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Water Plantain
TJM1: Alisma plantago-aquatica.
Family: Alismataceae (WATER-PLANTAIN).
Other common names: northern water plantain.
Generic common name: WATER PLANTAIN.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Upper Zuma Canyon, streamside, September 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Has been identified as Alisma plantago-aquatica in the past.
Burhead
Family: Alismataceae (WATER-PLANTAIN).
Other common names: upright burrhead.
Generic common name: BURHEAD.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond aquatic, September 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Broadleaf Arrowhead *
Family: Alismataceae (WATER-PLANTAIN).
Other common names: wappato, tule potato, duck-potato, common arrowhead.
Generic common name: ARROWHEAD.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Canary Island Date Palm *
Family: Arecaceae (PALM).
Other common names: Canary island palm.
Generic common name: DATE PALM.
Location: Campus of CSUCI: wet disturbed area adjacent to coastal sage scrub, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Mexican Fan Palm *
Family: Arecaceae (PALM).
Other common names: Washington fan palm, Sonoran fan palm.
Generic common name: FAN PALM.
Location: Wildwood Park: riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
American Century Plant *
Agave americana var. americana
TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.
Family: Agavaceae (AGAVE, CENTURY PLANT), Liliaceae (LILY).
Generic common name: AGAVE.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Soap Plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
Family: Agavaceae (AGAVE, CENTURY PLANT), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: amole, soaproot, wavyleaf soap plant.
Generic common name: SOAP PLANT, AMOLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Our Lord's candle
TJM1: Yucca whipplei.
Family: Agavaceae (AGAVE, CENTURY PLANT), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: chaparral yucca.
Generic common name: SPANISH BAYONET, YUCCA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 10 caption: The yucca mothRed-skinned Onion
Family: Alliaceae (ONION, GARLIC), Liliaceae (LILY).
Generic common name: ONION, GARLIC.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Naples Garlic
Family: Alliaceae (ONION, GARLIC), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: white garlic, daffodil garlic.
Generic common name: ONION, GARLIC.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: disturbed area near the reservoir, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Peninsular Onion
Allium peninsulare var. peninsulare
Family: Alliaceae (ONION, GARLIC), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: Mexicali onion.
Generic common name: ONION, GARLIC.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 5 caption: Unusual white form.Early Onion
Family: Alliaceae (ONION, GARLIC), Liliaceae (LILY).
Generic common name: ONION, GARLIC.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Canyon Trail, oak woodland, April 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Smilax Asparagus *
Family: Asparagaceae (ASPARAGUS).
Generic common name: ASPARAGUS.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: trailside near salt marsh, March 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Onionweed *
Family: Asphodelaceae (ASPHODEL, ALOE), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: false asphodel, asphodel.
Generic common name: ASPHODEL.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Park Service access road, disturbed grassland, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.
Yellow Water Iris *
Family: Iridaceae (IRIS).
Other common names: paleyellow iris, horticultural iris, yellow flag.
Generic common name: IRIS.
Location: Cold Creek: creekbed.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.
Blue-eyed Grass
Family: Iridaceae (IRIS).
Other common names: western blue-eyed grass.
Generic common name: BLUE-EYED GRASS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, valley grassland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 7 caption: infrequent white color formPeninsular Nolina
TJM1: Nolina parryi.
Family: Ruscaceae (BUTCHER'S-BROOM), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: peninsular beargrass, nolina.
Generic common name: BEARGRASS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: only recognized as a unique species since 1995, it was not seperated from N. parryi prior to that.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Golden Stars
Family: Themidaceae (BRODIAEA), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: common goldenstar.
Generic common name: GOLDENSTAR.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Kern Brodiaea
Brodiaea terrestris ssp. kernensis
Family: Themidaceae (BRODIAEA), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: dwarf brodiaea, Kern dwarf brodiaea.
Generic common name: BRODIAEA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: This species has been misidentified locally as Brodiaea jolonensis.
Blue Dicks
Dipterostemon capitatus ssp. capitatus ◊
TJM1: Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum.
TJM2: Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum.
F N A: Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum.
A N F: Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum.
Family: Themidaceae (BRODIAEA), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: wild hyacinth, crow poison, fool's onion, covenna grass nuts.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, valley grassland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 4 caption: Uncommon white color formCommon Muilla
Family: Themidaceae (BRODIAEA), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: sea muilla.
Generic common name: MUILLA.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Globe Lily
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: white globe lily, white fairy lantern, fairy lantern.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Catalina Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: Santa Catalina mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, valley grassland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Slender Mariposa Lily
Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Upper Zuma Canyon: riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Yellow Mariposa Lily
Calochortus clavatus var. pallidus
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: clubhair mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Plummer's Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Picture 8 caption: There is some discussion as to whether a ciliate fringe on the petals puts a plant into Calochortus weedii. In some of our populations perhaps 10% of the plants show this trait. See the discussion in the ANF description under C. weedii for more on this.Lilac Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: splendid mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Albertson Motorway, valley grassland, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Butterfly Mariposa Lily
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: near Triunfo Canyon Road, grassland, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Weed's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus weedii var. intermedius
Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: intermediate mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.
Location: Dayton Canyon ridge line: open chaparral/coastal sage scrub, May 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2
See the note in the A N F about the ID of this plant.
Chocolate Lily
Fritillaria biflora var. biflora
Family: Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: mission bells.
Generic common name: FRITILLARY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Humboldt Lily
Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum
Family: Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: spotted Humboldt's lily, ocellated Humbolt lily, leopard lily.
Generic common name: LILY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Picture 2 caption: spots margined lighter redStar-lily
TJM1: Zigadenus fremontii.
Family: Melanthiaceae (BUNCHFLOWER), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: chaparral zygadene, death camas, Fremont's deathcamas.
Generic common name: DEATH CAMAS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Spanish Moss *
TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.
Family: Bromeliaceae (BROMELIAD, PINEAPPLE).
Other common names: old man's beard.
Generic common name: AIRPLANT.
Location: July 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Occasionally seen in Franklin Canyon where it has probably been deliberately introduced.
Southwestern Spiny Rush
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Baltic Rush
F N A: Juncus arcticus var. balticus.
Other scientific names: Juncus mexicanus.
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Other common names: Mexican rush, wire rush, mountain rush.
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Westlake Road: riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
A complex group, see discussion in the A N F description.
Toad Rush
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail: riparian woodland in saturated soill, June 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Mariposa Rush
Other scientific names: Juncus rugulosus.
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Other common names: wrinkled rush.
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: the unnamed northern east-west trail, riparian, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Although J. rugulosus is not strictly a synonym it has been treated here as such. See the A N F description for more details.
Longleaf Rush
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned riparian, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Spreading Rush
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Hondo Canyon: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Brown Headed Rush
Juncus phaeocephalus var. paniculatus
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Other common names: panicled rush.
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Near Equestrian parking lot, riparian woodland, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Basket Rush
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Other common names: mat rush.
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Paramount Ranch: oak woodland near the creek, June 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Irisleaf Rush
Family: Juncaceae (RUSH).
Generic common name: RUSH.
Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: the unnamed northern east-west trail, riparian, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Stream Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae (ORCHID).
Other common names: giant helleborine, chatterbox.
Generic common name: HELLEBORINE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: riparian woodland, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Chaparral Rein Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae (ORCHID).
Other common names: Cooper's rein-orchid.
Generic common name: PIPERIA, REIN ORCHID.
