Asterids of the Sierra Nevada

Main gallery: Flowers of the Sierra Nevada (United States).

See also: Monocots of the Sierra Nevada.

See also: Rosids of the Sierra Nevada.

Borage or Waterleaf family (Boraginaceae) stickseed, phacelia

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  Sierra stickseed close (Hackelia nervosa)
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  Sierra stickseed, tight young flowerheads
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  Sierra stickseed, open flowerheads by stream
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  Sierra stickseed (Hackelia nervosa) seedhead
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  Timberline phacelia, scorpioid flowerheads
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  Timberline phacelia (Phacelia hastata) McGee
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  Timberline phacelia (Phacelia hastata) Minaret
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  Branching phacelia (Phacelia ramosissima) close
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  Branching phacelia (Phacelia ramosissima)
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  Phacelia bicolor, closeup of trumpets
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  Phacelia bicolor, in Swall Meadows

Broomrape family (Orobanchaceae) paintbrush, pink elephants

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  Red paintbrush in grass, Little Lakes Valley
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  Red paintbrush (Castilleja miniata) close
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  Red paintbrush (Castilleja miniata) in rock cracks
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  Desert paintbrush (Castilleja chromosa) close
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  Desert paintbrush (Castilleja chromosa)
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  Desert paintbrush clumps on hillside
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  Castilleja applegatei flowers & wavy leaves
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  Applegate paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei)
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  Linear-leaved paintbrush (Castilleja linariifolia) pinkish flowers
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  Castilleja lemmonii, detail of pink flowerhead
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  Meadow paintbrush (Castilleja lemmonii)
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  Meadow paintbrush, group of dark pink flowers
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  Peirson's paintbrush (Castilleja peirsonii) palette of colors
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  Peirsons paintbrush (Castilleja peirsonii) closeup of red flowers
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  Peirsons paintbrush (Castilleja peirsonii) yellow clump
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  Peirsons paintbrush (Castilleja peirsonii) red flowers around rock
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  Alpine paintbrush (Castilleja nana) green
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  Alpine paintbrush (C. nana) greenish form close
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  Alpine paintbrush (Castilleja nana) dark form
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  Alpine paintbrush (Castilleja nana) dark close
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  Elephant's head close (Pedicularis groenlandica)
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  Little elephant's head close (Pedicularis attolens)
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  Little elephant head plants (Pedicularis attolens)

Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae) sorrel, buckwheat, knotweed

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  Mountain sorrel (Oxyria digyna)
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  Alpine sheep sorrel (Rumex paucifolius ssp gracilescens) in bud
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  American bistort (Bistorta bistortoides)
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  Nude buckwheat on granite (Eriogonum nudum)
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  Nude buckwheat branching nodes (Eriogonum nudum)
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  Nude buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum)
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  Nude buckwheat, flower cluster in branch node
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  Nude buckwheat flower close (Eriogonum nudum)
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  Nude buckwheat basal leaves (Eriogonum nudum)
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  Yellow nude buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum-var-westonii) plant
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  Yellow nude buckwheat, closeup of flowers
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  Eriogonum inflatum, inflated stem node
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  Eriogonum inflatum, closeup of small flowers on stems
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  Eriogonum inflatum basal leaves
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  Inflated-stem desert trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum)
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  Sulfur flower (Eriogonum umbellatum) cushion of leaves and flowers
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  Oval-leafed eriogonum or butterballs (Eriogonum ovalifolium)
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  Spurry buckwheat (E spergulinum) flowers
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  Spurry buckwheat (Eriogonum spergulinum) plant
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  Prostrate buckwheat(Eriogonum lobbii) rosette with green flowers
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  Lobbs buckwheat (Eriogonum lobbii) green-flowered plant
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  Eriogonum lobbii, closeup of light pink flowers
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  Lobb's buckwheat plant, bright pink flowers
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  Eriogonum lobbii closeup of bright pink flowers
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  Eriogonum lobbii late,red flowered plan
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  Lobbs buckwheat late red flower close
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  Polygonum shastense, pink & white flowers close
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  Shasta knotweed (Polygonum shastense), closeup
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  Polygonum shastense, 2-veined leaves
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  Polygonum shastense, branches with white flowers
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  Polygonum shastense, with deep pink flowers
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  Polygonum shastense, bonsai plant with white flowers
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  Habitat of Shasta knotweed, in 20-Lakes Basin

