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    Yellow flowers covering ground
    Common Name:

    Beach Primrose

    Scientific Name:

    Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia

    Family Name:

    Onagraceae

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    Clusters of small purple flowers growing along red vines on the sand
    Common Name:

    Beach Sand Verbena

    Scientific Name:

    Abronia umbellata

    Family Name:

    Nyctaginaceae

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    single yellow flower
    Common Name:

    Bermuda Buttercup (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Oxalis pes-caprae

    Family Name:

    Oxalaceae

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    A large cluster of flower heads
    Common Name:

    Bicolor Everlasting

    Scientific Name:

    Pseudognaphalium biolettii

    Family Name:

    Asteraceae

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    shrub
    Common Name:

    Big Saltbush

    Scientific Name:

    Atriplex lentiformis

    Family Name:

    Chenopodiaceae

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    yellow pea-shaped flower with insect
    Common Name:

    Bishop’s Lotus

    Scientific Name:

    Acmispon strigosus

    Family Name:

    Fabaceae

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    Cluster of yellow Black Mustard flowers off the Santa Inez trailhead
    Common Name:

    Black Mustard (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Brassica nigra

    Family Name:

    Brassicaceae

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    blooming Black Sage bushes at the Rios trailhead
    Common Name:

    Black Sage

    Scientific Name:

    Salvia mellifera

    Family Name:

    Lamiaceae

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    yellow flower bush
    Common Name:

    Bladderpod

    Scientific Name:

    Cleomella arborea

    Family Name:

    Cleomaceae

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    Blue dicks growing next to Black Eyed Susans
    Common Name:

    Blue Dicks

    Scientific Name:

    Dichelostemma capitatum

    Family Name:

    Themidaceae

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    Common Name:

    Blue Gum (not native)

    Scientific Name:

    Eucalyptus globulus

    Family Name:

    Myrtaceae

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    small ground bush with long stringy green leaves and purple flowers
    Common Name:

    Blue-eyed grass

    Scientific Name:

    Sisyrinchium bellum

    Family Name:

    Iridaceae

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    long tube like stems with tiny orange flower on top
    Common Name:

    Branching Phacelia

    Scientific Name:

    Phacelia ramosissima

    Family Name:

    Boraginaceae

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    close up of reddish-orange bush monkey flowers
    Common Name:

    Bush Monkeyflower

    Scientific Name:

    Mimulus aurantiacus

    Family Name:

    Phrymaceae

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    cluster of yellow bush sunflowers on hillside
    Common Name:

    Bush Sunflower

    Scientific Name:

    Encelia californica

    Family Name:

    Asteraceae