Location: Red Rock Canyon Park: Red Rock Canyon Road, chaparral, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Denseflower Rein Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae (ORCHID).
Generic common name: PIPERIA, REIN ORCHID.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, July 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 5 caption: No leaves when in flower. This is about three feet tall.Alaskan Rein Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae (ORCHID).
Other common names: Rein orchid, Alaska piperia, slender spire orchid.
Generic common name: PIPERIA, REIN ORCHID.
Location: Backbone Trail between Tapia Park and Saddle Peak: oak woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Cosmopolitan Bulrush
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.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Santa Barbara sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: valley sedge, whiteroot sedge.
Generic common name: SEDGE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: near Crags Road, oak woodland, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Late Spring.
Important traditional basket fiber.
Round-fruited Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: SEDGE.
Location: March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Late Spring.
Many-ribbed Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: SEDGE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
San Luis Obispo Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: SEDGE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Late Spring.
ID may not be correct.
Clustered Field Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: black creeper, freeway sedge.
Generic common name: SEDGE.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Swamp Carex
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: swamp sedge, rough sedge, western rough sedge.
Generic common name: SEDGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail: intermittently flooded streambed, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Early Spring.
San Diego Sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: SEDGE.
Location: Encinal Creek: riparian woodland, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Variable Flatsedge *
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: NUTSEDGE, GALINGALE, FLATSEDGE, UMBRELLA SEDGE.
Location: Wildwood Park Open Space: banks of the Arroyo Conejo creek near Santa Rosa Park, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Summer.
Tall Cyperus
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: tall flatsedge.
Generic common name: NUTSEDGE, GALINGALE, FLATSEDGE, UMBRELLA SEDGE.
Location: Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Summer.
Red-rooted Flatsedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: NUTSEDGE, GALINGALE, FLATSEDGE, UMBRELLA SEDGE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Yellow Nutsedge *
Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: yellow nutgrass, chufa flatsedge.
Generic common name: NUTSEDGE, GALINGALE, FLATSEDGE, UMBRELLA SEDGE.
Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, July 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Late Spring, Summer.
Umbrella Plant *
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: NUTSEDGE, GALINGALE, FLATSEDGE, UMBRELLA SEDGE.
Location: Solstice Canyon: riparian woodland, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Late Spring, Summer.
Rusty Flatsedge
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: fragrant flatsedge.
Generic common name: NUTSEDGE, GALINGALE, FLATSEDGE, UMBRELLA SEDGE.
Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, July 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Summer.
Pale Spikerush
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: common spikerush, creeping spike rush.
Generic common name: SPIKERUSH.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, June 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Parish's Spikerush
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Generic common name: SPIKERUSH.
Location: Wildwood Park: Las Flores Trail, creekside, riparian woodland, Aug 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Rooted Spikerush
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: creeping spikerush.
Generic common name: SPIKERUSH.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Low Club Rush
TJM1: Scirpus cernuus.
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: annual tule.
Generic common name: BULRUSH.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: permanent wet seep just above the beach, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Late Spring, Summer.
Common Tule
Schoenoplectus acutus var. occidentalis
TJM1: Scirpus acutus var. occidentalis.
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: viscid bulrush.
Generic common name: NAKED-STEMMED BULRUSH, BULRUSH.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: riparian woodland, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Late Spring, Summer.
American Tule
TJM1: Scirpus americanus.
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: Olney's bulrush, Olney's three-square bulrush.
Generic common name: NAKED-STEMMED BULRUSH, BULRUSH.
Location: Wildwood Park: Wildwood Canyon Trail, streamside, June 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Early Spring, Late Spring.
California Bulrush
TJM1: Scirpus californicus.
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: giant bulrush, southern bulrush, California tule.
Generic common name: NAKED-STEMMED BULRUSH, BULRUSH.
Location: Revlon Slough near Calleguas Creek: water's edge, July 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Late Spring, Summer.
Panicled Bulrush
Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: small-fruited bulrush, mountain bog bulrush.
Generic common name: BULRUSH.
Location: Malibu Springs, creekside in riparian woodland, Oct 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Jointed Goatgrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: GOAT GRASS.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, grassland. July 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Spike Bent Grass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: spike redtop.
Generic common name: BENT GRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Redtop *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant bentgrass, creeping bentgras.
Generic common name: BENT GRASS.
Location: Upper Zuma Canyon: riparian woodland, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Dune Bent Grass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: thingrass, seashore bentgrass.
Generic common name: BENT GRASS.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: near Serrano Cyn Trail, Chaparral, May 2014.
Characteristics: Native.
Silver Hair Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: silver European hairgrass, shiver grass, silvery hairgrass, silver aira.
Generic common name: EUROPEAN HAIRGRASS.
Location: Backbone trail near Piuma Road, Oak woodland, April 2013.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Pacific Foxtail
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: pacific meadow foxtail.
Generic common name: FOXTAIL.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
European Beachgrass *
Ammophila arenaria ssp. arenaria
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BEACHGRASS.
Location: Sandy beaches, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Southwestern Bushy Bluestem
Andropogon glomeratus var. scabriglumis
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: roughglume bushy bluestem, beardgrass, bushy beardgrass.
Generic common name: BLUESTEM.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Six-week Three-awn
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: THREE-AWN.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Parish Three-awn
Aristida purpurea var. parishii
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: purple threeawn.
Generic common name: THREE-AWN.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Giant Reed *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant cane.
Generic common name: GIANT REED.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: maintenance area near PCH, July 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Slender Wild Oats *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: OATS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, disturbed shoulder margin, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Picture 7 caption: Left: Avena barbata, Right Avena fatuaWild Oats *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: OATS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Picture 7 caption: Left: Avena barbata, Right Avena fatuaCultivated Oat *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: common oats.
Generic common name: OATS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed grassy field near park buildings, April 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Picture 7 caption: Top: Avena sativa, Middle: Avena fatua, Bottom: Avena barbataCane Bluestem
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BLUESTEM.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Chumash Trail, coastal sage scrub, Feb 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Purple Falsebrome *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FALSE BROME.
Location: Mulholland Highway, disturbed roadside, May 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Annual Quaking Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: lesser quakinggrass, little rattlesnake grass, little quakinggrass.
Generic common name: QUAKING GRASS.
Location: July 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Australian Chess *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Australian brome, sand brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Arizona Brome *
TJM1: Bromus trinii var. excelsus.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Chilean Chess *
TJM1: Bromus trinii.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Diamond X Ranch: disturbed landscaping near new construction, oak woodland, 2013.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Not yet seen flowering (or even alive).
Rescue Grass *
Bromus catharticus var. catharticus
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Rocky Oaks: disturbed area near parking lot, March 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Ripgut Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: ripgut grass, bromegrass, great brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Soft Brome *
Other scientific names: Bromus mollis.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: soft chess.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Foxtail Chess *
TJM1: Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensis.
TJM2: Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensis.
A N F: Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensis.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Lake Eleanor Open Space: grassland, April 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
This subspecies of Bromus madritensis now raised to binomial rank in the Jepson eFlora. See also Bromus rubens.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 6 caption: Top: Bromus madritensis ssp. madritensisWoodland Brome
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: coast range brome, southern chinook brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Latigo Canyon Road margin near Newton Canyon, oak woodland, June 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Red Brome *
TJM1: Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens.
TJM2: Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens.
A N F: Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: compact brome, Madrid brome, foxtail chess, foxtail brome, Spanish brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
This subspecies of Bromus madritensis now raised to binomial rank in the Jepson eFlora.