Cactus family (Cactaceae) opuntia

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  Mojave pricklypear (Opuntia erinacea) yellow
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  Mojave pricklypear (Opuntia erinacea) orange
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  Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) close
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  Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) clump

Carrot family (Apiaceae, prev. Umbelliferae) ranger buttons, angelica, cow parsnip, yampah, cymopterus

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  Swamp whitehead/ranger's buttons closeup
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  Ranger button seedheads
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  Ranger's buttons (Sphenosciadium capitellatum)
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  Sierra angelica (Angelica lineariloba), McGee Creek
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  Sierra angelica (Angelica lineariloba) plant, NV
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  Angelica lineariloba seedhead PineCreek
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  Cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum) flowers close
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  Cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum) seedhead
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  Cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum) seedhead close
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  Cow parsnips (Heracleum lanatum) flowerheads
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  Cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum) buds & leaves
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  Cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum) with Mammoth Mountain behind
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  Cow parsnip & lupine, along hillside stream
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  Yampah (Perideridia parishii) meadow
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  Yampah (Perideridia parishii), sideview of umbel
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  Yampah (Perideridia parishii), top-view of umbel
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  Rocky pteryxia (Cymopterus terebinthinus) plant
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  Cymopterus terebinthinus, double-umbel yellow flowers

Dogbane family (Apocynaceae) dogbane, milkweed

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  Spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium) close
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  Spreading dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
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  Spreading dogbane, Convict Lake
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  Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) flowers
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  Showy milkweed (A. speciosa) plant

Dogwood family (Cornaceae)

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  Mountain dogwood (Cornus nuttalli)

Gentian family (Gentianaceae) gentian, felwort, swertia

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  Sierra arctic gentians (Gentiana newberryi var. tiogana), Golden Lake
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  Sierra arctic gentian pair (Gentiana newberryi var. tiogana)
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  Explorer's gentian (Gentiana calycosa) 3 close, Shadow L
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  Explorer's gentian (Gentiana calycosa) pair, N of Ediza
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  Explorers gentian (Gentiana calycosa) pair, Mineral King
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  Explorer's gentian (Gentiana calycosa) plant, N of Ediza
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  Pair of sierra gentians (Gentianopsis holopetala)
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  Clump of Sierra gentians (Gentianopsis holopetala)
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  Star felwort (Swertia perennis) flower spike
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  Star felwort (Swertia perennis) plant
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  Star felwort (S perennis) bud spike
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  Deers tongue (Swertia radiata) Vidette climb
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  Deers tongue (Swertia radiata) flowers dry
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  Inyo frasera (Frasera puberulenta) flowerclose

Goosefoot family (Chenopodiaceae) tumbleweed

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  Tumbleweed (Kali tragus) as a dry ball
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  Tumbleweed (Kali tragus) as the green plant
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  Tumbleweed, detail of green branches & flowers
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  Russian thistle (Kali tragus), red-striped stems
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  Tumbleweed or Russian thistle, branch detail in dry tumbled form

Heath family (Eriaceae) labrador tea, heather, manzanita, vaccinium

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  Labrador tea (Ledum glandulosum) close
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  Labrador tea (Rhododendron columbianum) plant
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  White heather (Cassiope mertensiana) flowers close
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  White heather, Hoover Wilderness
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  Red heather (Phyllodoce breweri) close, Barrett Lake
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  Red heather (Phyllodoce breweri), Barrett Lake
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  Pinemat manzanita (Arctostaphylos nevadensis)
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  Sierra bilberry (Vaccinium caespitosum) flowers

Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae) elderberry, snowberry

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  Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) flowerhead & leaves
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  Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) flowers
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  Blue elderberry, closeup of berries
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  Blue elderberry leaves, stems, & berry cluster
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  Mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpus rotundifolius) flowers
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  Mountain snowberry (Symphoricarpus rotundifolius) berries

Loasa family (Loasaceae) blazing star

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  Blazing star (Mentzelia laevicaulis)
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  Blazing star (Mentzelia laevicaulis) flower
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  Blazing star flowers opening at dusk
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  Venus blazing-star (Mentzelia nitens), close

Lopseed family (Phrymaceae) monkeyflowers

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  Common monkeyflowers (Mimulus guttatus)
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  Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus) flower closeup
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  Mountain monkeyflower (Mimulus tilingii) clump
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  Mimulus tilingii, flower & sepals close
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  Primrose monkeyflower (Mimulus primuloides) group of plants
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  Mimulus primuloides, single plant
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  Mimulus primuloides, hummock of plants
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  3 Lewis monkeyflowers (Mimulus lewisii)
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  Lewis monkeyflower (Mimulus lewisii) profile
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  Scarlet monkeyflower single flower, close
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  Mimulus cardinalis, stem, flowers, leaves
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  Scarlet monkeyflower (M. cardinalis) plant

