(Click on underlined title to see more) Top photo:   Hesperoyucca at right, tall stalk bloom, Viguiera(yellow flowers) at left and right, Malosma(Laurel Sumac) in back, and Eriogonum fasciculatum(Scrub Buckwheat, not in bloom) in front at left.  All at average relative sizes.   Sumac is about six foot plus tall.  Grass is non-native wild oats, native to the central region of Eurasia.  Middle photo of Hesperoyucca, too young to bloom; taking anywhere from 3 to 15 years of age to bloom.  Bottom photo showing Malosma at left, Viguiera at right. Photos: East Otay Mtn. range.