Asterids of the Sierra Nevada
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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