Mint family (Lamiaceae) pennyroyal, purple sage, horsemint, hedgenettle

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  Pennyroyal, Duck Lake trail
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  Pennyroyal (Monardella odoratissima), closeup
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  Purple sage (Salvia dorii), close
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  Purple sage (Salvia dorii), plant
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  Horsemint (Agastache urticifolia) flowerhead
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  Horsemint (Agastache urticifolia)
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  White hedge nettle (Stachys albens) plant
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  White hedge nettle flower cluster
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  Closeup of Stachys albens flowers

Nightshade family (Solanaceae) datura, nicotiana, solanum

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  Datura wrightii plant Westgard Pass
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  Datura wrightii, large flower close
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  Datura wrightii, large bud close
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  Nicotiana attenuata, Coyote tobacco plant
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  Nicotiana attenuata flower stem, close
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  Nicotiana attenuata forming capsules
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  Purple nightshade (Solanum xanti) plant
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  Purple nightshade (Solanum xanti) flower
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  Buffalo berry (Solanum rostratum) plant
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  Buffalo berry (Solanum rostratum) flower
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  Buffalo berry (Solanum rostratum) prickly fruits

Phlox family (Polemoniaceae) polemonium, collomia, gilia, phlox

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  Sky pilot (Polemonium eximium) Forester Pass
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  Sky pilot (P eximium) flower closeup
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  Sky pilot (P eximium) closeup of leaves
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  Great polemonium, Purple Lake
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  Showy polemonium (P pulcherrimum), close
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  Showy polemonium flower, close
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  Polemonium pulcherrimum plant
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  Collomia grandiflora, closeup of flower
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  Grand collomia, closeup of flower pair
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  Grand collomia, side-branch flowerhead
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  Collomia grandiflora plant, framed
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  Collomia grandiflora flowering plant
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  Scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) flower close
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  Scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) flowers
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  Scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata) in sage
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  Leptodactylon pungens (Granite gilia) close
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  Granite gilia (Leptodactylon pungens)
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  Phlox stansburyi, small plant in flower
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  Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa) plant
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  Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa) close

Pink family (Caryophyllaceae) campion, sandwort

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  Sargent's campion (Silene sargentii) flowers
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  Nuttall's sandwort (Minuartia nuttallii) leaves, buds & flowers
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  Kings sandwort (Arenaria kingii)
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  Kings sandwort (A. kingii) clump in grass

Plantain family (Plantaginaceae) penstemon

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  Bridge's penstemon (Penstemon rostriflorus)
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  Bridge's penstemon close (Penstemon rostriflorus)
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  Pride-of-the-mountain (Penstemon newberyi) close
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  Pride-of-the-mountain (Penstemon newberyi)
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  Alpine penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii), drift of flowers
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  Alpine penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii) flowers close
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  Timberline penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii) close
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  Timberline penstemon (Penstemon davidsonii)
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  Sierra penstemon (Penstemon heterodoxus)
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  Whorled penstemon (Penstemon heterodoxus) clump
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  tShowy penstemon (Penstemon speciosus)
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  Owens Valley penstemon, plant
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  Owens Valley penstemon, flowers
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  Owens Valley penstemon, in bud stage

Primrose family (Primulaceae) shooting-star, Sierra primrose

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  Jeffrey's shooting star (D jeffreyi flowers close
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  Jeffreys shooting-star (Dodecatheon jeffreyi)
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  Alpine shooting star (Dodecatheon alpinum)
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  Sierra primrose (Primula suffrutescens)

Purslane family (Portulacaceae) pussypaws, lewisia

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  Pussypaws (Cistanthe umbellata)
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  Pussypaws (Cistanthe umbellata) 4 on gravel
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  Pussypaws (Cistanthe umbellata) alpine garden
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  Pussypaws, small plant with early flowers
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  Pussypaws (C umbellata) flowerheads up
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  Dwarf lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea) 9 flowers
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  Dwarf lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea) pair

Snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae) mullein

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  Woolly mullein (V. thapsus) flowers, close
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  Woolly mullein flower-spike
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  Verbascum thapsus, young plant

