parsnip

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DAISIES  &  SUNFLOWERS
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Alpine Aster Fleabane
showy daisy		 Woolly Sunflower
yarrow leaved woolly sunflower
 
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Longleaf Fleabane Wandering Fleabane
wandering daisy 		Sun Ray
 
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Hairy Arnica English Daisy Fleabane Brewer's Daisy
 
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Spreading Daisy

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DANDELION
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Dandelion Mountain Dandelion (same)
 
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Sierra Dandelion Pale Dandelion Mountain Dandelion

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DOGBANE
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Spreading Dogbane
bitterroot

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DOGWOOD
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Mountain Dogwood

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DRUG SNOWBELL
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Drug Snowbell
storax, california snowdrop bush

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DUDLEYA
* * *
Spreading Dudleya
canyon liveforever		 (same) (same)
 
* *
Lanceleaf Liveforever Canyon Liveforever

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FAWN LILY
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Purple Fawn Lily

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FIDDLENECK
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Menzie's Fiddleneck
small flowered fiddleneck

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FIREWEED
* * *
Fireweed

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FIVE SPOT
* * *
Five Spot

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FLAX
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Flax
common flax		 Pale Flax

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FOXGLOVE
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Foxglove

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FUCHSIA
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Hummingbird Trumpet
california fuchsia

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GENTIAN
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Sierra Fringed Gentian (same) Tioga Gentian

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GERANIUM
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Sticky Geranium Longbeak Storksbill
filaree		 Cranesbill
 
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Common Heronsbill
redstem filaree		 Dovesfoot Cranesbill
alum root		 Richardson's Geranium

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GILIA
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Skyrocket
scarlet gilia		 (same) Foothill Gilia
 
* * *
Alva Day's Gilia
clockwise gilia		 Blue Field Gilia
bluehead gilia		 Ballhead Gilia
bluehead gilia
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Slendertube Skyrocket
scarlet gilia		 Slendertube Skyrocket
scarlet gilia

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GLOBE LILY
* * *
White Globe Lily
fairy lantern		 (same) Golden Globe Lily
fairy lantern

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GOATSBEARD
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Yellow Salsify
western goatsbeard

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GRAPE
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Oregon Grape

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GRASS OF PARNASSUS
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Grass of Parnassus

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GROUNDSEL
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California Groundsel Sierra Groundsel

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GUMPLANT
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Coastal Gumplannt
oregon gumweed

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HAREBELL
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Harebell

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HEATHER
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Red Mountain Heather
brewer's mountain heather		 White Mountain Heather White Mountain Heather

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HESPEROCHIRON
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Dwarf Hesperochiron

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HOLLYHOCK
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Mountain Hollyhock (same)

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HONEYSUCKLE
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Twinberry Honeysuckle

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HOUND'S TONGUE
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Hound's Tongue
pacific houndstongue

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HYSSOP
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Giant Hyssop
horsemint

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INDIAN RHUBARB
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Indian Rhubarb
umbrella plant

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INDIAN WARRIOR
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Indian Warrior

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IRIS
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Western Blue Flag Iris
rocky mountain iris		 (same) Hartweg's Iris
rainbow iris
 
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German Iris
firebug		 Pale Yellow Iris
horticultural iris

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KNOTWEED
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Broadleaf Knotweed

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LABRADOR TEA
* * *
Labrador Tea
trapper's tea, western labrador tea

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LARKSPUR
* * *
Larkspur Foothill Larkspur
pale western larkspur		 Meadow Larkspur
 
* * *
Anderson Larkspur Pine Forest Larkspur Mountain Marsh Larkspur

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LAUREL
* * *
Mountain Laurel
bog laurel

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LEWISIA
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Nevada Lewisia
nevada bitter root, sierra lewisia

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LOTUS
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Bird's Foot Lotus
birdsfoot trefoil

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LOUSEWORT
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Elephanthead Lousewort
elephant heads		 (same) Attol Lousewort
little elephant heads

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LUPINE
* * *
Yellow Lupine Lupine Butter Lupine
 
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Harlequin Lupine Gray's Lupine
sierra lupine

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MANZANITA
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Manzanita

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MARIPOSA LILY
* * *
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily
smokey mariposa		 Yellow Mariposa Lily
gold nuggets		 Sierra Mariposa Lily
 
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Bruneau Mariposa Lily (same)

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MEADOWFOAM
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White Meadowfoam

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MILKWEED
* * *
Heartleaf Milkweed
purple milkweed		 (same) Scarlet Milkweed
bloodflower
 
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Narrowleaf Milkweed

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MINER'S LETTUCE
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Miner's Lettuce Red Stemmed Miner's Lettuce

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MONARDELLA
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Mountain Monardella
pennyroyal, desert mint		 (same) Pale Monardella

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MONKEYFLOWER
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Primrose Monkeyflower Kellogg's Monkeyflower Common Monkeyflower
 
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Lewis's Monkeyflower
great purple monkeyflower		 Two-lipped Bush Monkeyflower Notch-petaled Monkeyflower
 
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Larger Mountain Monkeyflower Layne's Monkeyflower

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MORNING GLORY
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Morning Glory Bodega Morning Glory Western Morning Glory

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MOUNTAIN MISERY
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Mountain Misery
bearclover

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MULBERRY
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Mulberry

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MULE EARS
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Mule Ears

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MULLEIN
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Common Mullein
woolly mullein		 Moth Mullein (same)

