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American Century Plant *
Agave americana var. americana TJM1: Not Listed. TJM2: Not Listed. Family: Agavaceae (AGAVE, CENTURY PLANT), Liliaceae (LILY). Generic common name: AGAVE. Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, Aug 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Aizoaceae |
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Hottentot Fig *
Carpobrotus edulis Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD). Other common names: sea fig, iceplant. Generic common name: FIG-MARIGOLD, CARPOBROTUS. Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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New Zealand Spinach *
Tetragonia tetragonioides Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD). Generic common name: TETRAGONIA. Malibu Lagoon State Beach: landscaped parking area, near coast throughout, Sept 2008. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Anacardiaceae |
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Basket Brush
Rhus aromatica TJM1: Rhus trilobata. Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW). Other common names: skunk bush, skunkbush sumac. Generic common name: SUMAC. Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead, riparian woodland, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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| Family Apiaceae |
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Sweet Fennel *
Foeniculum vulgare Family: Apiaceae (CARROT). Other common names: biscuit root, fennel. Generic common name: FENNEL. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Hog Fennel
Lomatium utriculatum Family: Apiaceae (CARROT). Other common names: common lomatium, bladder parsnip. Generic common name: DESERTPARSLEY. Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, grassland, March 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Snake Root
Sanicula arguta Family: Apiaceae (CARROT). Other common names: sharp-toothed sanicle, sharptooth blacksnakeroot. Generic common name: SANICLE. Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, valley grassland, March 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Poison Sanicle
Sanicula bipinnata Family: Apiaceae (CARROT). Generic common name: SANICLE. Cornell Road: low area in disturbed grassland, April 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Pacific Sanicle
Sanicula crassicaulis Family: Apiaceae (CARROT). Other common names: gamble weed, pacific blacksnakeroot. Generic common name: SANICLE. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Turkey Pea
Sanicula tuberosa Family: Apiaceae (CARROT). Other common names: tuberous sanicle. Generic common name: SANICLE. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Southern Tauschia
Tauschia arguta Family: Apiaceae (CARROT). Other common names: southern umbrellawort. Generic common name: UMBRELLAWORT. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail: chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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| Family Araceae |
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Inflated Duckweed
Lemna gibba Family: Araceae (ARUM), Lemnaceae (DUCKWEED). Other common names: Wind Bags. Generic common name: DUCKWEED. Camarillo agricultural area ditches and creeks, Aug 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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| Family Arecaceae |
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Canary Island Date Palm *
Phoenix canariensis Family: Arecaceae (PALM). Other common names: Canary island palm. Campus of CSUCI: wet disturbed area adjacent to coastal sage scrub, Aug 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. |
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Mexican Fan Palm *
Washingtonia robusta Family: Arecaceae (PALM). Other common names: Washington fan palm, Sonoran fan palm. Generic common name: FAN PALM. Wildwood Park: riparian woodland, June 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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| Family Asteraceae |
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Blow-wives
Achyrachaena mollis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: BLOW-WIVES. Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, chaparral, March 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Mountain Dandelion
Agoseris grandiflora var. grandiflora TJM1: Agoseris grandiflora. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: bigflower agoseris, California dandelion, large flowered agoseris, giant mountain dandelion. Generic common name: AGOSERIS. Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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Coast Weed
Amblyopappus pusillus Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: dwarf coastweed. Generic common name: AMBLYOPAPPUS. Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Mayweed *
Anthemis cotula Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: stinkweed, dog-fennel, stinking chamomile. Generic common name: DOG-FENNEL, CHAMOMILE. Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Satwiwa Loop Trail, valley grassland, June 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: coastal sage brush. Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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California Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Douglas' sagewort, mugwort. Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH. Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, August 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Wild Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: tarragon, herbaceous sagewort, pinon wormwood. Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH. Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, July 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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Mojave Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata ssp. parishii Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Parish's sagebrush, big sagebrush. Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH. Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve: coastal sage scrub, Oct 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Fall. |
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San Diego Viguiera
Bahiopsis laciniata TJM1: Viguiera laciniata. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: torhleaf goldeneye. Generic common name: GOLDENEYE. Malibu Creek State Park: near the Backbone Trail parking lot on Corral Canyon Road, chaparral, May 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. A California native used in landscaping, probably not native to the Santa Monica Mountains. |
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Many-Flowered Desert-Marigold *
Baileya multiradiata Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: DESERT-MARIGOLD. Old Topanga Road: disturbed shoulder margin, March 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall. |
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English Daisy *
Bellis perennis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: lawndaisy. Generic common name: BELLIS. Urban lawns and developed areas: Oct 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Stick-tight
Bidens frondosa Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: devil's beggartick. Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK. Lake Sherwood: shore margin: Sept 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer. |
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Bur-Marigold
Bidens laevis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: smooth beggartick. Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK. Banks of Calleguas Creek near CSUCI, Oct 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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Beggar-ticks *
Bidens pilosa Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: hairy beggarticks, common beggar-ticks, Spanish-needles. Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK. Solstice Canyon: TWR Loop Trail, oak woodland, June 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall. |
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California Brickellbush
Brickellia californica Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: brickellbush. Generic common name: BRICKELLBUSH. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. |
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Nevin's Brickellbush
Brickellia nevinii Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Nevin's brickellia. Generic common name: BRICKELLBUSH. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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Woolly Distaff Thistle *
Carthamus lanatus Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: DISTAFF THISTLE. UCLA Stunt Ranch, disturbed grassland, June 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED. |
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Tocalote *
Centaurea melitensis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: yellow star thistle, Maltese star-thistle. Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE. Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, May 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Yellow Star Thistle *
Centaurea solstitialis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Barnaby's thistle. Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE. Westlake Blvd. disturbed road margin: chaparral, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Common Spikeweed
Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens TJM1: Hemizonia pungens. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: common tarweed. Generic common name: SPIKEWEED. Open Space near Seminole Hot Springs, open sunny ground in an oak woodland, July 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Yellow Pincushion
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: yellow chaenactis, common yellow chaenactis. Generic common name: PINCUSHION, DUSTY-MAIDENS. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Rush Skeleton Weed *
Chondrilla juncea TJM1: Not Listed. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: hogbite. Generic common name: CHONDRILLA. Palo Comado Canyon: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, oak savanna, June 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Woolly Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia TJM1: Lessingia filaginifolia. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: cudweed aster, common California aster, California aster, common sandaster, cud-aster. Generic common name: LESSINGIA, CALIFORNIA-ASTER, SAND-ASTER. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. This name refers to a complex group that has been simplified through consolidation. |
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Australian Brassbutton *
Cotula australis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Australian waterbuttons, Australian Cotula. Generic common name: WATERBUTTONS. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Brass Buttons *
Cotula coronopifolia Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: common brassbuttons. Generic common name: WATERBUTTONS. Zuma Beach County Park: disturbed stream margin, Nov 2007. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Slender Tarweed
Deinandra fasciculata TJM1: Hemizonia fasciculata. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: clustered tarweed, common tarweed. Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Santa Susana Tarweed
Deinandra minthornii TJM1: Hemizonia minthornii. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Santa Susana tarplant. Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED. Backbone Trail just East of Corral Trailhead: sage scrub, Aug 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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German Ivy *
Delairea odorata TJM1: Senecio mikanioides. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: CAPE IVY, GERMAN IVY. Topanga State Park: Los Liones Trail, chaparral, Nov 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Cape-Marigold *
Dimorphotheca sinuata Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Namaqualand daisy . Generic common name: DAISYBUSH, AFRICAN DAISY. Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, March 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: California encelia, California brittlebush. Generic common name: BRITTLEBUSH. Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: incienso, goldenhills, desert brittlebush. Generic common name: BRITTLEBUSH. Oakbrook Community Park: sage scrub, Aug 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Golden-Fleece
Ericameria arborescens Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. Circle X Ranch: Conejo Peak access road, disturbed chaparral, Oct 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. |
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Mock Heather
Ericameria ericoides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: California goldenbush, heather goldenweed. Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. Point Dume State Preserve: coastal flat, Oct 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. |
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Slender-leaved Goldenbush
Ericameria linearifolia Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: linear leaved goldenbush, narrowleaf goldenbush, interior goldenbush. Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. Cornell Road: coastal sage scrub, May 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Mojave Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis TJM1: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. mohavensis. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: rubber rabbitbrush. Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. October 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall. A California native but probably not native to the Santa Monica Mountains. |
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Palmer's Goldenbush
Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Palmer's rabbitbrush, broad scaled Palmer's goldenbush, thick-bracted goldenbush. Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Albertson Motorway, coastal sage scrub, November 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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Pine-Bush
Ericameria pinifolia Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: pine goldenweed. Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. Happy Camp: Happy Camp Road, dry sandy wash: Oct 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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Little Horseweed *
Erigeron bonariensis TJM1: Conyza bonariensis. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: asthmaweed, flax leaved fleabane. Generic common name: FLEABANE DAISY, FLEABANE. Will Rogers State Historic Park: disturbed urban, Oct 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Horseweed *
Erigeron canadensis TJM1: Conyza canadensis. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Canadian horseweed. Generic common name: FLEABANE DAISY, FLEABANE. Paramount Ranch: entrance road shoulder, grassland, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Fleabane Aster
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: leafy fleabane, thread stemmed fleabane. Generic common name: FLEABANE DAISY, FLEABANE. Malibu Creek State Park: Mott Road, disturbed grassland, June 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Golden Yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: yellow yarrow. Generic common name: WOOLY SUNFLOWER. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Western Goldenrod
Euthamia occidentalis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: western goldentop, western flat topped goldenrod. Generic common name: GRASS-LEAVED GOLDENRODS, GOLDENTOP. Arroyo Sequit: Arroyo Sequit Loop Trail, valley grassland, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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Gazania *
Gazania linearis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: treasureflower. Generic common name: GAZANIA, TREASURE-FLOWER. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, sage scrub, May 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Note: this garden escapee can be found in many different colors and is called by many different names. |
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Garland Chrysanthemum *
Glebionis coronaria TJM1: Chrysanthemum coronarium. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: crown daisy, garland daisy. Generic common name: DAISY. Point Dume Natural Preserve: coastal sage scrub, March 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Gum Plant
Grindelia camporum TJM1: Grindelia camporum var. bracteosa. FNA: Grindelia hirsutula. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Great Valley gumweed, common gumplant. Generic common name: GUMPLANT, GUMWEED. Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak Road and Trippet Ranch: valley grassland, May 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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California Matchweed
Gutierrezia californica Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: San Joaquin snakeweed. Generic common name: SNAKEWEED, MATCHWEED. Chatsworth Nature Preserve, Jan 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Sawtooth Goldenbush
Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: gum plant goldenbush, sawtooth bristleweed. Generic common name: BRISTLEWEED. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. |
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Hedypnois *
Hedypnois cretica Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: cretanweed, Crete weed. Generic common name: HEDYPNOIS. Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Sneezeweed
Helenium puberulum Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: rosilla. Generic common name: SNEEZEWEED. Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Canyon Trail, riparian, Aug 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Common Sunflower
Helianthus annuus Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: sunflower. Generic common name: SUNFLOWER. Kanan Dume Road shoulder: chaparral, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: SUNFLOWER. Decker Road shoulder: chaparral, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Bristly Ox-tongue *
Helminthotheca echioides TJM1: Picris echioides. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: OX-TONGUE. Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, disturbed grassland, June 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Telegraph Weed
Heterotheca grandiflora Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: silk-grass goldenaster. Generic common name: GOLDENASTER, TELEGRAPH WEED, FALSE GOLDENASTER. Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Hairy Golden-aster
Heterotheca sessiliflora ssp. fastigiata Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: sessileflower false goldenaster, false goldenaster, golden aster. Generic common name: GOLDENASTER, TELEGRAPH WEED, FALSE GOLDENASTER. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, burned annual grassland, August 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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Hawkweed