Sunflower family (Asteraceae, prev. Compositae)

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  Common sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
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  Aster vs Daisy, comparison of phyllaries
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  Alpine aster (Oreostemma alpigenum) flowerhead
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  Alpine aster (Oreostemma alpigenum)
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  Alpine daisy (Erigeron pygmaeus) at 11000ft
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  Cutleaf daisy (Erigeron compositus) ray-flowered
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  Cut-leaf daisy (Erigeron compositus) rayless
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  Coulters daisy (Erigeron coulteri) single flower
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  Coulters daisy (Erigeron coulteri), group of flowers
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  Coulters daisy (Erigeron coulteri) bracts
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  White layia (Layia glandulosa) flowers and seedhead
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  Whitedaisy tidytips (Layia glandulosa) flower and bud
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  Bigelow sneezeweed (Helenium bigelovii) close
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  Bigelow sneezeweed (Helenium bigelovii), clump
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  Helenium bigelovii in mountain meadow
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  Owl's claws (Hymenoxys hoopesii) flowers
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  Yellow coneflower (Rudbeckia californica)
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  Alpine gold (Hulsea algida) close flower
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  Alpine gold (Hulsea algida) side view
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  Alpine gold (Hulsea algida), opening
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  Mule ears (Wyethia mollis), closeup
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  Clump of mule ears (Wyethia mollis)
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  Mule ears (Wyethia mollis) 12-flower bush
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  Mule ears (Wyethia mollis) flower, opening
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  Mule ears (Wyethia mollis) huge fuzzy leaf
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  Mule ears (Wyethia mollis) on hillside
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  Hairy arnica (Arnica mollis) flower clump
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  Shaggy hawkweed plant (Hieracium horridum)
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  Shaggy hawkweed flower (Hieracium horridum)
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  Inyo tonestus (Tonestus peirsonii) perennial clump in cliffs at Long L
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  Inyo tonestus (Tonestus peirsonii) endemic, closeup of flower
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  Inyo tonestus clump in near-vertical rock crevice
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  Inyo tonestus, stem flower bracts leaves
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  Inyo tonestus on cliff-face ledge, with dried remnants
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  Goats beard (Tragopogon dubius) flower
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  Seedhead of goatsbeard (Tragopogon dubius)
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  Goats beard (Tragopogon dubius) bud
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  Anisocoma acaulis (Scale bud) flowerhead closeup
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  Scale bud (Anisocoma acaulis) closed flower
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  Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flowers
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  Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) puffball
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  Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) flower spikes
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  Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) bush
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  Western mugwort (A ludoviciana), flowerheads
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  Western mugwort (Artemisia ludoviciana) leaves
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  Western mugwort (Artemisia ludoviciana) plant
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  Ericameria suffruticosa flowers close
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  Singlehead goldenbush (Ericameria suffruticosa) plant
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  Singlehead goldenbush (Ericameria suffruticosa) hi-alt
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  Spineless horsebrush, flowerheads & buds
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  Spineless horsebrush (Tetradymia canascens)
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  Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) dark gold
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  Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus_viscidiflorus) bush by lakeshore
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  Arrowleaf butterweed (Senecio triangularis)
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  Arrowleaf butterweed close (Senecio triangularis)
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  Single-stem groundsel (Senecio integerrimus) flowerhead & black-tipped bracts
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  Alpine goldenrod (Solidago multiradiata) clump
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  Alpine goldenrod (Solidago multiradiata) flowerhead close
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  Silky raillardella (Raillardella argentia)
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  Silver raillardella (Raillardella argentea) leaves
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  Sierran raillardella (Raillardella scaposa) flowerhead
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  Sierran raillardella (Raillardella scaposa)
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  Golden-aster (Pyrrocoma apargioides) Mono Pass
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  Golden-aster (Pyrrocoma apargioides) Glacier Canyon
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  Golden aster seedheads & white stars of bracts
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  Anderson thistle (Cirsium andersonii) close
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  Anderson's thistle (Cirsium andersonii) bud close
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  Anderson's thistle (Cirsium andersonii) plant
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  Anderson thistles (Cirsium andersonii) dense
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  Elk thistle (Cirsium scariosum), Dana Plateau
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  Yellowspine thistle (Cirsium ochrocentrum)
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  Rosy everlasting (Antennaria rosea), pair of flowerheads
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  Pussytoes (Antennaria rosea) in flower
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  Rosy everlasting (Antennaria rosea) in seed
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  Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) flowers, close
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  Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) plant