Note: Invasive exotic.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
California Brome
Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus ◊
TJM1: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.
TJM2: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.
F N A: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.
A N F: Bromus carinatus var. carinatus.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: mountain brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Open Space near Ladyface Mountain: oak savanna, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Poverty Brome *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: sterile brome, barren brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Cheat Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: downy brome.
Generic common name: BROME, CHESS.
Location: Paramount Ranch, valley grassland, March 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Feather Finger Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: feather windmill-grass.
Generic common name: WINDMILL GRASS.
Location: Sept 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Uruguayan Pampas Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: pampas grass.
Generic common name: PAMPAS GRASS.
Location: PCH road margin: coastal sage scrub, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Picture 5 caption: Some keys have used the hairiness of the leaf sheath but this species can be quite hairy as wellSwamp Prickle Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: PRICKLE GRASS.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: dried algae-mat in creekbed, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Modest Prickle Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: African pricklegrass.
Generic common name: PRICKLE GRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Bermuda Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BERMUDA GRASS, DOG'S-TOOTH GRASS.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: intermittently flooded gravel bed near creek, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Bristly Dogtail Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: hedgehog dogtail grass, annual dogtail.
Generic common name: DOGTAIL GRASS.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, July 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Orchard Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: ORCHARD GRASS.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, April 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Durban Crowfoot *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: crowfoot grass, Egyptian grass.
Generic common name: CROWFOOT GRASS.
Location: Chatsworth open space, Spring 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Southern Crab grass *
Digitaria ciliaris var. ciliaris
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CRABGRASS.
Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Picture 7 caption: Digitaria ischaemum above, Digitaria ciliaris below.Smooth Crab grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CRABGRASS.
Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Picture 7 caption: Digitaria ischaemum above, Digitaria ciliaris below.Shoregrass
TJM1: Monanthochloe littoralis.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SALTGRASS.
Location: Point Mugu Lagoon: tidal salt marsh, May 2008.
Characteristics: Native.
Salt Grass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SALTGRASS.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native.
Picture 5 caption: Male flowersBarnyard Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: watergrass.
Generic common name: COCKSPUR GRASS.
Location: Ventura County disturbed roadsides and agricultural areas, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Panic Veldtgrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: upright veldt grass.
Generic common name: VELDTGRASS.
Location: Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
India Goosegrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: GOOSE GRASS.
Location: Pacific Coast Highway near Point Dume: perennially damp disturbed road margin, June 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Medusahead *
TJM1: Taeniatherum caput-medusae.
A N F: Elymus caput-medusae ssp. caput-medusae.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail trailhead, disturbed thin soiled grassland, May 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.
Giant Wild Rye
TJM1: Leymus condensatus.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant rye, giant ryegrass.
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Blue Wildrye
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland east of Malibu Canyon Road, June 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
Big Squirreltail
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Tall Wheat Grass *
TJM1: Elytrigia pontica.
TJM2: Elymus ponticus.
F N A: Thinopyrum ponticum.
Other scientific names: Elytrigia elongata, Elymus elongatus var. ponticus, Agropyron elongatum.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: rush wheat grass.
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: grassy field near the La Jolla Valley Loop Trail, June 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Beardless Wild Rye
Elymus triticoides ssp. triticoides
TJM1: Leymus triticoides.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: creeping wild rye, valley wild rye.
Generic common name: WILD RYE, WHEAT GRASS, SQUIRRELTAIL.
Location: King Gillette Ranch: Native Plant Garden, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
Mediterranean Lovegrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.
Location: Santa Rosa Valley: disturbed agricultural areas, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Teal Lovegrass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: creeping lovegrass.
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Mexican lovegrass
Eragrostis mexicana ssp. virescens
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Orcutt's eragrostis, chilean love grass.
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Tufted Lovegrass
Eragrostis pectinacea var. pectinacea
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: LOVEGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Tall Fescue *
F N A: Schedonorus arundinaceus.
Other scientific names: Lolium arundinaceum, Schedonorus phoenix.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Paramount Ranch: low areas near the creek, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic
Many cultivated varieties, some used as turf grass, frequently escaped.
Brome Fescue *
TJM1: Vulpia bromoides.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: European foxtail fescue, six weeks fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Elmer Fescue
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: coast fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Day Canyon: disturbed grassland, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Small Fescue
TJM1: Vulpia microstachys.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Pacific fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: oak woodland, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
Rat-tail Fescue *
TJM1: Vulpia myuros.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: foxtail fescue, rattail sixweeks grass.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Sixweeks Grass
TJM1: Vulpia octoflora.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: slender fescue, six weeks fescue.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Perennial Ryegrass *
TJM1: Lolium perenne.
Other scientific names: Lolium multiflorum.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Italian ryegrass, annual ryegrass.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Rocky Oaks: miscellaneous trails, disturbed grassland, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
The combination of the previously separated annual and perennial species into this one species is discussed in A N F.
Darnel *
TJM1: Lolium temulentum.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: tares.
Generic common name: FESCUE, RYE GRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Nit Grass *
TJM1: Gastridium ventricosum.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: NIT GRASS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Triunfo section of the Backbone Trail, chaparral, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
California Barley
Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: California meadow barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Dwarf Barley
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: low barley, alkali barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native.
Bobtail Barley
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: little barley, vernal barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
Status: C N P S List 3.2
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Mediterranean Barley
Hordeum marinum ssp. gussoneanum
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BARLEY.
Location: Channel Islands, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Wall Barley *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: mouse barley, farmer's foxtail, foxtail barley, smooth barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.
Location: Piuma Road, disturbed roadside, Jan 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Cultivated Barley *
TJM1: Not Listed.
A N F: Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: common barley, barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trailhead, disturbed annual grassland, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Prairie Junegrass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: JUNE GRASS.
Location: Open Space near Ladyface Mountain: oak/grassland interface, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Goldentop *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: GOLDENTOP.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Bearded Sprangletop
Leptochloa fusca ssp. fascicularis
TJM1: Leptochloa fascicularis.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SPRANGLETOP.
Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: Native.
Picture 6 caption: Above: L. uninerva, Below: L. fascicularisMexican Sprangletop
Leptochloa fusca ssp. uninervia
TJM1: Leptochloa uninervia.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SPRANGLETOP.
Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: Native.
Picture 5 caption: Above: L. uninerva, Below: L. fascicularisCalifornia Melic
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: ONION GRASS, MELIC.
Location: Disturbed grassy field near Cornell Corners, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native.
Little California Melica
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: ONION GRASS, MELIC.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail: chaparral, March 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Scratch Grass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: alkali muhly.
Generic common name: MUHLY.
Location: Malibu Creek streamside: riparian woodland, near Rindge dam, Oct 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
Littleseed Muhly
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: annual muhly.
Generic common name: MUHLY.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Picture 3 caption: Lower floretDeergrass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: MUHLY.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Pond Trail, oak savannah, Sept 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Witch Grass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: PANIC GRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Curved Sicklegrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SICKLE GRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Dallis Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CROWNGRASS.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, Sept 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Knot Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: thompsongrass.
Generic common name: CROWNGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Seashore Paspalum *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CROWNGRASS.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: tidal salt marsh, dec 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Kikuyu Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.
Location: Cultivated residential lawn turf occasionally escaped where moisture adequate, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Fountain Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: crimson fountaingrass.
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: PCH disturbed road margin and bluffs, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Feathertop *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: FOUNTAINGRASS.
