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COMMON NAME
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BOTANICAL NAME
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PHOTO
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| American speedwell |
Veronica americana |
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| Apache plume |
Fallugia paradoxa |
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| Aster: Baby aster, Rose heath |
Chaetopappa ericoides |
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| Aster: Golden aster |
Heterotheca chrysopsis, syn. Heterotheca villosa |
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| Aster: Heath aster |
Symphyotrichum (Aster) falcatum, var. commutatus |
Not Available
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| Aster: Marsh aster or Panicled aster or Tall white aster |
Symphyotrichum (Aster) lanceolatum |
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| Aster: New England aster |
Symphyotrichum (Aster) novae-angliae |
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| Aster: Spine aster or Hoary spine aster |
Dieteria canescens, var. ambigua |
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| Bindweed, Field bindweed, Perennial morning glory, Possession vine |
Convolvulus arvensis |
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| Birdbeak, Clubflower |
Cordylanthus wrightii |
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| Black medic |
Medicago lupulina
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| Blazing star: Adonis blazing star, Buena mujer |
Mentzelia multiflora |
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| Blue wild lettuce |
Lactuca tatarica, var. pulchella |
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| Bow-nut cryptantha |
Cryptantha cinerea, var. jamesii |
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| Broad-leaved cattail |
Typha latifolia |
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| Buckwheat: Buckwheat brush |
Eriogonum corymbosum |
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| Buffalo gourd, Stinking cucumber, Coyote melon |
Cucurbita foetidissima |
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| Bugleweed |
Lycopus americanus |
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| Bur-reed, Broadfruit bur-reed |
Sparganium eurycarpum |
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| Burdock |
Arctium minus |
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| Buttercup: Water buttercup, Water crowfoot |
Ranunculus aquatilis |
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| Canada wildrye, Canadian wildrye, Nodding wildrye |
Elymus canadensis |
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| Catnip |
Nepeta cataria |
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| Chamisa: Chamisa, Gray rabbitbrush, Rubber rabbitbrush |
Ericameria nauseosa |
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| Chamisa: Parry's rabbitbrush, Parry's goldenbush |
Ericameria parryi |
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| Cholla: Dagger cholla, Club cholla, Devil cholla |
Grusonia clavata |
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| Cholla: Tree cholla |
Cylindropuntia imbricata |
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| Clover: White sweet clover, Honey clover |
Melitotus albus |
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| Clover: Yellow sweet clover, Ribbed melilot |
Melilotus officinalis |
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| Cocklebur, Rough cocklebur |
Xanthium strumarium |
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| Common dandelion, Blow ball |
Taraxacum officinale |
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| Curly dock |
Rumex crispus |
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| Currant: Golden currant, Buffalo currant, Clove currant |
Ribes aureum |
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| Currant: Wax currant |
Ribes cereum |
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| Cut-leaf scorzonera (Vipergrass), False salsify |
Scorzonera laciniata |
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| Desert innocence |
Houstonia (Hedyotis) rubra |
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| Dwarf skyrocket, Dwarf gilia |
Ipomopsis pumila |
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| Erect knotweed |
Polygonum erectum |
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| Evening primrose: Hooker's evening primrose |
Oenothera elata |
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| Evening primrose: Prairie evening primrose |
Oenothera albicaulis |
Not Available
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| Evening primrose: Stemless evening primrose, Tufted evening primrose |
Oenothera caespitosa |
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| Fendler's sandmat, Carpet weed |
Chamaesyce fendleri, Syn. Euphorbia fendleri |
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| Fieldmint, Wild mint, Brook mint |
Mentha arvensis |
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| Flax: Blue flax, Wild flax, Prairie flax |
Linum lewisii (Discovered by Meriwether Lewis on the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 1800s) |
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| Flax: Yellow flax |
Linum vernale
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| Fleabane, Spreading fleabane |
Erigeron divergens |
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| Four o'clock: Narrowleaved four o'clock, Umbrella wort |
Mirabilis linearis, var. subhispida |
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| Four-wing saltbush |
Atriplex canescens |
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| Gaura: New Mexico gaura |
Gaura neomexicana |
