Specimen
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Mimulus lewisii – Lewis’s Monkeyflower
Occasional, perennial herb, occasional rose pink with two yellow ridges, on lower part of steep northeast facing slope near spring with Senecio triangularis, Aquilegia Formosa, pinus murrayana.
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Mimulus guttatus – Common Monkeyflower
Common annual herb, corollas yellow in moist places, especially meadow margins and around seeps, with Habenaria dilatata, Castilleja miniata, Heracleum sphondylium.
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Mentzelia montana – Montane Sandpaper Plant
Uncommon, open sites, dry sandy-gravelly soil, sagebrush scrub; Artemisia tridentata, Purshia tridentata, Leymus cinereus. Annual herb, corollas yellow.
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Mentzelia laevicaulis – Blazing Star
Scattered biennial, corollas yellow in dry soil on south-facing slope near Lake Mary Road with Ceanothus velutinus and Arctostaphylos patula.
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Mentzelia congesta – Ventana Stick-leaf
Occasional, open sites, sandy-gravelly soil in sagebrush scrub. Annual herb, corollas yellow.
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Melica bulbosa – Melicgrass, Oniongrass
Perennial grass with many small white bulbs, common in forest openings with Artemisia tridentata, Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Abies magnifica.
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Madia elegans – Elegant Madia
Rare annual herb, corollas yellow, near base of sagebrush knoll in dry pumice soil with Artemisia tridentata and Elymus cinereus.
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Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens – Hoary Aster
Suffretescent perennial, liguels lavender; occasional in disturbed ground near manmade stream channels; with Bromus tectorum, Cryptantha circumscissa.
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Luzula parviflora – Small-flowered Wood Rush
Occasional, perennial, herb in semi-shade on steep, northeast facing slope below high trail, with Abies magnifica, Carex sp.
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Lupinus polyphyllus var burkei – Meadow Lupine
Perennial herb to 1 m tall, corollas blue; common in semi-shaded moist meadow margins near willows, with Salix lutea, Carex spp., Castilleja miniata.
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Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus – Spurred Lupine
Perennial herb, corollas blue; occasional in sandy-gravelly soil, sagebrush scrub, vicinity of manmade stream channels, with Artemisia tridentata, Purshia tridentata.
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Lupinus andersonii – Anderson’s Lupine
Common perennial herb, corollas pale purple, in pumice soil in sunny forest openings with Pinus murrayana, Abies concolor, Purshia tridentata.
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Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum – Fern-leaved Lomatium
Occasional perennial herb, corolls yellow, in sunny forest openings in pumice soil with Artemisia tridentata, Lupinus andersonii, Pinus murrayana.
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Lithophragma glabrum – Rock-star
Rare annual herb to 1.5 dm tall, petals pink, with purple bulblets in some bract axils; plants in loose pumice soil in open area near late-flowing streamlet near water tank, under Pinus murrayana.
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Listera convallarioides – Broad-leaved Twayblade
Rare perennial herb, corollas light green, on banks of small streamlet of snow melt water in dense shade of forest with Abies magnifica, Pinus murrayana, Pinus jeffreyi.
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Linanthus ciliatus var. neglectus – Whisker-brush, Bristly-leaved Linanthus
Occasional colonies, annual herb, corolla lobes pink with red spot, throat yellow, tube pink, in dry, gravelly open areas on sagebrush moraine with Purshia tridentata, Elymus cinereus.
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Lilium kelleyanum – Kelley’s Lily
Occasional, wet loam soil, banks of Convict Creek. Perennial herb, bulb-forming, petals dark orange.
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Leymus triticoides ssp. triticoides – Creeping Wildrye, Beardless Wildrye
Occasional perennial grass in meadow with Castilleja miniata, Perideridia parishii, and Epilobium exaltatum.
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Leymus cinereus – Ashy Wildrye. Basin Wildrye
Occasional perennial bunch grass to 2.5 m tall, in loose dry pumice soil on west facing sagebrush-covered moraine with Purshia tridentata, Symphoricarops vaccinoides.
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Lewisia nevadensis – Nevada Lewisia
Rare perennial herb, flowers white, in dry pumice soil along forest trail near entrance road with Pinus murrayana and Abies concolor.
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Kelloggia galioides – Kelloggia
Occasional perennial herb, corollas pale pink, in shade in dark humus soil with Abies magnifica, Lupinus polyphyllus.
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Juniperus occidentalis ssp. australis – Western Juniper
Rare tree to 5 meters tall, on west facing slope near springs with Pinus jeffreyi and Pinus murrayana.
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Juncus xiphioides – Iris-leaved Rush
Common perennial herb, along entrance road near Woody’s meadow with grasses, Heracleum sphondyllium, Pinus murrayana.
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Juncus nevadensis – Nevada Rush
Common perennial herb in moist soil of meadow with Castilleja miniata and Heracleum sphondylium.