Location: Pacific Coast Highway near Mugu State Park: disturbed road margin, July 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Harding Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: bulbous canarygrass.
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, disturbed grassland, June 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Annual Canary Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Lesser Canarygrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: littleseed canarygrass, Mediterranean canarygrass.
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.
Location: Day Canyon: disturbed grassland, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Hooded Canarygrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CANARYGRASS.
Location: Day Canyon: disturbed grassland, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Annual Bluegrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.
Location: Paramount Ranch: low areas near the creek, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Bulbous Bluegrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Fowl Bluegrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: fowl meadow grass.
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Sandberg Bluegrass
A N F: Poa secunda ssp. secunda.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: one-sided blue grass, pine bluegrass, pacific blue grass.
Generic common name: BLUEGRASS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Ditch Beardgrass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: ditch rabbitsfoot grass.
Generic common name: BEARD GRASS, RABBITSFOOT GRASS.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: permanent wet seep just above the beach, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Rabbitsfoot Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: annual beard grass, annual rabbitsfoot grass.
Generic common name: BEARD GRASS, RABBITSFOOT GRASS.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Water Beardgrass *
TJM1: Agrostis viridis.
Other scientific names: Agrostis semiverticillata.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: green bentgrass, water bent.
Generic common name: BEARD GRASS, RABBITSFOOT GRASS.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: creekside near Mott Road, riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
European Alkali Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: weeping alkaligrass.
Generic common name: ALKALI GRASS.
Location: Calabasas Open Space: seasonal seep, April 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Arabian Schismus *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Schismus.
Generic common name: MEDITERRANEAN GRASS.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Mesa Peak Motorway, disturbed road margin, chaparral, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Common Mediterranean Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: Old Han Schismus.
Generic common name: MEDITERRANEAN GRASS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed rocky soil near the Contact Station, coastal sage scrub, Feb 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Bur Bristle Grass *
F N A: Setaria adhaerans.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: tropical barbed bristlegrass.
Generic common name: BRISTLEGRASS.
Location: Oct 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Knotroot Bristle Grass
TJM1: Setaria gracilis.
Other scientific names: Setaria geniculata.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: BRISTLEGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Yellow Foxtail *
Other scientific names: Setaria lutescens.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: pigeongrass.
Generic common name: BRISTLEGRASS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Sorghum *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: milo, grain sorghum, Sudan grass.
Generic common name: SORGHUM.
Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Dec 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some locations.
Johnson Grass *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: SORGHUM.
Location: Occasional weed especially where adequate moisture is available, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some locations.
California Cord Grass
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: CORD GRASS.
Location: Mugu Lagoon: mud flat in the salt marsh, Nov 2010.
Characteristics: Native.
Nodding Needlegrass
TJM1: Nassella cernua.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: Parking lot margin, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Giant Stipa
TJM1: Achnatherum coronatum.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: giant ricegrass, giant needlegrass, crested needlegrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Foothill Needlegrass
TJM1: Nassella lepida.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: small flowered needlegrass, small flowered stipa, smallflower tussockgrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Smilo Grass *
TJM1: Piptatherum miliaceum.
Other scientific names: Oryzopsis miliacea.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: millet mountain rice, rice grass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, June 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Purple Needlegrass
TJM1: Nassella pulchra.
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: purple stipa, purple tussockgrass.
Generic common name: NEEDLEGRASS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Bearded Bread Wheat *
Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: wheat, club wheat.
Generic common name: WHEAT, GOAT GRASS.
Location: Rocky Oaks: oak woodland, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native.
Narrow-leaved Cattail
Family: Typhaceae (CATTAIL).
Other common names: southern cattail.
Generic common name: CATTAIL.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 3 caption: Typha domingensis above, Typha latifolia below.Broad-leaved Cattail
Family: Typhaceae (CATTAIL).
Other common names: common cattail, soft flag.
Generic common name: CATTAIL.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 4 caption: Typha domingensis above, Typha latifolia below.Inflated Duckweed
Family: Araceae (ARUM), Lemnaceae (DUCKWEED).
Other common names: Wind Bags.
Generic common name: DUCKWEED.
Location: Camarillo agricultural area ditches and creeks, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Water Lentil
Family: Araceae (ARUM), Lemnaceae (DUCKWEED).
Other common names: common duckweed.
Generic common name: DUCKWEED.
Location: Calleguas Creek near CSUCI, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Not seen flowering.
Minute Duckweed
TJM1: Lemna minuscula.
Family: Araceae (ARUM), Lemnaceae (DUCKWEED).
Other common names: least duckweed.
Generic common name: DUCKWEED.
Location: Calleguas Creek near CSUCI, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Water Lettuce *
Family: Araceae (ARUM).
Generic common name: WATER-LETTUCE.
Location: Open water, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Tongueshape Bogmat
Family: Araceae (ARUM), Lemnaceae (DUCKWEED).
Other common names: mud midget.
Generic common name: MUD-MIDGET, BOGMAT.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Southern Waternymph
Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis
TJM1: Najas guadalupensis.
Family: Hydrocharitaceae (WATERWEED).
Other common names: Guadalupe water nymph, common water-nymph.
Generic common name: WATERNYMPH.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, open water near shore, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Holly-leaved Water-nymph
Family: Hydrocharitaceae (WATERWEED).
Other common names: spiny naiad, marine water nymph.
Generic common name: WATERNYMPH.
Location: Lake Sherwood: open water near shore: Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Common Arrow-grass
Family: Juncaginaceae (ARROW-GRASS).
Other common names: Arrowgrass.
Generic common name: ARROW-GRASS.
Location: Mugu Lagoon: coastal salt marsh, July 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Was treated as Triglochin concinna in the original manual.
Fennel-leaf Pondweed
TJM1: Potamogeton pectinatus.
Family: Potamogetonaceae (PONDWEED).
Other common names: sago pondweed.
Generic common name: PONDWEED.
Location: Open water, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Wigeon Grass
Family: Ruppiaceae (DITCH-GRASS), Potamogetonaceae (PONDWEED).
Other common names: ditch grass.
Generic common name: DITCH-GRASS, WIDGEONWEED, PONDWEED.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh open water, September 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Traditional keys based on coil count would put this specimen into R. cirrhosa except that the environment was a coastal marine marsh (see the note in A N F).
Picture 2 caption: Sheath removed to reveal flowerCommon Poolmat
Family: Zannichelliaceae (HORNED-PONDWEED).
Other common names: grass-wrack.
Generic common name: HORNED-PONDWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Creekbed near Mishe Mokwa Trail, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 1 caption: femaleBrown Dogwood
Family: Cornaceae (DOGWOOD).
Generic common name: DOGWOOD.
Location: Malibu Creek near Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Phlox-leaved Bedstraw
Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Other common names: needlemat galium.
Generic common name: BEDSTRAW, CLEAVERS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 1 caption: maleNarrow-leaved Bedstraw
Galium angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Generic common name: BEDSTRAW, CLEAVERS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Annual Bedstraw
Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Other common names: stickywilly, common bedstraw, goose grass.
Generic common name: BEDSTRAW, CLEAVERS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Santa Barbara Bedstraw
Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Other common names: shrubby bedstraw.
Generic common name: BEDSTRAW, CLEAVERS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
Status: C N P S List 4.3
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Climbing Bedstraw
Galium nuttallii ssp. nuttallii
Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Other common names: San Diego bedstraw.
