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Malibu Baccharis
Baccharis malibuensis Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS. Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: chaparral, August 2006. Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Santa Susana Tarweed
[Hemizonia minthornii] Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other scientific names: Deinandra minthornii. Other common names: Santa Susana tarplant. Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED. Backbone Trail just East of Corral Trailhead: sage scrub, 8-28-04. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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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, 7-8-04. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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| Family Chenopodiaceae |
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Estuary Sea-blite
Suaeda esteroa Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED. Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009. Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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| Family Crassulaceae |
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Conejo Dudleya
[Dudleya abramsii ssp. parva] Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other scientific names: Dudleya parva. 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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Blochman's Live-forever
Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. blochmaniae Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: Blochman's Dudleya. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Ocean View Trail, sage scrub, June 2005. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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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, 4-30-04. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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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, 4-30-04. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, 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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| Family Fabaceae |
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Brauton's Rattle-weed
Astragalus brauntonii Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Braunton's milkvetch. Generic common name: MILKVETCH. Topanga State Park: Temescal Ridge Trail, coastal sage scrub, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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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 significant species of interest. For decades it was presumed extinct until a small population was discovered in a Ventura oil field. There has been significant effort to bring this lovely species back from the brink of extinction.. |
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| Family Liliaceae |
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Plummer's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus plummerae Family: Liliaceae (LILY). Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, 6-7-04. Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Peninsular Nolina
Nolina cismontana Family: Liliaceae (LILY). Other common names: peninsular beargrass, nolina. Generic common name: BEARGRASS. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: sage scrub, 4-30-04. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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| Family Polygonaceae |
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San Fernando Valley Spineflower
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT). Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER. Ahmanson Ranch: burned valley grassland, May 2006. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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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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