Fremontia

The Hollyhock is one very near relation, the beautiful Hibiscus is another, and the very handsome Fremontia

The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare Henry Nicholson Ellacombe 1868

Fremontia, with _ephedra occidentalis_, which begins to occur more frequently.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

Here the vegetation consisted of a shrubby growth, among which were several varieties of _chenopodiaceous_ plants; but the characteristic shrub was _Fremontia vermicularis_, with smaller saline shrubs growing with singular luxuriance, and in many places holding exclusive possession of the ground.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

From the point where we were standing, the ground fell off on every side to the water, giving us a perfect view of the island, which is twelve or thirteen miles in circumference, being simply a rocky hill, on which there is neither water nor trees of any kind; although the _Fremontia vermicularis_, which was in great abundance, might easily be taken for timber at a distance.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

Artemisia was the principal plant, mingled with Fremontia and the chenopodiaceous shrubs.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

Artemisia tridentata was very abundant, but the plants were principally saline; a large and vigorous chenopodiaceous shrub, five to eight feet high, being characteristic, with Fremontia vermicularis, and

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851