Generic common name: BEDSTRAW, CLEAVERS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Wall Bedstraw *
Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Generic common name: BEDSTRAW, CLEAVERS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Triunfo Backbone Trail, disturbed trail margin in chaparral, April 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Field Madder *
Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Other common names: blue fieldmadder.
Generic common name: FIELD MADDER, SPURWORT.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: April 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Mouse-ear Cress *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: thale cress, mouse ear, arabidopsis.
Generic common name: ROCKCRESS.
Location: Griffith Park: Grassland on a steep rocky slope near Mt. Hollywood Dr., March 2013.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Widely used in the study of Plant Sciences, Arabidopsis thaliana is notable as the first plant to have its genome sequenced.
Dwarf Athysanus
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: common sandweed.
Generic common name: SANDWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, streamside, May 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Winter Cress
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: American wintercress, American rocket, erectpod wintercress, American yellowrocket.
Generic common name: YELLOWROCKET.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Rock Cress
TJM1: Arabis sparsiflora.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: elegant rock rose, sicklepod rockcress, elegant rockcress.
Generic common name: ROCK CRESS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
"rock rose" probably misapplied.
Black Mustard *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP.
Location: 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.
Picture 9 caption: Brassica nigra (above), Hirschfeldia incana (below)Field Mustard *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: turnip, common mustard, rape mustard.
Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP.
Location: Cornell Road margin: disturbed grassland, March 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.
Asian Mustard *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Sahara mustard.
Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP.
Location: Point Dume Natural Preserve: disturbed roadside, March 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
American Sea Rocket *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: California sea rocket.
Generic common name: SEA ROCKET.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Sea Rocket *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: European searocket.
Generic common name: SEA ROCKET.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Little-pod False Flax *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: FALSE FLAX.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Shepherd's Purse *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: SHEPHERD'S PURSE, CAPSELLA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, sage scrub Feb 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Milkmaids
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: California toothwort, bitter cress, toothwort.
Generic common name: BITTER-CRESS, TOOTHWORT.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.
Little Western Bittercress
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Nuttall's bittercress.
Generic common name: BITTER-CRESS, TOOTHWORT.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: rocky slope, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.
Jewel Flower
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: slender pod jewelflower, San Diego wild cabbage.
Generic common name: JEWELFLOWER, WILD CABBAGE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 3 caption: TMJ1: Caulanthus heterophyllus var. heterophyllusCalifornia Mustard
TJM1: Guillenia lasiophylla.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: shaggy thelypod.
Generic common name: JEWELFLOWER, WILD CABBAGE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: western tansymustard, alkali western tansy mustard.
Generic common name: TANSY MUSTARD.
Location: 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.
Flix-weed *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: herb sophia.
Generic common name: TANSY MUSTARD.
Location: Disturbed roadsides and waste areas, May 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Perennial Wall-Rocket *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: WALLROCKET.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Rock Cress
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: wedge-leaf draba, wedge-leaf whitlow grass.
Generic common name: DRABA.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Chumash Trail, coastal sage scrub, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
These pictures were taken over a period of several years from one small population. Despite numerous visits we have never seen the small white flower petals well exposed as can be typical elsewhere.
Western Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum
TJM1: Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: sanddune wallflower.
Generic common name: WALLFLOWER.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: valley grassland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Coast Wallflower
TJM1: Erysimum insulare ssp. suffrutescens.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: island wallflower, suffrutescent wallflower.
Generic common name: WALLFLOWER.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Mediterranean Mustard *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: shortpod mustard, Mediterranean hoary mustard.
Generic common name: HIRSCHFELDIA.
Location: 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.
Picture 8 caption: Brassica nigra (above), Hirschfeldia incana (below)Lesser Swine Cress *
TJM1: Coronopus didymus.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: PCH graded shoulder near Mugu Rock, coastal sage scrub, July 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Heart-Podded Hoary Cress
TJM1: Cardaria draba.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Hoary Cress.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: Old Topanga Road: disturbed shoulder margin, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Hairy Podded Peppergrass
Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: shaggyfruit pepperweed, Desert Pepper grass, sand pepperweed.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: below the Chumash Trail, sandy coastal sage scrub, April 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Very tiny flowersPerennial Peppergrass *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: perennial pepperweed, broad leaved pepper grass, broadleaved pepperweed.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: Arroyo Sequit: entrance road shoulder, sage scrub, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Picture 8 caption: Can form extensive monoculturesDwarf Peppergrass
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: San Diego pepperweed.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: Cheeseboro, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Shiny Peppergrass
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: shining pepperweed, peppergrass, tongue grass.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, grassland, March 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.
Featherleaf Pepperweed *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: wayside pepper grass.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Upright Pepperweed
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: wayside peppergrass, veiny pepper grass, prostrate peppergrass.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: China Flat Trail: Trailhead near Lindero Canyon Road, disturbed trail margin, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Poor Man's Pepper
Lepidium virginicum ssp. menziesii
TJM1: Lepidium virginicum var. pubescens.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: wild pepper grass, Virginia pepperweed.
Generic common name: PEPPERGRASS, PEPPERWORT, PEPPERWEED, PEPPERCRESS.
Location: China Flat Trail: near Lindero Canyon Road trailhead, disturbed trail cut, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Sweet Alyssum *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: SWEET ALYSSUM, LOBULARIA.
Location: Point Dume Natural Preserve: coastal sage scrub, March 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Water Cress
TJM1: Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: WATER CRESS.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Mott Road, quiet stream aquatic, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Jointed Charlock *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: painted charlock, wild radish.
Generic common name: WILD RADISH, RADISH.
Location: Westlake Road disturbed shoulder: chaparral, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.
Wild Radish *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: cultivated radish, jointed charlock.
Generic common name: WILD RADISH, RADISH.
Location: 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.
Picture 3 caption: Significant color variationsYellow Cress
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: curvepod yellowcress.
Generic common name: YELLOW CRESS, WATER CRESS.
Location: Rocky Oaks, Pond Margin, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Tumble Mustard *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Jim Hill mustard, tall tumblemustard.
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.
Location: Disturbed areas and roadsides, May 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
London Rocket *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.
Location: Soka University grounds: disturbed oak woodland, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.
Hedge Mustard *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Campground, disturbed oak woodland, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Oriental Mustard *
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Indian hedgemustard, Oriental hedge mustard.
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Campground, disturbed oak woodland, June 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Golden Prince's Plume
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: prince's plume, desert princesplume.
Generic common name: PRINCE'S PLUME.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, burned valley grassland, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Santa Cruz Island Fringepod
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: cupped fringepod, SantaCruz Island lacepod.
Generic common name: LACEPOD, FRINGEPOD.
Location: Circle X Ranch, rocky slope, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Lace-pod
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: sand fringepod, hairy fringe-pod, hairy lacepod.
Generic common name: LACEPOD, FRINGEPOD.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, rocky slopes, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Narrow-leaved Fringe-pod
A N F: Thysanocarpus laciniatus var. laciniatus.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: mountain fringepod, common lace pod.
Generic common name: LACEPOD, FRINGEPOD.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Dobie-pod
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: slender keel fruit, slender tropidocarpum.
Generic common name: TROPIDOCARPUM.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Tower Mustard
TJM1: Arabis glabra.
Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: tower rockcress.
Generic common name: ROCKCRESS.
Location: Santa Ynez Canyon: Santa Ynez Canyon Trail, oak woodland, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Contorted Evening Primrose
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: strigose sun cup, sandysoil suncup.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, chaparral, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
California Sun-cup
TJM1: Camissonia bistorta.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: southern suncup, sun cup, southern evening primrose.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, March 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
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.