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MUSTARD
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Field Mustard

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NIGHTSHADE
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Blue Witch Nightshade

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ONION
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Bolander's Onion Twincrest Onion Pacific Mountain Onion

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PAINTBRUSH
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Paintbrush Lemmon's Paintbrush Woolly Paintbrush
 
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Wavyleaf Paintbrush Great Red Paintbrush Eastwood's Paintbrush
 
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Wyoming Paintbrush

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PARSNIP
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Bladder Parsnip

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PASQUEFLOWER
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Mountain Pasqueflower

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PEA
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Tangier Pea

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PEARLY EVERLASTING
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Pearly Everlasting

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PENSTEMON
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Newberry's Penstemon
mountain pride		 Rydberg's Penstemon
sierra penstemon		 Davidson's Penstemon
davidson's beardtongue
 
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Azure Penstemon Mountain Pride Sierra Beardtongue
 
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Utah Penstemon Royal Penstemon Beaked Penstemon
 
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Mountain Blue Penstemon Davidson's Penstemon

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PERIWINKLE
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Periwinkle Madagascar Periwinkle

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PHACELIA
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Varileaf Phacelia Quick's Phacelia Caterpillar Phacelia
 
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Two Color Phacelia

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PHLOX
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Spreading Phlox Granite Gilia
prickly phlox		 Mountain Phlox

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PINCUSHION
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Fremont Pincushion
desert pincushion

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PINEDROPS
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Pinedrops

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PLANTAIN
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Ribwort Plantain

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POLEMONIUM
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California Polemonium
sky pilot

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POPPY
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California Poppy (same) Prickly Poppy
 
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Tufted Poppy California Poppy (same)

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PRIMROSE
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Parry's Primrose
ruby primrose		 Sierra primrose (same)
 
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Evening Primrose Tufted Evening Primrose
handkerchief plant		 (same)

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PUSSY PAWS
* * *
Pussy Paws

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RABBITBRUSH
* * *
Rabbitbrush

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RADISH
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Wild Radish

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RAGWORT
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Ragwort
california ragwort		 Shrubby Butterweed (same)

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RANGER'S BUTTON
* * *
Ranger's Button
woolyhead parsnip, swamp whitehead

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RED MAIDS
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Desert Rockpurselane
red maids

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ROCK FRINGE
* * *
Rock Fringe

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ROSE
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Wild Rose

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SANDWORT
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King's Smooth Sandwort

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SCARLET PIMPERNEL
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Scarlet Pimpernel

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SCOTCH BROOM
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Scotch Broom
Broom

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SEDGE
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Sedge

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SHOOTING STAR
* * *
Sierra shooting star Alpine shooting star
 
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Darkthroated shooting star

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SNOWBERRY
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Mountain Snowberry

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SNOWPLANT
* * *
Snowplant

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SORREL
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Mountain Sorrel

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SPICEBUSH
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Spicebush
sweet shrub

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SPIREA
* * *
Rose Spirea
meadow sweet

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SPRING BEAUTY
* *
Sierra Spring Beauty Streamside Spring Beauty

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ST. JOHN'S WORT
* *
St. John's Wort

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STAR TULIP
* * *
Yellow Star Tulip (same) Blue Star Tulip
beavertail grass

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STARWORT
* * *
Meadow Starwort Sticky Starwort Sticky Starwort

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STONECROP
* * *
Sierra Stonecrop Pacific Stonecrop Lanceleaf Stonecrop
 
*
Ledge Stonecrop

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STICKSEED
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Sierra Stickseed

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STRAWBERRY
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Wild Strawberry

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SWEETPEA
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Perennial Sweetpea

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TEASEL
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Fuller's Teasel
wild teasel

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THIMBLEBERRY
* * *
Thimbleberry
western thimbleberry

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THISTLE
* * *
Anderson's Thistle Graygreen Thistle Snowy Thistle
 
* * *
Italian Thistle Milk Thistle Snowy Thistle

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TIGER LILY
* * *
Tiger Lily
leopard lily		 Kelley's Tiger Lily Humboldt's Lily

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TREE TOBACCO
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Tree Tobacco

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VETCH
* * *
Winter Vetch Spring Vetch Hairy Vetch
 
* * *
Pursh Locoweed
woolly milkvetch		 (same) Freckled Milkvetch
spotted locoweed
 
*
Canada Milkvetch

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VIOLET
* * *
Goosefoot Yellow Violet Yellow Violet (same)

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WATER LILY
* *
Water Lily

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WESTERN WALLFLOWER
* *
Western Wallflower
sierra wallflower

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WHISKERBRUSH
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Whiskerbrush

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WILLOW
* * *
Alpine Willow Yellow Willow Yellow Willow

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WINTERGREEN
* *
White-veined Wintergreen

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YAMPAH
* * *
Parish's Yampah
yampah

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YARROW
* *
Yarrow

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YERBA SANTA
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Yerba Santa

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UNIDENTIFIED
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Uinta Mountains, Utah Monticello, Virginia Monticello, Virginia
 
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Glacier NP, Montana Glacier NP, Montana Eldorado NF
 
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Auburn State Recreation Area Auburn State Recreation Area Tahoe NF
 
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Helen Lake, Yosemite NP Lundy Canyon, Inyo NF Penner Lake, Tahoe NF
 
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Bassi Falls, Eldorado NF Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, Vaca Mountains

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