Hieracium argutum Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: southern hawkweed. Generic common name: HAWKWEED. Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: sage scrub, July 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Annual Cat's Ear *
Hypochaeris glabra Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: smooth cat's ear. Generic common name: CAT'S-EAR. Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, March 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. Also Hypochoeris. |
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Perennial Cat's Ear *
Hypochaeris radicata Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: hairy cat’s ear, rough cat’s ear, common cat's-ear. Generic common name: CAT'S-EAR. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soil along trail cut, April 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some states. |
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Prostrate Coast Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii var. sedoides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Menzies' goldenbush, white flowered dune goldenbush. Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Coast Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Menzies' goldenbush, green leaved dune goldenbush. Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED. Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. These plants hybridize and there is a great deal of variation that is not well described in the literature. |
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Marsh Jaumea
Jaumea carnosa Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: fleshy jaumea. Generic common name: JAUMEA. Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Prickly Lettuce *
Lactuca serriola Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: prickly wild lettuce. Generic common name: LETTUCE. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, Aug 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Hareleaf
Lagophylla ramosissima TJM1: Lagophylla ramosissima ssp. ramosissima. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: branched lagophylla, common hareleaf. Generic common name: HARELEAF. Westlake Open Space: sage scrub, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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Coast Goldfields
Lasthenia californica ssp. californica TJM1: Lasthenia californica. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: California goldfields, common goldfields, valley goldfields. Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Southern Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: crowned goldfields, royal goldfields. Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, April 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Tidy Tips
Layia platyglossa Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: coastal tidytips, common tidy tips. Generic common name: TIDYTIPS. Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, grassland, April 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Scale Broom
Lepidospartum squamatum Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: broomsage, California broomshrub. Generic common name: SCALE-BROOM, BROOMSAGE. Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Zuma Canyon Trail, coastal sage scrub, November 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. |
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Annual Coreopsis
Leptosyne bigelovii TJM1: Coreopsis bigelovii. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Bigelow's tickseed, Bigelow's coreopsis. Generic common name: TICKSEED. Triunfo Canyon Park: Pentachaeta Trail, chaparral, May 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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California Coreopsis
Leptosyne californica TJM1: Coreopsis californica. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: California tickseed. Generic common name: TICKSEED. Malibu Creek State Park: Lost Cabin Trail, open chaparral, March 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Giant Coreopsis
Leptosyne gigantea TJM1: Coreopsis gigantea. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: TICKSEED. Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Common Madia
Madia elegans Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: TARWEED. West Lake Road shoulder: June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Pygmy Madia
Madia exigua Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: small tarweed, threadstem madia, meager tarweed, little tarweed, threadstem tarweed. Generic common name: TARWEED. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, sage scrub, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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Sticky Madia
Madia gracilis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: slender tarweed, Gumweed, grassy tarweed. Generic common name: TARWEED. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, May 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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Coast Tarweed
Madia sativa Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Chile tarweed. Generic common name: TARWEED. Private land near Old Topanga Road: sunny open area in oak woodland, Aug 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Annual Malacothrix
Malacothrix clevelandii Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Cleveland’s desert-dandelion. Generic common name: DESERTDANDELION. Malibu Creek State Park: Cistern Trail, chaparral, April 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Pineapple Weed *
Matricaria discoidea TJM1: Chamomilla suaveolens. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: rayless chamomile, chamomile. Generic common name: CHAMOMILE. Circle X Ranch: Campgrounds, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Microseris
Microseris douglasii ssp. tenella Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Douglas' silverpuffs. Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, April 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Monolopia
Monolopia lanceolata Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: common monolopia. Generic common name: MONOLOPIA. Paramount Ranch: Cornell Road shoulder, April 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Brewer's Ragwort
Packera breweri TJM1: Senecio breweri. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: RAGWORT. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: oak woodland, April 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Lyon's Pentachaeta
Pentachaeta lyonii Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Lyon's pygmydaisy. Generic common name: PYGMYDAISY. Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, July 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Rock Daisy
Perityle emoryi Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Emory's rockdaisy. Generic common name: ROCKDAISY. Point Mugu State Park: PCH road margin, coastal sage scrub, Dec 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Two-tone Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium biolettii TJM1: Gnaphalium bicolor. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: bicolored everlasting, Bioletti's cudweed. Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring. |
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California Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium californicum TJM1: Gnaphalium californicum. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: California cudweed, green everlasting, California rabbit-tobacco. Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Sonora Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum TJM1: Gnaphalium leucocephalum. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: white rabbit-tobacco. Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING. Sandbar near the creek's banks, Oct 2010. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Fall. |
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Weedy Cudweed *
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum TJM1: Gnaphalium luteo-album. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: everlasting cudweed, fragrant everlasting, red-tip rabbit-tobacco. Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, October 2007. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Felt-leaf Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum TJM1: Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: white everlasting. Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING. Arroyo Sequit: Arroyo Sequit Loop Trail, valley grassland, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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Slender Woollyheads
Psilocarphus tenellus TJM1: Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: slender woolly marbles. Generic common name: WOOLLY-HEADS, WOOLLY MARBLES. Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, April 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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California Groundsel
Senecio aphanactis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: chaparral ragwort, rayless ragwort. Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED. Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Bush Senecio
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Douglas' groundsel, shrubby butterweed, Douglas' ragwort. Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED. Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, sage scrub, Aug 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Cotton Fireweed *