Location: 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.
Hirtellous Sun Cup
TJM1: Camissonia hirtella.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: hairy sun cups, Santa Cruz Island suncup.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Jurupa Hills Sun Cup
TJM1: Camissonia ignota.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Generic common name: SUN CUP.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Intermediate Sun Cup
TJM1: Camissonia intermedia.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Generic common name: SUN CUP.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Lewis' Evening Primrose
TJM1: Camissonia lewisii.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: Lewis's sun cup.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Small Evening Primrose
TJM1: Camissonia micrantha.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: small flowered evening primrose, miniature suncup, small primrose.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.
Location: Griffith Park: disturbed road margin, coastal sage scrub, June 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Farewell-to-spring
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: Botta's clarkia, punch bowl godetia.
Generic common name: CLARKIA, GODETIA.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Speckled Clarkia
Clarkia cylindrica ssp. cylindrica
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Generic common name: CLARKIA, GODETIA.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 2 caption: Absence of the central "spot" is not diagnosticWillow-herb Clarkia
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: canyon clarkia.
Generic common name: CLARKIA, GODETIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Purple Clarkia
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: winecup clarkia, four-spot.
Generic common name: CLARKIA, GODETIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, riparian woodland, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Large Godetia
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: winecup clarkia, purple clarkia.
Generic common name: CLARKIA, GODETIA.
Location: UCLA Stunt Ranch: entrance road near education area, oak woodland, June 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Elegant Clarkia
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: woodland clarkia.
Generic common name: CLARKIA, GODETIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 7 caption: Uncommon white formField Willow-herb
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: panicled willow herb, autumn willowweed, annual fireweed, tall annual willowherb.
Generic common name: FIREWEED, WILLOW HERB.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 4 caption: Often overlooked as it tends to flower late in the season in deep grassesSmooth Boisduvalia
TJM1: Epilobium pygmaeum.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: smooth spike-primrose, small willow herb.
Generic common name: FIREWEED, WILLOW HERB.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
California Fuchsia
Other scientific names: Zauschneria cana.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: hummingbird trumpet, zauschneria.
Generic common name: FIREWEED, WILLOW HERB.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Broadleaved California Fuchsia
Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium
Other scientific names: Zauschneria latifolia.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Generic common name: FIREWEED, WILLOW HERB.
Location: Griffith Park: coastal sage scrub, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Picture 1 caption: Flower shape distorted in this specimenWillow-herb
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: fringed willowherb, Northern willow herb, American willow herb.
Generic common name: FIREWEED, WILLOW HERB.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Shredding Primrose
Eremothera boothii ssp. decorticans
TJM1: Camissonia boothii ssp. decorticans.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: Booth's evening primrose, Booth's sun cup, redish shredding primrose.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, burned valley grassland, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Mustard Evening Primrose
TJM1: Camissonia californica.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: California suncup.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
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.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond aquatic, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Hooker's Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: hairy evening primrose.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Cut-leaved Evening Primrose *
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: southern evening primrose.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Photographed outside of range, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Rose Evening Primrose *
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: pink evening primrose, rose sundrops.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: Triunfo Canyon Road margin, August 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Wavy-leaved Gaura *
TJM1: Gaura sinuata.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: wavyleaf beeblossom, Red River gaura, sinuate-leaved gaura.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Mexican Evening Primrose *
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: pinkladies.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Westlake Road shoulder: riparian woodland, June 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Scarlet Beeblossom
TJM1: Gaura coccinea.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: wild honeysuckle, linda tarde, scarlet gaura.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: valley grassland, Sept 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Drummond's Gaura *
TJM1: Gaura drummondii.
Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: Drummond's beeblossom.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Phantom Trail, disturbed trail margin near landscaping, Aug 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.
Bur-chervil *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Generic common name: CHERVIL.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Wild Celery
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: mock parsley, wild parsley.
Generic common name: APIASTRUM.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Celery *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: wild celery, garden celery.
Generic common name: CELERY.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, June 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Water Parsnip
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: cutleaf waterparsnip.
Generic common name: CUTLEAF WATER-PARSNIP, WATERPARSNIP.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Canyon Trail, riparian, Aug 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Hoary Bowlesia *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Generic common name: BOWLESIA.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: oak woodland, April 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Poison Hemlock *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Generic common name: POISON HEMLOCK.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Marsh Parsley *
TJM1: Ciclospermum leptophyllum.
Other scientific names: Apium leptophyllum.
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Generic common name: MARSH PARSLEY.
Location: Thousand Oaks: Lawns and disturbed areas, Aug 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Queen Anne's Lace *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: carrot, wild carrot.
Generic common name: WILD CARROT, CARROT.
Location: Wildwood Park: Las Flores Trail, riparian woodland, Aug 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Rattlesnake Weed
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: American wild carrot.
Generic common name: WILD CARROT, CARROT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Sweet Fennel *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: biscuit root, fennel.
Generic common name: FENNEL.
Location: 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.
Woolly Lomatium
Lomatium dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: woollyfruit desertparsley, hog fennel, lace parsnip.
Generic common name: DESERTPARSLEY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Shiny Lomatium
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: shiny biscuitroot.
Generic common name: DESERTPARSLEY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, Mar 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Hog Fennel
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: common lomatium, bladder parsnip.
Generic common name: DESERTPARSLEY.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, grassland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Sweet Cicely
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: California sweetcicely.
Generic common name: SWEETROOT, SWEET-CICELY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Snake Root
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: sharp-toothed sanicle, sharptooth blacksnakeroot.
Generic common name: SANICLE.
Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, valley grassland, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Poison Sanicle
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Generic common name: SANICLE.
Location: Cornell Road: low area in disturbed grassland, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Pacific Sanicle
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: gamble weed, pacific blacksnakeroot.
Generic common name: SANICLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Turkey Pea
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: tuberous sanicle.
Generic common name: SANICLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Venus' Needle *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: shepherd's needle.
Generic common name: SCANDIX.
Location: Disturbed areas, May 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Southern Tauschia
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: southern umbrellawort.
Generic common name: UMBRELLAWORT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail: chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Hartweg's Tauschia
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: Hartweg's umbrellawort.
Generic common name: UMBRELLAWORT.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, chaparral, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Spreading Hedge-parsley *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: hedge parsley.
Generic common name: HEDGEPARSLEY.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Zuma Canyon Trail, disturbed valley grassland, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Knotted Hedge-parsley *
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: wild parsley.
Generic common name: HEDGEPARSLEY.
Location: Disturbed areas, April 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
California hedge parsley
Other scientific names: Caucalis microcarpa.
Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: false carrot.
Generic common name: YABEA.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: chaparral, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Floating Marsh Pennywort
Family: Araliaceae (GINSENG), Apiaceae (CARROT).
Generic common name: MARSH PENNYWORT.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Family: Araliaceae (GINSENG), Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: whorled marshpennywort.
Generic common name: MARSH PENNYWORT.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, riparian woodland, streamside, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Australian Cheesewood *
Family: Pittosporaceae (PITTOSPORUM).
Other common names: Victorian box, mock orange.
Generic common name: CHEESEWOOD.
Location: Feb 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 2 caption: Female flowersCommon Fiddleneck
TJM1: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia.
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: orange flowered Menzies' fiddleneck.
Generic common name: FIDDLENECK.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Small-Flowered Fiddleneck
TJM1: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii.