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| Gaura: Scarlet gaura, Butterfly weed, Yerba de la Virgen |
Gaura coccinea |
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| Gaura: Velvet weed (Small flowered gaura) |
Gaura mollis |
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| Germander |
Teucrium laciniatum |
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| Grama grass cactus, Paper-spined fishhook cactus |
Sclerocactus papyracanthus |
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| Grama grass: Blue grama, Mosquito grass |
Bouteloua gracilis |
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| Grama grass: Side-oats grama |
Bouteloua curtipendula |
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| Green pigweed, Green amaranth |
Amaranthus hybridus |
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| Ground cherry: Ground cherry |
Physalis longifolia, var. longifolia |
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| Ground cone, Mexican squawroot, Mexican cancer-root |
Conopholis alpina, var. mexicana |
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| Groundsel: Broom groundsel or Many-headed groundsel |
Senecio spartioides, var. multicapitatus |
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| Groundsel: Threadleaf groundsel |
Senecio flaccidus, var. flaccidus |
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| Gumweed: Curlycup gumweed, Sticky buttons |
Grindelia squarrosa |
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| Horehound, Marrubio, Mastranzo |
Marrubium vulgare |
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| Horsetail, Scouring rush |
Equisetum hyemale |
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| Horseweed |
Conyza canadensis |
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| Hound's tongue |
Cynoglossum officinale |
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| Indian paintbrush: Scarlet Indian paintbrush |
Castilleja miniata |
Not Available
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| Indian paintbrush: Wholeleaf Indian paintbrush, Southwestern Indian paintbrush, Foothills paintbrush |
Castilleja integra |
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| Indian rice grass, Indian millet |
Oryzopsis hymenoides, Syn. Achnatherum hymenoides |
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| Juniper mistletoe |
Phoradendron juniperinum |
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| Kentucky bluegrass, Smooth meadow grass |
Poa pratensis |
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| Kochia, Summer cypress, Green molly |
Kochia scoparia |
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| Lamb's quarters, Quelite |
Chenopodium album |
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| Large petaled wild onion, Desert onion |
Allium macropetalum |
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| Longleaf pondweed |
Potamogeton nodosus |
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| Mallow: Narrowleaf globemallow |
Sphaeralcea angustifolia |
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| Mallow: New Mexico checkermallow |
Sidalcea neomexicana |
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| Mallow: Red globemallow |
Sphaeralcea coccinea |
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| Mexican hat |
Ratibida columnifera |
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| Milkvetch: Beakpod milkvetch |
Astragalus lentiginosus |
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| Milkvetch: Stinking milkvetch |
Astragalus praelongus |
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| Milkweed: Broadleaf milkweed |
Asclepias latifolia |
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| Milkweed: Poison milkweed |
Asclepias subverticillata |
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| Monkeyflower, Spotted monkeyflower |
Mimulus guttatus, syn. Mimulus cordatus |
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| Mormon tea, Mexican tea, Torrey's joint fir |
Ephedra torreyana |
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| Morning Glory: Ivy-leaf morning glory |
Ipomoea hederacea |
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| Mullein |
Verbascum thapsus |
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| Mustard: Flixweed |
Descurainia sophia |
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| Mustard: Slimleaf purple mustard, Slimleaf plains mustard |
Schoenocrambe linearifolia |
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| Mustard: Tumble mustard, Tumbling mustard, Tall mustard |
Sisymbrium altissimum |
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| Mustard: White draba, Wedgeleaf draba |
Draba cuneifolia |
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| New Mexico privet, New Mexico olive |
Forestiera neomexicana, syn. Forestiera pubescens |
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| Pale wolfberry, Tomatillo |
Lycium pallidum |
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| Penstemon: James penstemon or James beardtongue |
Penstemon jamesii |
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| Perky Sue |
Tetraneuris argentea |
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| Pincushion cactus |
Escobaria (Coryphantha) vivipara |
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| Plains pagoda plant, Plains beebalm, Wild bergamot |
Monarda pectinata |
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| Plantain: Wooly plantain |
Plantago patagonica |
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| Prickly lettuce |
Lactuca serriola |
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| Pricklypear: Brown-spined pricklypear |
Opuntia phaeacantha |
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| Pricklypear: Many-spined pricklypear |
Opuntia polyacantha, var. polyacantha |