Senecio quadridentatus TJM1: Not Listed. TJM2: Senecio quadridentatus. Other scientific names: Erechtites quadridentata. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: cotton burnweed. Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED. Topanga State Park: Eagle Springs Fire Road, chaparral, May 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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Common Groundsel *
Senecio vulgaris Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: old-man-in-the-Spring. Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Southern Goldenrod
Solidago confinis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: GOLDENROD. Malibu Creek: riparian woodland, near the Rindge dam, Oct 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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California Goldenrod
Solidago velutina ssp. californica TJM1: Solidago californica. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: GOLDENROD. Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, Nicholas Flat Trail, oak woodland, November 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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Prickly Sow Thistle *
Sonchus asper Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: SOW-THISTLE. Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, disturbed trailside, April 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Sow Thistle *
Sonchus oleraceus Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: common sowthistle. Generic common name: SOW-THISTLE. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Brown Microseris
Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa Other scientific names: Microseris heterocarpa. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Stebbinsoseris, Stebbins’ microseris, grassland silverpuffs. Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, April 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. A plant with a complex origin. See the note in the UCLA description. |
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Everlasting Nest-straw
Stylocline gnaphaloides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: mountain neststraw, everlasting stylocline. Generic common name: NEST STRAW. Circle X Ranch: Triunfo section Backbone Trail, sage scrub, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Lance-Leaved Aster *
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium TJM1: Aster lanceolatus ssp. hesperius. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: white-panicled aster. Generic common name: ASTER. Paramount Ranch: Medea Creek Trail, riparian woodland, Oct 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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Slim Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum TJM1: Aster subulatus var. ligulatus. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: annual water aster, southwestern annual saltmarsh aster. Generic common name: ASTER. Camarillo agricultural fields: bank of Calleguas Creek, Sept 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer. Has been listed as a perennial by some references. |
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Feverfew *
Tanacetum parthenium Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: TANSY. Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, July 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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Dandelion *
Taraxacum officinale Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: common dandelion. Generic common name: DANDELION. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Hairy Horsebrush
Tetradymia comosa Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: cotton-thorn. Generic common name: COTTON-THORN, HORSEBRUSH. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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Silver Puffs
Uropappus lindleyi Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: uropappus. Generic common name: SILVER PUFFS. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Prickly Goldenfleece *
Urospermum picroides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: bristly tail seed. Generic common name: GOLDENFLEECE. Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, June 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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Canyon Sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: CANYON SUNFLOWER, VENEGASIA. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Golden Crownbeard *
Verbesina encelioides Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: cowpen daisy. Generic common name: CROWN-BEARD. Ventura County disturbed areas and road margins, Aug 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Spiny Cocklebur *
Xanthium spinosum Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Spiny clotbur, Cocklebur. Generic common name: COCKLEBUR. Camarillo agricultural fields: waste areas throughout, Sept 2008. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer. Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status. |
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Cocklebur
Xanthium strumarium Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Rough cockleburr. Generic common name: COCKLEBUR. Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, Sept 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer. |
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Nevin's Barberry
Berberis nevinii Family: Berberidaceae (BARBERRY). Generic common name: OREGON-GRAPE, BARBERRY. Thousand Oaks Landscaping, March 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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California Barberry
Berberis pinnata ssp. pinnata Other scientific names: Mahonia pinnata. Family: Berberidaceae (BARBERRY). Other common names: Oregon-grape, mahonia. Generic common name: OREGON-GRAPE, BARBERRY. Newton Canyon, chaparral, April 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia TJM1: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia. Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE). Other common names: orange flowered Menzies' fiddleneck. Generic common name: FIDDLENECK. Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: riparian woodland, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Small-Flowered Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii TJM1: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii. Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE). Generic common name: FIDDLENECK. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, Jan 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Whispering Bells
Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF). Generic common name: WHISPERINGBELLS. Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, chaparral, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Yellow-throated Phacelia
Phacelia brachyloba Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF). Other common names: shortlobe phacelia. Generic common name: PHACELIA. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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Winter Cress
Barbarea orthoceras Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: American wintercress, American rocket, erectpod wintercress, American yellowrocket. Generic common name: YELLOWROCKET. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Black Mustard *
Brassica nigra Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP. Circle X Ranch: group campground access road margin, sage scrub, March 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Field Mustard *
Brassica rapa Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: turnip, common mustard, rape mustard. Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP. Cornell Road margin: disturbed grassland, March 2008. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring. |
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Asian Mustard *
Brassica tournefortii Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: Sahara mustard. Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP. Point Dume Natural Preserve: disturbed roadside, March 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa TJM1: Descurainia pinnata ssp. halictorum. Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: western tansymustard, alkali western tansy mustard. Generic common name: TANSY MUSTARD. Point Dume State Preserve: Overlook Platform Trail, coastal bluff scrub, Jan 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. Portions of the "pinnata" complex have been consolidated in TJM2. |
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Flix-weed *
Descurainia sophia Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: herb sophia. Generic common name: TANSY MUSTARD. Disturbed roadsides and waste areas, May 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Western Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum TJM1: Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum. Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: sanddune wallflower. Generic common name: WALLFLOWER. Malibu Creek State Park: valley grassland, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Coast Wallflower
Erysimum suffrutescens TJM1: Erysimum insulare ssp. suffrutescens. Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: island wallflower, suffrutescent wallflower. Generic common name: WALLFLOWER. Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring. |
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Mediterranean Mustard *
Hirschfeldia incana Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: shortpod mustard, Mediterranean hoary mustard. Generic common name: HIRSCHFELDIA. Circle X Ranch: disturbed areas and roadsides, June 2007. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Jointed Charlock *
