Mission Manzanita
Xylococcus bicolor

Family: Ericaceae (HEATH).
Generic common name: MISSION MANZANITA.

Location: Deer Creek Canyon, coastal sage scrub, March 2023.

Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.

Most of the photos shown here are from the Cabrillo National Monument, 2009.

Veatch's Blazing Star
Mentzelia veatchiana

TJM1: Mentzelia veatchiana.

Family: Loasaceae (LOASA).
Generic common name: BLAZING STAR.

Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve: grassland, April 2023.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Final identification pending examination of mature fruit.

California Androsace
Androsace elongata ssp. acuta

TJM1: Androsace elongata ssp. acuta.
Other scientific names: Androsace acuta, Androsace occidentalis var. acuta.

Family: Primulaceae (PRIMROSE).
Other common names: California Rock-Jasmine, California Fairy Candelabra.
Generic common name: ROCK JASMINE, FAIRY CANDELABRA.

Location: Cornell Roadside: rocky outcrop in exposed grassland, April 2023.

Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.2.