Specimen
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Phlox stansburyi – Stansbury Phlox
Occasional, perennial herb, corollas white to pink growing up through dead brush on sagebrush-covered moraine; with Purshia tridentata, Eriogonum umbellatum.
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Phlox gracilis – Slender Phlox
Common annual herb, corollas white to pink, in openings in sage brush on moraine with Purshia tridentata, Ribes cereum.
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Phlox diffusa – Spreading Phlox
Common perennial herb, corollas white to bright pink, in open areas near crest of sagebrush-covered moraine with Purshia tridentata, Arctostaphylos patula.
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Phleum pratense – Timothy Hay
Perennial bunch grass to 5 dm tall, occasional near buildings in moist soil shaded Pinus murrayana and Abies concolor.
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Phacelia ramosissima var. eremophila – Branching Phacelia
Common perennial herb, corollas lavender, in dry gravelly soil on south-facing chaparral-covered slope, with Prunus emarginata, Ceanothus cordulatus.
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Phacelia mutabilis – Changeable Phacelia
Occasional perennial herb, corollas pink, in sunny open places near meadow and Mammoth Creek with Populus tremuloides, Osmorhiza occidentalis.
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Phacelia hydrophylloides – Waterleaf Phacelia
Occasional perennial herb, corollas pale lavender in open sunny places on steep north east facing slope near high trail with Abies magnifica, Symphoricarpos vaccinoides.
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Phacelia hastata ssp. compacta – Silverleaf Phacelia
Common perennial herb, corollas white, in loose talus at top of steep slope below Lake Mary Road with Arctostaphylos patula, Ceanothus velutinus.
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Perideridia parishii – Parish’s Yampah, Queen Anne’s Lace
Common perennial herb, corollas white, in boggy soil of meadow margins with Sidalcea oregana, Castillegja miniata, Epilobium exaltatum.
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Penstemon speciosus ssp. kennedyi – Showy Penstemon
Rare perennial herb to 3 dm tall, corollas blue-purple, in dry gravelly soil near Lake Mary Road with Ceanothus velutinus and Tetradymia canescens.
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Penstemon rostriflorus – Scarlet Penstemon
Occasional perennial herb, corollas red, in dry gravelly soil on south facing chaparral-covered slope with Quercus vaccinifolia, Ceanothus cordulatus, C. velutinus.
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Penstemon newberryi var. newberryi – Pride of the Mountains
Occasional perennial herb, corolla rose-red, in cracks in granite boulders above Mammoth Creek near waterfall with Heuchera rubescens, Abies magnifica, Arctostaphylos nevadensis.
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Pedicularis semibarbata – Pine-woods Lousewort
Occasional perennial herb, prostrate, corollas pale yellow with red, in shaded Abies magnifica litter on steep northeast-facing slope.
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Osmorhiza occidentalis – Western Sweet-cicely
Common perennial herb, flowers yellowish, to 1.2 m tall, in moist places in forest and near meadow, usually in shade, with Pinus murrayana, Abies magnifica, Populus tremuloides.
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Osmorhiza chilensis – Mountain Sweet-cicely
Occasional perennial herb, fruity bristly, in shaded areas near Mammoth Creek in understory of lodgepole pine forest, with Populus tremuloides, Abies concolor.
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Orthilia secunda – One-sided Wintergreen
Rare perennial herb, corollas greenish, in deep humus soil near water tank, in shade of Abies magnifica and Pinus murrayana, with Pyrola picta.
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Orobanche uniflora – Naked Broomrape
Rare perennial root parasite, corolla whitish, stems pale yellow, in dense shade of Alnus tenuifolia, Cornus stolonifera, along trail below Valentine Cabin.
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Orobanche californica ssp. feudgei – California Broomrape
Rare perennial, probably parasitic on Artemisia tridentata, scattered along trail up sagebrush knoll. Corollas purple.
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Nicotiana attenuata – Coyote Tobacco
Rare annual herb, flowers white, tinged purple, in gravel along Old Mammoth Road with Pinus murrayana and Abies concolor.
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Nemophila spatulata
Occasional annual berb, corollas white, in wet soil near spring on roadbank of Old Mammoth Rd., 0.25 miles west of Valentine Camp entrance, with Abies magnifica, Mimulus nasutus.
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Muhlenbergia richardsonis – Mat Muhly
Perennial grass, rhizomatous; occasional in dry sandy-gravelly soil, sagebrush scrub, north of central stream control structure; with Artemisia tridentata, Purshia tridentata.
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Montia chamissoi – Toad Lily
Occasional, perennial herb, corollas white, in wet areas at base of sagebrush moraine, in sagebrush-meadow transition zone, with Veronica americana, Lupinus polyphyllus.
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Monardella odoratissima ssp. pallida – Mountain Pennyroyal
Occasional perennial herb, corollas purple, in loose pumice soil on slopes with sagebrush near the Valentine cabin with Quercus vaccinifolia, Purshia tridentata.
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Mitella pentandra – Miterwort
Rare, perennial herb, corollas green, in dense shade, moist soil near spring and watertank at base of steep northeast facing slope with Lupinus polyphyllus, Veratrum californicum.