Raphanus raphanistrum Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: painted charlock, wild radish. Generic common name: WILD RADISH, RADISH. Westlake Road disturbed shoulder: chaparral, March 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring. |
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Wild Radish *
Raphanus sativus Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: cultivated radish, jointed charlock. Generic common name: WILD RADISH, RADISH. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Yellow Cress
Rorippa curvisiliqua Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: curvepod yellowcress. Generic common name: YELLOW CRESS, WATER CRESS. Rocky Oaks, Pond Margin, April 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Tumble Mustard *
Sisymbrium altissimum Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: Jim Hill mustard, tall tumblemustard. Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD. Disturbed areas and roadsides, May 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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London Rocket *
Sisymbrium irio Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD. Soka University grounds: disturbed oak woodland, May 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring. |
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Hedge Mustard *
Sisymbrium officinale Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD. Circle X Ranch: Campground, disturbed oak woodland, May 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Oriental Mustard *
Sisymbrium orientale Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: Indian hedgemustard, Oriental hedge mustard. Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD. Circle X Ranch: Campground, disturbed oak woodland, June 2007. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Golden Prince's Plume
Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: prince's plume, desert princesplume. Generic common name: PRINCE'S PLUME. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, burned valley grassland, June 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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Dobie-pod
Tropidocarpum gracile Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: slender keel fruit, slender tropidocarpum. Generic common name: TROPIDOCARPUM. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Cane Cholla
Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri TJM1: Opuntia parryi. Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS). Other common names: brownspined pricklypear, snake cholla, California cholla. Generic common name: CHOLLA. Griffith Park, June 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Mission Prickly-pear *
Opuntia ficus-indica Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS). Other common names: Indian-fig, Barbary fig, tuna cactus, mission cactus. Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2007. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Coastal Prickly Pear
Opuntia littoralis Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS). Other common names: western prickly pear. Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA. Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal sage scrub, July 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Prickly Pear
Opuntia oricola Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS). Other common names: chaparral pricklypear. Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA. Potrero Road shoulder: coastal sage scrub, June 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Brown-Spined Prickly-Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS). Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA. Wildwood Park: open coastal sage scrub/grassland, July 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Chenopodiaceae |
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Swamp Saltbush *
Atriplex amnicola TJM1: Not Listed. Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH. Malibu Lagoon State Beach: trailside near salt marsh, Dec 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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Beach Saltbush
Atriplex leucophylla Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Other common names: seascale. Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH. Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Watson's Saltbush
Atriplex watsonii Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Other common names: matscale, Watson's orach. Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH. Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Five-hook Bassia *
Bassia hyssopifolia Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Other common names: fivehorn smotherweed. Generic common name: SMOTHERWEED. Beach near Pt Mugu: disturbed coastal soils throughout, June 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Woolly Seablite
Suaeda taxifolia Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED. Mugu Lagoon: coastal salt marsh, May 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Cistaceae |
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Rock-rose
Helianthemum scoparium Family: Cistaceae (ROCK-ROSE). Other common names: common sun rose, peak rush rose, rushrose, Bisbee Peak rushrose. Generic common name: SUN-ROSE, RUSH-ROSE, FROSTWEED. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Cleomaceae |
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Bladderpod
Peritoma arborea var. arborea TJM1: Isomeris arborea. Family: Cleomaceae (SPIDERFLOWER), Capparaceae (CAPER). Other common names: coastal bladderpod. Generic common name: BLADDERPOD. Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. |
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| Family Crassulaceae |
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Live-forever
Dudleya caespitosa Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: sealettuce, coast dudleya, sand lettuce. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Point Mugu State Park: coastal strand, June 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Also Dudleya cespitosa. |
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Agoura Hills Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: canyon liveforever, Santa Monica Mountains dudleya. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Sage scrub, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Canyon Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. cymosa Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: canyon liveforever. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Circle X Ranch: north-facing, steep rocky slope, April 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Marcescent Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: Santa Monica Mountains dudleya. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Circle X Ranch: oak woodland, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Santa Monica Mountains Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. ovatifolia Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Steep rock face, riparian, June 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B.2. |
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Lance-leaf Live-forever
Dudleya lanceolata Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: southern California dudleya. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, May 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Many-stemmed Dudleya
Dudleya multicaulis Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Grown in a pot because natural specimens inaccessible, flowered April 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Palmer's Dudleya
Dudleya palmeri Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: Palmer's liveforever. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Malibu Canyon Road: steep roadcut, chaparral, June 2001. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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Conejo Dudleya
Dudleya parva TJM1: Dudleya abramsii ssp. parva. Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, May 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Verity's Dudleya
Dudleya verityi Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: Verity's liveforever. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Far west end of range: coastal sage scrub, May 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Broadleaf Stonecrop
Sedum spathulifolium Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: broadleaf sedum, Colorado stonecrop, spoon-leaved stonecrop. Generic common name: STONECROP. Malibu Creek State Park: steep rocky slopes above creek near Century Lake, chaparral, July 2011 (not a flowering date). Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. No flower pictures. |
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| Family Cucurbitaceae |
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Calabazilla
Cucurbita foetidissima Family: Cucurbitaceae (GOURD). Other common names: Missouri gourd, mock orange, coyote gourd. Generic common name: GOURD, SQUASH. Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, July 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. Male and female blossoms. |
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Field Pumpkin *
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo Family: Cucurbitaceae (GOURD). Other common names: squash, zucchini. Generic common name: GOURD, SQUASH. Rocky Oaks: disturbed area near the parking lot, July 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. As with other species possessing a long history of cultivation it can take many forms. The common name for the variety shown here would be zucchini. |
