PLANTS NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA - FLOWERING
PERENNIALS
California supports a very unique flora with over 1500 species
endemic to the state. California is a mountainous state with
many environments providing growing conditions similar to
those found in the Big Bear Valley. The following is a list
of native California plants that should do well in Big Bear.
|
Genus
|
Species
|
Maximum
Elevation
|
Range in
California
|
| AGASTACHE |
|
|
|
| Horsemint |
A. parvifolia |
7200' |
ne CA |
| |
A. utricifolia |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| AGAVE |
A. deserti |
5000' |
desert mountains |
| |
A. utahensis |
5000' |
desert mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| APOCYNUM |
A. androsaemifolium |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Dog Bane, Indian Hemp |
A. cannabinum |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| ARCTOSTAPHYLOS |
A. glandulosa |
7200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Manzanita |
A. nevadensis |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
A. parryana |
7700' |
San Gabriel Mountains |
| |
A. patula |
11000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. pringlei |
7900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. pungens |
7400' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. uva-ursi |
10500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| ARENARIA |
A. aculeata |
8500' |
ne CA |
| Sandwort |
A. congesta |
10800' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. kingii |
13300' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
A macradenia |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| ARGEMONE |
A. munita |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Prickly Poppy |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| ASCLEPIAS |
A. californica |
6900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Milkweed |
A cordifolia |
6600' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
A. cryptoceras |
5600' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. eriocarpa |
6200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. erosa |
6200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. fascicularis |
7200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. speciosa |
6200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| ASTRAGALUS |
A. andersonii |
7200' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| Milkvetch |
A. austiniae |
10500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
A. bernardinus |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. bolanderi |
10200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
A. calycosus |
11600' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. casei |
6600' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. coccineus |
8000' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. curvicarpus |
9500' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. douglasii |
7700' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. iodanthus |
6900' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. kentrophyta |
12000' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
A. lentiginosus |
11800' |
CA |
| |
A. leucolobus |
8000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. malacus |
7700' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. minthorniae |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. monoensis |
7900' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
A. newberryi |
7700' |
desert mountains |
| |
A. panamintensis |
7100' |
desert mountains |
| |
A. purshii |
11000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
A. ravenii |
11300' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
A. whitneyi |
12000' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| BERBERIS |
B. aquifolium |
7200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Oregon-grape, Barberry |
B. fremontii |
6100' |
desert mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| BOUTELOUA |
B. aristidoides |
5900' |
desert mountains |
| Grama Grass |
B. barbata |
5600' |
desert mountains |
| |
B. curtipendula |
5600' |
desert mountains |
| |
B. eriopoda |
6200' |
desert mountains |
| |
B. gracilis |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
B. trifida |
6600' |
desert mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| BRODIAEA |
B. elegans |
7200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| CALAMAGROSTIS |
C. purpurascens |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
C. stricta |
11100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| CALOCHORTUS |
C. bruneaunis |
9800' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| Reed Grass |
C. coeruleus |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
C. concolor |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. flexuosus |
5000' |
desert mountains |
| |
C. invenustus |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. kennedyi |
7200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. leichtlinii |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
C. macrocarpus |
6600' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
C. minimus |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
C. panamintensis |
10500' |
desert mountains |
| |
C. splendens |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. venustus |
8800' |
San Gabriel Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| CEANOTHUS |
C. cordulatus |
9500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| California-lilac |
C. greggii |
7600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. leucodermis |
7000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. prostratus |
6600' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
C. velutinus |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| CERCOCARPUS |
C. betuloides |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Mountain-mahogany |
C. intircatus |
9800' |
desert mountains |
| |
C. ledifolius |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| CHAENACTIS |
C. alpigena |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| Pincushion |
C. carphoclinia |
6200' |
desert mountains |
| |
C. douglasii |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
C. macrantha |
6600' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
C. nevadensis |
10500' |
n CA |
| |
C. santolinoides |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. stevioides |
6900' |
desert mountains |
| |
C. suffrutescens |
6900' |
n CA |
| |
C. xantiana |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| CHRYSOTHAMNUS |
C. depressus |
6900' |
desert mountains |
| Rabbitbrush |
C. humilis |
10000' |
ne CA |
| |
C. nauseosus |
10800' |
CA |
| |
C. parryi |
12100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. teretifolius |
7900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
C. viscidiflorus |
13100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| CLEMATIS |
C. lasiantha |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Virgin's Bower |
C. ligusticifolia |
7900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| DALEA |
D. searlsiae |
6600' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
|
|
|
| DELPHINIUM |
D. andersonii |
8800' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| Larkspur |
D. antoninum |
8500' |
nw CA |
| |
D. gracilentum |
8800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
D. hansenii |
9800' |
Mojave Desert |
| |
D. inopinum |
9200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
D. nudicaule |
8500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
D. nuttallianum |
10800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
D. parishii |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
D. patens |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| DUDLEYA |
D. abramsii |