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Generic common name: FIDDLENECK.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, Jan 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Common Borage *
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Generic common name: BORAGE.
Location: Topanga State Park, Trippet Ranch: grassy disturbed area not far from the entrance road, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Escaped or possibly deliberately spread cultivar.
White Forget-me-not
Cryptantha clevelandii var. clevelandii
TJM1: Cryptantha clevelandii.
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: Cleveland's cryptantha, common cryptantha.
Generic common name: CRYPTANTHA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
NB. Recent work on this group suggests the ID of the plants shown here should be revisited.
Large-flowered Popcorn Flower
Cryptantha intermedia var. intermedia
TJM1: Cryptantha intermedia.
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: Clearwater cryptantha, common cryptantha.
Generic common name: CRYPTANTHA.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Recent changes to the classification of Cryptantha intermedia means there is a possibility that at least some of the plants pictured here might today be identified as Cryptantha intermedia var. johnstonii.
Picture 6 caption: No strigose hairsMinute-flowered Popcorn Flower
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: pygmyflower cryptantha, small flowered cryptantha.
Generic common name: CRYPTANTHA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, sage scrub, April 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Tejon Cryptantha
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: popcorn flower.
Generic common name: CRYPTANTHA.
Location: NPS lands west of Malibu State Park: oak woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Prickly Popcorn Flower
Cryptantha muricata var. muricata
TJM1: Cryptantha muricata.
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: pointed cryptantha, showy prickly-nut cryptantha.
Generic common name: CRYPTANTHA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 7 caption: Has strigose hairsPride Of Madeira *
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Generic common name: VIPER'S BUGLOSS.
Location: Disturbed Roadside near Malibu Lagoon: riparian woodland, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Whispering Bells
TJM1: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora.
TJM2: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora.
A N F: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora.
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Generic common name: WHISPERINGBELLS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
The Jepson eFlora: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora treated at species rank, as Emmenanthe penduliflora.
Eucrypta
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia var. chrysanthemifolia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: spotted hideseed, spotted eucrypta, common eucrypta.
Generic common name: HIDESEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Baby Blue-eyes
Nemophila menziesii var. menziesii
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Generic common name: BABY BLUE EYES.
Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, riparian woodland, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Meadow Nemophila
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: littlefoot nemophila.
Generic common name: BABY BLUE EYES.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: chaparral, March 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Slender Pectocarya
Pectocarya linearis ssp. ferocula
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: sagebrush combseed, slender comb seed.
Generic common name: COMBSEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Winged Pectocarya
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: sleeping combseed, winged comb seed.
Generic common name: COMBSEED.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, chaparral, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Yellow-throated Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: shortlobe phacelia.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Caterpillar Phacelia
Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Fern-leaf Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: wild heliotrope, common phacelia, distant phacelia.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Large-flowered Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: bee phacelia, giant flowered phacelia.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Hubby's Phacelia
TJM1: Phacelia cicutaria var. hubbyi.
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: caterpillar phacelia.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, valley grassland, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Mountain Phacelia
Phacelia imbricata ssp. imbricata
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
California Bells
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: California bluebell, wild Canterbury bells.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Thousand Oaks: disturbed oak woodland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Parry's Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Branching Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, oak woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Fern-leaf Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: tansy leafed phacelia, lacy phacelia.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: May 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Sticky Phacelia
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: tacky phacelia.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.
Location: Backbone Trail between Trippet Ranch and Will Rogers State Parks: chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Fiesta Flower
Pholistoma auritum var. auritum
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: desert christmas tree, scaly stemmed sand plant, desert pholisma.
Generic common name: FIESTAFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 4 caption: The plants are covered with these sharp down-ward pointing hairs that allow it to cling to thingsWhite Fiesta Flower
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: San diego fiestaflower, racemed fiestaflower.
Generic common name: FIESTAFLOWER.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: coastal sage scrub, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Adobe Popcorn Flower
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Generic common name: POPCORNFLOWER.
Location: Wildwood Park: Lynnmere Trail, coastal sage scrub, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Valley Popcorn Flower
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: grey popcorn flower.
Generic common name: POPCORNFLOWER.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, grassland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
California popcornflower
Plagiobothrys collinus var. fulvescens
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: Cooper's popcorn flower, rough-stemmed popcornflower.
Generic common name: POPCORNFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soil on rocky outcrop. June 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
San Diego Popcorn Flower
Plagiobothrys collinus var. gracilis
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: graceful popcorn flower, Cooper's popcorn flower.
Generic common name: POPCORNFLOWER.
Location: Wildwood Park: Stagecoach Bluff Trail, thin-soiled open ground, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Popcorn Flower
Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: rusty popcornflower, rusty haired popcorn flower.
Generic common name: POPCORNFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Wild Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum var. oculatum
TJM1: Heliotropium curassavicum.
Family: Heliotropiaceae (HELIOTROPE), Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: salt heliotrope, Chinese parsley, seaside heliotrope.
Generic common name: HELIOTROPE.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon crassifolium var. nigrescens
Family: Namaceae (NAMA), Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: bicolored yerba santa, felt leaved Yerba Santa.
Generic common name: YERBA SANTA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Stinging Wigandia *
Wigandia urens var. caracasana ◊
TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.
Family: Namaceae (NAMA), Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: Caracus Wigandia.
Generic common name: WIGANDIA.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, riparian woodland at the Tropical Terrace, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping (naturalized). Now included in the Jepson eFlora.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Smoothstem Blazing Star
Family: Loasaceae (LOASA).
Other common names: giant blazingstar.
Generic common name: BLAZING STAR.
Location: Griffith Park: the old quarry, disturbed loose rocky soil, August 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Stick-leaf
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.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Veatch's Blazing Star
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.
Picture 9 caption: Immature fruit. We still need to collect mature fruit to make a positive IDStinky Gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: sticky false gilia, sticky false gilyflower.
Generic common name: FALSE GILYFLOWER.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Cistern Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Perennial Wool Star
Eriastrum densifolium ssp. elongatum
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: shrubby eriastrum, giant woollystar, giant eriastrum.
Generic common name: WOOLLYSTAR.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: sage scrub, July 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Threadleaf Wool-star
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: lavender woollystar, lavender eriastrum.
Generic common name: WOOLLYSTAR.
Location: La Purisima Mission SHP: coastal sage scrub, June 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Sapphire Wool Star
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: sapphire eriastrum.
Generic common name: WOOLLYSTAR.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: Pentachaeta Trail, coastal sage scrub, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
California gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Generic common name: GILIA.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Angel's Gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: chaparral gilia.
Generic common name: GILIA.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Globe Gilia
Gilia capitata ssp. abrotanifolia
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: bluehead gilia, blue field gilia.
Generic common name: GILIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Purplespot Gilia
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: many stemmed gilia.
Generic common name: GILIA.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: disturbed area adjacent to the lawn, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Whisker Brush
TJM1: Linanthus ciliatus.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: whisker linanthus.
Generic common name: LEPTOSIPHON.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, grassy slope, May 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
New find for the Santa Monica Mountains, Spring 2009.
Flax-flowered Linanthus
TJM1: Linanthus liniflorus.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: narrowflower flaxflower.
Generic common name: LEPTOSIPHON.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Linanthus
TJM1: Linanthus parviflorus.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: common linanthus, variable linanthus.
Generic common name: LEPTOSIPHON.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Canyon Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
White-flowered Pygmy Linanthus
Leptosiphon pygmaeus ssp. continentalis
TJM1: Linanthus pygmaeus ssp. continentalis.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: pygmy linanthus.