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| Family Cupressaceae |
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Incense Cedar
Calocedrus decurrens Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS). Other common names: white cedar, post cedar. Generic common name: INCENSE CEDAR. Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, riparian woodland, March 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants. |
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Arizona Cypress *
Hesperocyparis nevadensis TJM1: Cupressus arizonica. Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS). Other common names: Arizona smooth cypress, Piute Cypress. Generic common name: WESTERN CYPRESS. Feb 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants. |
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California Juniper
Juniperus californica Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS). Generic common name: JUNIPER. Open dry land near Lancaster: Feb 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter. The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants. |
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| Family Cyperaceae |
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Cosmopolitan Bulrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus TJM1: Scirpus maritimus. Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE). Other common names: saltmarsh bulrush, seaside bulrush, alkali bulrush, prairie bulrush, bayonet-grass. Generic common name: TUBEROUS BULRUSHES, BULRUSH. Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE). Other common names: small-fruited bulrush, mountain bog bulrush. Generic common name: BULRUSH. Malibu Springs, creekside in riparian woodland, Oct 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. |
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| Family Datiscaceae |
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Durango Root
Datisca glomerata Family: Datiscaceae (DATISCA). Generic common name: DATISCA. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, riparian woodland, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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| Family Euphorbiaceae |
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Croton
Croton californicus Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE). Other common names: California croton, desert croton, sand croton. Generic common name: CROTON. Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Caper Spurge *
Euphorbia lathyris Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE). Other common names: gopher plant, moleplant, compass plant. Generic common name: SPURGE. July 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Warty Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE). Other common names: reticulate seeded spurge. Generic common name: SPURGE. Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, Malibu Springs Trail, grassland, May 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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Terracina Spurge *
Euphorbia terracina TJM1: Not Listed. Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE). Other common names: Geraldton carnation weed. Generic common name: SPURGE. Solstice Canyon: TWR Loop Trail, chaparral, June 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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| Family Fabaceae |
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Coastal Wattle *
Acacia cyclops Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: cyclops acacia. Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE. Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Feb 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Silver Wattle *
Acacia dealbata Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE. Backbone Trail near Piuma Road: oak woodland, Feb. 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Sydney Golden Wattle *
Acacia longifolia Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: bush acacia, broad-leaf acacia, sallow wattle. Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE. Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Sept 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Blackwood Acacia *
Acacia melanoxylon Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE. East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Everblooming Wattle *
Acacia retinodes Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: everblooming acacia, swamp wattle, water wattle. Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE. East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Golden Wreath Wattle *
Acacia saligna TJM1: Not Listed. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Blue-Leaf Wattle. Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE. East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Silver Lotus
Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus TJM1: Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: silver bird's-foot trefoil, southern California silver lotus. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak and Malibu Creek State Park: chaparral, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Deerweed
Acmispon glaber TJM1: Lotus scoparius. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: common deerweed, California broom. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Large-flowered Lotus
Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus TJM1: Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: chaparral bird's foot trefoil, chaparral lotus, Large leaved lotus. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak Road and Trippet Ranch: oak woodland, May 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Coastal Lotus
Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus TJM1: Lotus salsuginosus var. salsuginosus. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: coastal bird's foot trefoil. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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San Diego Lotus
Acmispon micranthus TJM1: Lotus hamatus. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: San Diego bird's-foot trefoil, small flowered lotus. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, April 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Strigose Lotus
Acmispon strigosus TJM1: Lotus strigosus. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: hairy lotus, Bishop's lotus, strigose bird's-foot trefoil. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Chile Lotus
Acmispon wrangelianus TJM1: Lotus wrangelianus. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Chilean bird's-foot trefoil, calf lotus. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Ventura Marsh Milkvetch
Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Generic common name: MILKVETCH. coastal strand: Ventura, Aug 2009. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B Photographed slightly out of range for SAMO, but an important species of interest. For decades it was presumed extinct until a small population was discovered in a Ventura oil field. There has been a significant effort to bring this unique species back from the brink of extinction. |
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Southern California Locoweed
Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Santa Barbara milkvetch. Generic common name: MILKVETCH. Point Mugu State Park: Mugu Peak Trail, sage scrub, April 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Santa Barbara Locoweed
Astragalus trichopodus var. phoxus FNA: Astragalus antisellii. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Santa Barbara milkvetch, Antisell milkvetch. Generic common name: MILKVETCH. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, disturbed trailside in valley grassland, April 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Bird-Of-Paradise *
Caesalpinia gilliesii Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Poinciana. Generic common name: NICKER. Box Canyon roadside: disturbed road margin, June 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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French Broom *
Genista monspessulana Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: bridle-veil broom. Generic common name: BROOM. Franklin Canyon, riparian woodland, June 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status. |
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Birdfoot Trefoil *
Lotus corniculatus Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: broadleaf birdsfoot trefoil, birdfoot deervetch. Generic common name: TREFOIL. Soka University: May 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Black Medick *
Medicago lupulina Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Generic common name: ALFALFA. Disturbed areas, residential lawns, July 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Bur-clover *
Medicago polymorpha Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: bur medic, California burclover. Generic common name: ALFALFA. Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Yellow Sweet Clover *
Melilotus indicus TJM1: Melilotus indica. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: sourclover, annual yellow sweetclover. Generic common name: SWEETCLOVER. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Mexican Palo Verde *
Parkinsonia aculeata Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Jerusalem thorn. Generic common name: PALOVERDE. Camarillo Regional Recreation Area, fallow agricultural land, June 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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California-tea