8500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Live-forever |
D. cymosa |
8800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
D. saxosa |
6600' |
desert mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| ECHINOCEREUS |
E. engelmannii |
8000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Hedgehog Cactus |
E. triglochidiatus |
10000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| ELYMUS |
E. elymoides |
7900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Rye Grass |
E. glaucus |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. multisetus |
10500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. scribneri |
13800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. sierrae |
11100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. trachycaulus |
11100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| ERIOGONUM |
E. beatleyae |
8200' |
n Mojave Desert |
| Buckwheat |
E. breedlovei |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. caespitosum |
10200' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
E. douglasii |
8200' |
ne CA |
| |
E. elatum |
10200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. ericifolium |
5900' |
desert mountains |
| |
E. fasciculatum |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. gracilipes |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. heermannii |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. incanum |
12100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. latens |
11100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. lobbii |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. marifolium |
11100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. mensicola |
8200' |
desert mountains |
| |
E. microthecum |
10800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. nudum |
12500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E nummulare |
8500' |
desert mountains |
| |
E. ochrocephalum |
7900' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
E. ovalifolium |
13000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. panamintense |
9500' |
desert mountains |
| |
E. plumatella |
5900' |
desert mountains |
| |
E. polypodum |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. prattenianum |
8500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. pyrolifolium |
10500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. rosense |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. rupinum |
9800' |
desert mountains |
| |
E. saxatile |
11100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. shockleyi |
8800' |
desert mountains |
| |
E. sphaerocephalum |
7500' |
ne CA |
| |
E. strictum |
8500' |
n CA |
| |
E. twisselmannii |
8800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
E. umbellatum |
12100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
E. ursinum |
9200' |
n CA |
| |
E. wrightii |
11500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| ERYSIMUM |
E. capitatum |
13100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Wallflower |
|
|
|
| ESCHSCHOLZIA |
E. californica |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| California Poppy |
|
|
|
| ESCOBARIA |
E. vivipara |
8800' |
desert mountains |
| Beehive Cactus |
|
|
|
| FALLUGIA |
F. paradoxa |
6600' |
desert mountains |
| Apache Plume |
|
|
|
| FESTUCA |
F. arundinacea |
8800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Fescue Grass |
F. brachyphylla |
14100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
F. kingii |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
F. pratensis |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
F. rubra |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
F. saximontana |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
F. trachyphylla |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| FREMONTODENDRON |
F. californicum |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Flannelbush |
|
|
|
| FRITILLARIA |
F. atropurpurea |
10500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| Fritillary |
F. brandegeei |
6900' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
F. pinetorum |
10500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
F. pudica |
6900' |
ne CA |
| |
F. recurva |
7200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| GAILLARDIA |
G. aristata |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Indian-blanket |
|
|
|
| HEUCHERA |
H. cespitosa |
7500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| Alumroot |
H. cylindrica |
9800' |
ne CA |
| |
H. parviflora |
10000' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
H. rubescens |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| HORKELIA |
H. fusca |
10800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
H. hendersonii |
7500' |
nw CA |
| |
H. hispidula |
11100' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
H. rydbergii |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
H. tridentata |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
H. tularensis |
9300' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| IRIS |
I. hartwegii |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Iris |
I. Missouriensis |
11100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
I. tenuissima |
6600' |
n CA |
| |
|
|
|
| IVESIA |
I. aperta |
7500' |
ne CA |
| |
I. argyrocoma |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
I. baileyi |
8500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
I. gordonii |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
I. muirii |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
I. pygmaea |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
I. santolinoides |
11800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
I. saxosa |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
I. shockleyi |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| KECKIELLA |
K. breviflora |
8800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
K. lemmonii |
6200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
K. rothrockii |
10500' |
San Jacinto Mountains |
| |
K. ternata |
8800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| LEWISIA |
L. glandulosa |
13100' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| Bitter Root |
L. kelloggii |
9500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. leana |
10800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. nevadensis |
12000' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. pygmaea |
12000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. rediviva |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. sierrae |
13000' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. triphylla |
11100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| LOMATIUM |
L. bicolor |
7400' |
ne CA |
| Parsley |
L. canbyi |
6600' |
ne CA |
| |
L. dissectum |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. foeniculaceum |
10800' |
desert mountains |
| |
L. mohavense |
6600' |
San Gabriel Mountains |
| |
L. nevadense |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. nudicaule |
6600' |
n CA |
| |
L. parryi |
8200' |
desert mountains |
| |
L. plummerae |
7500' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
L. torreyi |
10800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. triternatum |
6600' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| LUPINUS |
L. adsurgens |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| Lupine |
L. albicaulis |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. albifrons |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. andersonii |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. angustiflorus |
11500' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
L. apertus |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. arbustus |
9800' |
San Gabriel Mountains |
| |
L. argenteus |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. breweri |
