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Scientific Name
Common Name
Palafoxia arida
Spanish needle
Pectocarya setosa
Pectocarya
Penstemon eatonii
Eaton's firecracker
Penstemon palmeri
Beardtongue
Penstemon sp.
Penstemon
Perityle emoryi
Rock daisy
Petalonyx thurberi
Sandpaper plant
Peucephyllum schottii
Pygmy-cedar
Phacelia calthifolia
Thick-leaved phacelia
Phacelia campanularia
Wild canterbury bell
Phacelia crenulata
Heliotrope phacelia
Phacelia distans
Wild heliotrope
Phacelia fremontii
Yellow throats
Phacelia ramosissima
Branching phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Tansy phacelia
Phacelia vallis-mortae
Death Valley phacelia
Phlox stansburyi
Stansbury phlox
Pholisma arenarium
Scale-leaved sandplant
Phoradendron californicum
Desert mistletoe
Physalis crassifolia
Ground cherry
Platystemon californicus
Cream cups
Pluchea sericea
Arrow weed
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana
Honey mesquite
Prosopis pubescens
Screwbean mesquite
Prunus andersonii
Desert peach
Psathyrotes ramosissima
Velvet rosette
Psorothamnus arborescens var. arborescens
Mojave indigo bush
Psorothamnus arborescens var. minutifolius
Indigo bush
Psorothamnus emoryi
Dye bush
Psorothamnus fremontii
Fremont dalea
Psorothamnus polydenius
Dotted dalea
Psorothamnus schottii
Indigo bush
Psorothamnus spinosus
Smoke tree
Purshia mexicana
Cliff rose
Purshia tridentata
Antelope bush
Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa
Waxy bitterbrush
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