Rupertia physodes Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: forest scurfpea, common rupertia. Generic common name: RUPERT'S SCURF-PEA, RUPERTIA. Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, oak woodland, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Silver Cassia *
Senna artemisioides TJM1: Not Listed. Other scientific names: Cassia artemisioides. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Generic common name: SENNA, CASSIA. Decker Road shoulder, disturbed chaparral, Aug 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Summer, Fall. Cultivar occasionally escaped near landscaping. |
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African Senna *
Senna didymobotrya Other scientific names: Cassia didymobothrya. Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: African wild cassia. Generic common name: SENNA, CASSIA. Conejo Valley Community Park, Feb 2009. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Spanish Broom *
Spartium junceum Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: gorse. Generic common name: BROOM. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Scrub Oak
Quercus berberidifolia Family: Fagaceae (OAK). Generic common name: OAK. Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, grassland, March 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Blue Oak
Quercus douglasii Family: Fagaceae (OAK). Generic common name: OAK. Wildwood Park: oak savanna (grassland) April 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Valley Oak
Quercus lobata Family: Fagaceae (OAK). Other common names: California white oak. Generic common name: OAK. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: valley grassland, March 2008. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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| Family Grossulariaceae |
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Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum Family: Grossulariaceae (GOOSEBERRY). Generic common name: CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY. Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Ethnobotanic Garden at the Satwiwa Cultural Center, January 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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| Family Hypericaceae |
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St. John’s Wort *
Hypericum canariense Family: Hypericaceae (ST. JOHN'S WORT, MANGOSTEEN). Other common names: Canary Island St. Johnswort. Generic common name: ST. JOHN'S WORT. Franklin Canyon, oak woodland, June 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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| Family Iridaceae |
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Yellow Water Iris *
Iris pseudacorus Family: Iridaceae (IRIS). Other common names: paleyellow iris, horticultural iris, yellow flag. Generic common name: IRIS. Cold Creek: creekbed. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED. |
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| Family Juncaginaceae |
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Common Arrow-grass
Triglochin maritima Family: Juncaginaceae (ARROW-GRASS). Other common names: Arrowgrass. Generic common name: ARROW-GRASS. Mugu Lagoon: coastal salt marsh, July 2009. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Liliaceae |
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Slender Mariposa Lily
Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis Family: Liliaceae (LILY). Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY. Upper Zuma Canyon: riparian woodland, June 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Yellow Mariposa Lily
Calochortus clavatus var. pallidus Family: Liliaceae (LILY). Other common names: clubhair mariposa lily. Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, May 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Weed’s Mariposa Lily
Calochortus weedii var. intermedius Family: Liliaceae (LILY). Other common names: intermediate mariposa lily. Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY. Dayton Canyon ridge line: open chaparral/coastal sage scrub, May 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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| Family Loasaceae |
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Stick-leaf
Mentzelia micrantha Family: Loasaceae (LOASA). Other common names: San Luis blazingstar, chaparral blazing star, San Luis stick leaf, small-flowered stick leaf. Generic common name: BLAZING STAR. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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| Family Malvaceae |
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Alkali-mallow
Malvella leprosa Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW). Other common names: Whiteweed. Generic common name: ALKALI-MALLOW, MALLOW. Camarillo agricultural fields: waste areas throughout, Sept 2008. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status. |
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| Family Nyctaginaceae |
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Four-O'Clock *
Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa TJM1: Mirabilis jalapa. Family: Nyctaginaceae (FOUR O'CLOCK). Other common names: marvel of Peru, wishbone bush. Generic common name: FOUR O'CLOCK. Camarillo Regional Recreation Area, disturbed roadside, Sept 2006. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. Frequently cultivated and escaped. |
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| Family Nymphaeaceae |
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Yellow Waterlily *
Nymphaea mexicana Family: Nymphaeaceae (WATERLILY). Other common names: banana waterlily, Mexican water lily. Generic common name: WATERLILY, WATER NYMPH. Malibu Creek State Park: Century Lake, open water, Sept 2008. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status. |
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| Family Onagraceae |
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Contorted Evening Primrose
Camissonia strigulosa Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: strigose sun cup, sandysoil suncup. Generic common name: SUN CUP. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, chaparral, March 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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California Sun-cup
Camissoniopsis bistorta TJM1: Camissonia bistorta. Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: southern suncup, sun cup. Generic common name: SUN CUP. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, March 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Beach Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia ssp. suffruticosa TJM1: Camissonia cheiranthifolia ssp. suffruticosa. Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: beach suncup, beach primrose. Generic common name: SUN CUP. Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Small Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis micrantha TJM1: Camissonia micrantha. Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: small flowered evening primrose, miniature suncup, small primrose. Generic common name: SUN CUP. Griffith Park: disturbed road margin, coastal sage scrub, June 2010. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Mustard Evening Primrose
Eulobus californicus TJM1: Camissonia californica. Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: California suncup. Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Yellow Water Weed
Ludwigia peploides ssp. peploides Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: marsh purslane, floating primrose willow, floating water primrose. Generic common name: FALSE LOOSESTRIFE, WATER PRIMROSE, PRIMROSE-WILLOW. Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond aquatic, Sept 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Hooker's Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: hairy evening primrose. Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE. Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Cut-leaved Evening Primrose *
Oenothera laciniata Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE). Other common names: southern evening primrose. Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE. Photographed outside of range, June 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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| Family Orobanchaceae |
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Clustered Broomrape
Orobanche fasciculata Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE). Other common names: fascicled broom rape. Generic common name: BROOM-RAPE. Paramount Ranch: valley grassland, May 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. A positive ID of this plant is difficult to obtain. |
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| Family Oxalidaceae |
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Oxalis
Oxalis californica TJM1: Oxalis albicans ssp. californica. Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS). Other common names: California woodsorrel. Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Weedy Oxalis *
Oxalis corniculata Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS). Other common names: creeping woodsorrel, yellow sorrel. Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS. Peter Strauss Ranch: Front lawn, urban lawns and gardens, March 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Bermuda Buttercup *
Oxalis pes-caprae Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS). Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS. Arroyo Sequit: entrance road, chaparral, Feb 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall. Can become invasive. |
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| Family Papaveraceae |
