White mountains (starting from Big Pine)
From the Kern Chapter of CNPS page: http://kern.cnps.org/index.php/plants/checklists
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (carrot family)
- Angelica
- lineariloba
- Lomatium
- foeniculaceum ssp. inyoense inyo lomatium
Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
- Asclepias milkweed
- fascicularis narrow-leaf/mexican milkweed
Asteraceae (Compositae) (sunflower family)
- Artemisia sagebrush
- nova black sagebrush
- tridentata great-basin/big sagebrush
- Chrysothamnus rabbitbrush
- parryi rabbitbrush
- viscidiflorus curly-leaved rabbitbrush
- Cirsium thistle
- nidulum
- Crepis hawksbeard
- intermedia
- Encelia
- actoni (E. virginensis ssp. actoni)
- Erigeron wild daisy, fleabane
- clokeyi
- Heliomeris golden-eye
- multiflora var. nevadensis (Viguiera m. n.)
- Hulsea
- algida alpine gold
- Hymenoxys
- cooperi var. canescens gray goldenflower
- Senecio groundsel, ragwort, butterweed
- canus wooly butterweed
- integerrimus butterwort
- multilobatus
- Stenotus
- acaulis (Haplopappus a.)
- Taraxacum dandelion
- officinale common dandelion
- Tetradymia cotton-thorn, horse brush
- canescens spineless horsebrush
Boraginaceae (borage family)
- Cryptantha forget-me-not
- confertiflora yellow cryptanth
- sp.
Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (mustard family)
- Draba
- oligosperma var. oligosperma few-seeded draba
- sp.
- Stanleya prince's plume
- sp.
Cactaceae (cactus family)
- Opuntia prickly-pear, cholla
- erinacea old-man cactus
Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle family)
- Symphoricarpos waxberry, snowberry
- longiflorus fragrant/desert snowberry
Caryophyllaceae (pink family)
- Arenaria sandwort
- kingii var. glabrescens
- Silene catchfly, campion
- bernardina (no vars) (S. montana) mountain campion
Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family)
- Atriplex salt bush
- canescens four-winged saltbush
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
- Juniperus juniper
- osteosperma utah/one-seeded juniper
Ephedraceae (ephedra family)
- Ephedra mormon/mexican/desert tea
- nevadensis
- viridis green ephedra
Fabaceae (Leguminosae) (pea family)
- Astragalus milkvetch, rattleweed, locoweed
- kentrophyta
- Lupinus lupine
- argenteus var. palmeri (L. p.)
- Oxytropis
- parryi
- Psorothamnus (Dalea)
- arborescens var. minutifolius indigo bush
- Trifolium clover
- andersonii var. beatleyae (T. monoense) five-leaved clover
Gentianaceae (gentian family)
- Swertia (inc. Frasera) green gentian
- puberulenta (Frasera p.) inyo gentian
Grossulariaceae (Saxifragaceae) (gooseberry family)
- Ribes current, gooseberry
- cereum wax currant
- viscosissimum sticky currant
Hydrophyllaceae (waterleaf family)
- Phacelia
- hastata (P. frigida) rock phacelia
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (mint family)
- Monardella
- glauca (M. odoratissima ssp. parvifolia) mountain pennyroyal
- Salvia
- dorrii grey-ball sage, great basin blue sage
Liliaceae (lily family)
- Calochortus mariposa lily
- bruneaunis (C. nuttallii)
Linaceae (flax family)
- Linum flax
- lewisii western blue flax
Loasaceae (loasa family)
- Mentzelia blazing-star
- laevicaulis
Malvaceae (mallow family)
- Sphaeralcea globemallow
- ambigua desert-mallow, apricot-mallow
Oleaceae (olive family)
- Menodora
- spinescens
Papaveraceae (poppy family)
- Argemone prickly poppy
- munita (no vars) chicalote
Pinaceae (pine family)
- Pinus pine
- flexilis limber pine
- longaeva bristlecone pine
- monophylla singleleaf pinyon pine
Polemoniaceae (phlox family)
- Ipomopsis
- congesta ssp. montana
- Leptodactylon
- pungens (no vars) granite gilia, prickly-phlox
- Linanthus
- nuttallii
- Phlox
- condensata (P. covillei) cushion phlox
- stansburyi (P. longifolia, P. viridis)
Polygonaceae (buckwheat family)
- Eriogonum wild buckwheat
- fasciculatum california buckwheat
- gracilipes rasberry buckwheat
- heermannii
- umbellatum sulfur flower
- Rumex dock, sorrel
- paucifolius (no vars) alpine sheep sorrel, mountain dock
Portulacaceae (purslane family)
- Lewisia bitter-root
- pygmaea (L. sierrae)
- Montia
- chamissoi toad lily
Primulaceae (primrose family)
- Androsace rock-jasmine/primrose, fairy-candelabra
- septentrionalis ssp. subumbellata
- Dodecatheon shooting star
- redolens bog shooting star
Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)
- Ranunculus buttercup, crowfoot
- eschscholtzii var. oxynotus snow/alpine buttercup
Rosaceae (rose family)
- Cercocarpus mountain-mahogany
- ledifolius
- Chamaebatiaria fern bush, desert sweet
- millefolium
- Ivesia
- lycopodioides
- Petrophyton rock spiraea
- caespitosum ssp. caespitosum
- Potentilla cinquefoil
- pennsylvanica
- Prunus
- andersonii desert peach
- Purshia antelope bush
- tridentata (inc. P. glandulosa) bitterbrush
Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family)
- Heuchera alumroot
- duranii
Scrophulariaceae (figwort family)
- Castilleja indian paintbrush
- linariifolia (C. linariaefolia)
- nana alpine paintbrush
- Cordylanthus bird's beak
- kingii ssp. helleri
- Mimulus monkeyflower
- suksdorfii
- Pedicularis lousewort
- attollens little elephant heads
- Penstemon beard-tongue
- heterodoxus whorled penstemon
- rostriflorus (P. bridgesii)
- scapoides
- speciosus (no vars) showy penstemon
number of families = 31
number of genera = 67
number of species, subspecies and varieties = 85
