White mountains (starting from Big Pine)
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