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| Pricklypear: Red-flowered pricklypear
| Opuntia polyacantha, var. hystricina |
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| Pricklypear: Tuber-root pricklypear |
Opuntia polyacantha, var. polyacantha |
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| Puccoon |
Lithospermum incisum |
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| Purslane, Verdolaga, Little hogweed |
Portulaca oleracea |
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| Rayless goldenrod or Burroweed |
Isocoma pluriflora |
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| Ring muhly, Ring grass |
Muhlenbergia torreyi |
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| Rocky Mountain beeplant |
Cleome serrulata |
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| Rough menodora, Twinberry |
Menodora scabra |
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| Salsify or Goat's beard |
Tragopogon dubius |
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| Scorpion weed |
Phacelia alba |
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| Self-heal, Heal-all |
Prunella vulgaris |
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| Silverleaf nightshade |
Solanum elaeagnifolium |
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| Silverweed |
Potentilla anserina |
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| Skeleton weed |
Stephanomeria pauciflora |
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| Sleepygrass |
Stipa robusta, Syn. Achnatherum robustum |
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| Snakeweed |
Gutierrezia sarothrae |
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| Spring parsley, known as Chimajá in Northern N.M. |
Cymopterus acaulis, var. Fendleri |
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| Squirreltail, Longleaf squirreltail, Bottlebrush squirreltail |
Elymus longifolius, Syn. E. elymoides |
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| Stickseed: Cupseeded stickseed, Western sticktight, Beggar's lice |
Lappula occidentalis, var. cupulata |
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| Storksbill geranium, Red-stemmed filaree, Alfilaria |
Erodium cicutarium |
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| Sumac: Three-leaf sumac, Lemonadeberry, Skunkbush, Squawbush |
Rhus trilobata, var. trilobata |
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| Sundrops |
Calylophus serrulatus |
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| Sunflower: Common sunflower |
Helianthus annuus |
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| Sunflower: Cordilleran sunflower, Nuttall's sunflower, Sawtooth sunflower |
Helianthus nuttallii |
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| Sunflower: Prairie sunflower |
Helianthus petiolaris |
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| Thicksepal cryptantha, Thicksepal hiddenflower |
Cryptantha crassisepala |
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| Thistle: Bull thistle |
Cirsium vulgare |
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| Thistle: New Mexico thistle |
Cirsium neomexicanum |
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| Thistle: Spring sowthistle |
Sonchus asper |
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| Thistle: Wavyleaf thistle |
Cirsium undulatum |
Not Available
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| Thistle: Yellowspine thistle |
Cirsium ochrocentrum |
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| Toothed poinsettia |
Euphorbia dentata |
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Tumbleweed
S. tragus: Tumbleweed, Prickly Russian thistle
S. collina: Tumbleweed, Slender Russian thistle |
Salsola tragus and Salsola collina |
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| Verbena: Dakota vervain, Moradilla |
Glandularia bipinnatifida |
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| Verbena: MacDougal verbena, Spike verbena |
Verbena macdougalii |
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| Verbena: Swamp verbena |
Verbena hastata |
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| Violet: Mountain blue violet |
Viola adunca |
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| Water smartweed |
Polygonum amphibium |
Not Available
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| Water-parsnip |
Berula erecta |
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| Watercress |
Nasturtium officinale |
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| Western peppergrass |
Lepidium montanum, var. montanum |
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| Western sneezeweed |
Helenium autumnale, var. montanum |
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| Western yarrow |
Achillea millefolium, var. occidentalis, syn. Achillea millefolium, var. lanulosa |
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| Wild asparagus |
Asparagus officinale |
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| Wild common teasel |
Dipsacus fullonum |
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| Wild licorice |
Glycyrrhiza lepidota |
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| Willow herb |
Epilobium ciliatum |
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| Winterfat, Winter sage, White sage, Lamb’s tail |
Krascheninnikovia lanata, Syn. Ceratoides lanata |
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| Wire rush |
Juncus mexicanus |
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| Yerba mansa |
Anemopsis californica |
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| Yucca: Banana yucca |
Yucca baccata |
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| Yucca: Soapweed yucca |
Yucca glauca
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