13100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. croceus |
8800' |
n CA |
| |
L. excubitus |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. formosus |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. fulcratus |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. grayi |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
L. hyacinthinus |
11500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. lepidus |
13100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
L. leucophyllus |
6600' |
n CA |
| |
L. magnificus |
8200' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
L. nevadensis |
9800' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
L. obtusilobus |
11500' |
n CA |
| |
L. onustus |
6600' |
n CA |
| |
L. saxosus |
8200' |
ne CA |
| |
|
|
|
| MELICA |
M. aristata |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Oniongrass |
M. bulbosa |
11100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. californica |
6900' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. fugax |
7200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. geyeri |
6600' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. harfordii |
7000' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. stricta |
11000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| MIRABILIS |
M. alipes |
6600' |
desert mountains |
| Four O'clock |
M. bigelovii |
7600' |
desert mountains |
| |
M. multiflora |
7500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
M. oblongifolia |
8200' |
desert mountains |
| |
M. pumila |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| MONARDELLA |
M. australis |
10500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
M. beneolens |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. glauca |
11500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. linoides |
10200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
M. macrantha |
6600' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
M. odoratissima |
10200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
M. sheltonii |
6600' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| MUHLENBERGIA |
M. montana |
11200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| Muhly Grass |
M. rigens |
7100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| NOLINA |
N. bigelovii |
5000' |
desert mountains |
| Beargrass |
N. parryi |
6000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| OENOTHERA |
O. caespitosa |
11100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Evening Primrose |
O. californica |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
O. xylocarpa |
10200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
|
|
|
| OPUNTIA |
O. basilaris |
8000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Prickly-pear Cactus |
O. chlorotica |
6000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
O. erinacea |
10800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
O. parryi |
7000' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
O. phaeacantha |
7300' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
|
|
|
| PENSTEMON |
P. azureus |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| Beardtongue |
P. caesius |
11200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. centranthifolius |
5900' |
s & c CA |
| |
P. davidsonii |
11800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. deustus |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. eatonii |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. floridus |
7900' |
n Mojave Desert |
| |
P. gracilentus |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. grinnellii |
8900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. humilis |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. labrosus |
7900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. laetus |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. monoensis |
5900' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
P. pahutensis |
7500' |
Mojave Desert |
| |
P. palmeri |
7500' |
Mojave Desert |
| |
P. parvulus |
7200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. patens |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. procerus |
11800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. pseudospectabilis |
4600' |
Mojave Desert |
| |
P. roezlii |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. rostriflorus |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. speciosus |
10800' |
San Gabriel Mountains |
| |
P. spectabilis |
7900' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. utahensis |
8200' |
n Mojave Desert |
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| PHLOX |
P. austromontana |
8800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. cespitosa |
6600' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
P. condensata |
13100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. diffusa |
11800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. dolicantha |
8800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. gracilis |
10800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. hoodii |
8800' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
P. pulvinata |
14100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. speciosa |
7900' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. stansburyi |
9800' |
desert mountains |
| |
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| POA |
P. cusickii |
11800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. fendleriana |
10500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. glauca |
13100' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. pratensis |
11500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. pringlei |
9800' |
White & Inyo Mountains |
| |
P. wheeleri |
12500' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
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| POTENTILLA |
P. anserina |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Cinquefoil |
P. concinna |
10400' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
P. fruticosa |
11800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. glandulosa |
12500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. gracilis |
11500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
P. pensylvanica |
12500' |
White & Inyo Ranges |
| |
P. pseudosericea |
14000' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
P. wheeleri |
11500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
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| PURSHIA |
P. mexicana |
8200' |
desert mountains |
| Antelope Bush |
P. tridentata |
11100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
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| RIBES |
R. aureum |
9800' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| Currrant |
R. cereum |
13100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
R. lasianthum |
10200' |
San Gabriel Mountains |
| |
R. montigenum |
12500' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
R. roezlii |
9200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
R. sanguineum |
7200' |
c CA |
| |
R. velutinum |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
R. viscosissimum |
9800' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
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| ROSA |
R. bridgesii |
8200' |
Sierra Nevada |
| Rose |
R. gymnocarpa |
6600' |
Sierra Nevada |
| |
R. woodsii |
11100' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
| |
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| SALVIA |
S. dorrii |
13100' |
Mojave Desert |
| Sage |
S. mohavensis |
5000' |
desert mountains |
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S. pachyphylla |
8200' |
San Bernardino Mountains |
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| SCROPHULARIA |
S. desertorum |