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Tree Poppy
Dendromecon rigida Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY). Other common names: bush poppy. Generic common name: TREE POPPY. Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: chaparral, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Collarless California Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY). Other common names: tufted poppy, foothill poppy, tufted eschscholzia. Generic common name: CALIFORNIA POPPY. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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| Family Phrymaceae |
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Bush Monkey Flower
Mimulus aurantiacus var. aurantiacus TJM1: Mimulus aurantiacus. Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT). Other common names: sticky monkey flower, island monkeyflower. Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER. Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Yellow Monkey Flower
Mimulus brevipes Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT). Other common names: wide throated yellow monkeyflower. Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Slimy Monkey Flower
Mimulus floribundus Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT). Other common names: floriferous monkeyflower, manyflowered monkeyflower. Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER. Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, June 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Creek Monkey Flower
Mimulus guttatus Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT). Other common names: common yellow monkeyflower, seep monkeyflower. Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER. Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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Downy Monkey Flower
Mimulus pilosus Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT). Other common names: false monkeyflower, downy mimetanthe. Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Pinaceae |
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Aleppo Pine *
Pinus halepensis ssp. halepensis Family: Pinaceae (PINE). Other common names: Jerusalem pine. Generic common name: PINE. Circle X Ranch: main parking lot off of Yerba Buena Road, March 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants. |
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| Family Plantaginaceae |
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Fluellin *
Kickxia elatine Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT). Other common names: sharpleaf cancerwort, sharp leaved fluellin, sharp point fluellin. Generic common name: FLUELLIN, CANCERWORT. Mulholland Highway: disturbed margin, June 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. |
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Morrocan Toadflax
Linaria maroccana Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN). Generic common name: TOADFLAX. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Red, Blue, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. Garden escapee, probably deliberately spread by hikers. |
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| Family Polygonaceae |
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Conejo Buckwheat
Eriogonum crocatum Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT). Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT. Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Slender Buckwheat
Eriogonum gracile var. gracile Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT). Other common names: slender woolly buckwheat. Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT. Triunfo Canyon Park: near the Pentachaeta Trail, chaparral, August 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer. |
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Thread Stem
Pterostegia drymarioides Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT). Other common names: pterostegia, fairy mist, woodland pterostegia, granny's hair-net. Generic common name: PTEROSTEGIA. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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| Family Portulacaceae |
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Purslane *
Portulaca oleracea Family: Portulacaceae (PURSLANE). Other common names: common purslane, little hogweed. Generic common name: PURSLANE. Potrero Road shoulder: June 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. |
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| Family Potamogetonaceae |
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Fennel-leaf Pondweed
Stuckenia pectinata TJM1: Potamogeton pectinatus. Family: Potamogetonaceae (PONDWEED). Other common names: sago pondweed. Generic common name: PONDWEED. Open water, July 2011. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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| Family Ranunculaceae |
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California Buttercup
Ranunculus californicus var. californicus Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP). Other common names: common buttercup. Generic common name: BUTTERCUP. Soka University: May 2006. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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Hairy-fruited Buttercup
Ranunculus hebecarpus Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP). Other common names: delicate buttercup, slender annual buttercup, pubescent fruited buttercup. Generic common name: BUTTERCUP. Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. |
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| Family Rosaceae |
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Sticky Cinquefoil
Drymocallis glandulosa ssp. wrangelliana TJM1: Potentilla glandulosa ssp. glandulosa. Family: Rosaceae (ROSE). Other common names: glandular five finger, gland cinquefoil. Generic common name: CINQUEFOIL. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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Hollyleaf Cherry
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia Family: Rosaceae (ROSE). Generic common name: PLUM. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, riparian woodland, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring. |
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| Family Scrophulariaceae |
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Butterfly Bush *
Buddleja saligna Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT), Buddlejaceae (BUDDLEJA). Other common names: false olive, olive buddleia, bastard olive. Generic common name: BUTTERFLY BUSH. Scheuren Road: disturbed chaparral, Jan 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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Wand Mullein *
Verbascum virgatum Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT). Generic common name: MULLEIN. Malibu Creek State Park: High Road, June 2005. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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| Family Solanaceae |
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Tomato *
Lycopersicon esculentum Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO). Generic common name: TOMATO. Ventura County disturbed roadsides and agricultural areas, Nov 2010. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall. |
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Tree Tobacco *
Nicotiana glauca Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO). Generic common name: TOBACCO. Circle X Ranch: group campground access road margin, chaparral, Feb 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. Note: Invasive exotic. |
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Tomatillo *
Physalis philadelphica Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO). Other common names: tomate, Mexican groundcherry. Generic common name: GROUND-CHERRY. Developed picnic areas, Sept 2011. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer. An escaped garden herb, probably unintentionally spread by picnickers. |
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| Family Themidaceae |
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Golden Stars
Bloomeria crocea var. crocea Family: Themidaceae (THEMIDACEAE), Liliaceae (LILY). Other common names: common goldenstar. Generic common name: GOLDENSTAR. Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, May 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. |
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| Family Violaceae |
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Johnny Jump-up
Viola pedunculata Family: Violaceae (VIOLET). Other common names: California golden violet. Generic common name: VIOLET. Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: riparian woodland, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. |
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| Family Viscaceae |
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Oak Mistletoe
Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum TJM1: Phoradendron villosum. Family: Viscaceae (MISTLETOE). Other common names: pacific mistletoe, hairy mistletoe. Generic common name: MISTLETOE. Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2008. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. |
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| Family Zygophyllaceae |
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Puncture Vine *
Tribulus terrestris Family: Zygophyllaceae (CALTROP). Other common names: Caltrop. Generic common name: PUNCTURE VINE, CALTROP. Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004. Characteristics: Non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer. |
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