Generic common name: LEPTOSIPHON.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Prickly Phlox
TJM1: Leptodactylon californicum.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: California prickly phlox.
Generic common name: LINANTHUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
At the time these plants were identified and photographed, The Jepson Manual had not split Linanthus californicus into subspecies. Although most of the plants in these photos would likely now be identified as L. californicus subsp. californicus, there is a significant chance that some would be identifed as L. californicus subsp. glandulosus. See the note in A N F for a discussion of this.
Picture 7 caption: Unusual white color formGround-pink
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: fringed linanthus.
Generic common name: LINANTHUS.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: Pentachaeta Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Picture 5 caption: Infrequently, almost pure whiteSlender Phlox
TJM1: Phlox gracilis.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: microsteris, beggar's gilia, annual phlox.
Generic common name: PHLOX.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: rocky slope, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Hooked Navarretia
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: hooked pincushionplant.
Generic common name: PINCUSHIONPLANT.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Slender-flowered Hooked Navarretia
Navarretia hamata ssp. leptantha
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Generic common name: PINCUSHIONPLANT.
Location: Los Robles Open Space: disturbed trail margin in oak woodland and chaparral, July 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Bridges' Pincushionplant
TJM1: Gilia leptalea.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: Bridges' gilia.
Generic common name: PINCUSHIONPLANT.
Location: Triunfo Creek Park: Amid scree of north-facing rocky slope above Triunfo Cyn Rd, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Tentative ID
The use of the Jepson identification keys on this plant is not straight-forward and consequently there are a number of issues with this ID, even at the level of Genus. Making matters more difficult this plant cannot be found every year and therefore has not been seen frequently. The pictures shown here are from two small populations located about 700 yards apart in Triunfo Creek Park, both in full sun on thin rocky soils of north-facing slopes. The pictures from population 1, located near Triunfo Canyon Road, were photographed between mid-March and mid-April of 2010. Population 2, located below the east security fence of the Las Virgenes Reservoir, were photographed in early April of 2019. It is worth noting that the 2019 plants would have been influenced by nutrients released by the November 2018 Woolsey fire, and indeed, we saw other species in the vicinity that were quite large and robust compared to more typical years.
From the note in A N F under the genus Gilia regarding population 1:
And in A N F under Navarretia:
Honey-scented Pincushionplant
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: honey-scented navarretia.
Generic common name: PINCUSHIONPLANT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: near the backbone trail, open thin-soiled bare areas within chaparral, May 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Downy Navarretia
TJM1: Navarretia jaredii.
Other scientific names: Navarretia pubescens, Navarretia ojaiensis.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: mitre-fruited navarretia, downy pincushionplant, purple navarretia, Paso Robles navarretia.
Generic common name: PINCUSHIONPLANT.
Location: Paramount Ranch: Medea Creek Trail, valley grassland, June 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
The nomenclature of this Navarretia complex is currently in flux. See note in A N F.
Splendid Gilia
Saltugilia splendens ssp. splendens
TJM1: Gilia splendens ssp. splendens.
Family: Polemoniaceae (PHLOX).
Other common names: woodland gilia, grand gilia.
Generic common name: SALTUGILIA.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Scarlet Pimpernel *
TJM1: Anagallis arvensis.
TJM2: Anagallis arvensis.
F N A: Anagallis arvensis.
A N F: Anagallis arvensis.
Family: Myrsinaceae (MYRSINE), Primulaceae (PRIMROSE).
Other common names: poor-man's weatherglass.
Generic common name: LOOSESTRIFE, YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 4 caption: Infrequent blue color formCalifornia Androsace
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.
Picture 8 caption: Two or three dozen plants are among the gravel within the view of this photo, but too small and slender to see clearly at this scale.Shooting Star
TJM1: Dodecatheon clevelandii.
TJM2: Dodecatheon clevelandii.
F N A: Dodecatheon clevelandii.
A N F: Dodecatheon clevelandii.
Family: Primulaceae (PRIMROSE).
Other common names: padre's shootingstar.
Generic common name: PRIMROSE, SHOOTING STAR.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Possible that forms similar to other varieties may be encountered.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 2 caption: Most plants seem to key to var. patulumWater Pimpernel
Family: Theophrastaceae (THEOPHRASTA), Primulaceae (PRIMROSE).
Generic common name: WATER PIMPERNEL, BROOKWEED.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Indian Hemp
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE).
Other common names: Indianhemp dogbane.
Generic common name: DOGBANE, INDIAN HEMP.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Bulldog Trail, riparian woodland, June 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
White Bladderflower *
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE), Asclepiadaceae (MILKWEED).
Generic common name: BLADDER-FLOWER.
Location: Long Grade Canyon: West Potrero Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
California Milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE), Asclepiadaceae (MILKWEED).
Other common names: round-hooded milkweed.
Generic common name: MILKWEED.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Indian Milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE), Asclepiadaceae (MILKWEED).
Other common names: Kotolo milkweed, woollypod milkweed.
Generic common name: MILKWEED.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 6 caption: Can have three leaves at a nodeNarrow-leaved Milkweed
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE), Asclepiadaceae (MILKWEED).
Other common names: Mexican whorled milkweed.
Generic common name: MILKWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Climbing Milkweed
Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii
TJM1: Sarcostemma cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii.
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE), Asclepiadaceae (MILKWEED).
Other common names: Hartweg's twinevine.
Generic common name: CLIMBING MILKWEED, VINE MILKWEED.
Location: Runyon Canyon: coastal sage scrub, August 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Oleander *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE).
Other common names: common oleander.
Generic common name: OLEANDER.
Location: Multiple environments with previous landscaping, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Cultivar. Does not appear to be reproducing in California.
Periwinkle *
Family: Apocynaceae (DOGBANE).
Other common names: bigleaf periwinkle, greater periwinkle.
Generic common name: PERIWINKLE.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Desert Centaury
TJM1: Centaurium exaltatum.
Family: Gentianaceae (GENTIAN).
Other common names: spring loving centaury, cancha lagua, tall centaury.
Generic common name: CENTAURY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: rocky streambed, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 2 caption: In range it frequently appears with four petals but five can also be foundCanchalagua
TJM1: Centaurium venustum.
Family: Gentianaceae (GENTIAN).
Other common names: beautiful centaury, charming centaury, California centaury.
Generic common name: CENTAURY.
Location: Paramount Ranch: Medea Creek Trail, valley grassland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 2 caption: Infrequently, four petalsSouth Coast Range Morning-Glory
Calystegia collina ssp. venusta
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: hillside morning glory, coast range false bindweed.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, FALSE BINDWEED.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.3.
Wild Morning Glory
Calystegia macrostegia ssp. cyclostegia
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: island false bindweed, coast morning glory.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, FALSE BINDWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Intergrades with other local Calystegia species making precise a ID sometimes difficult.
South Coast False Bindweed
Calystegia macrostegia ssp. intermedia
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: island false bindweed.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, FALSE BINDWEED.
Location: Day Canyon: disturbed grassland, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Island Morning Glory
Calystegia macrostegia ssp. macrostegia
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: island false bindweed.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, FALSE BINDWEED.
Location: Disturbed road margin, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Pacific False Bindweed
Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: purple western morning glory, smooth western morning glory.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, FALSE BINDWEED.
Location: NPS access road east of Seminole Overlook, chaparral, June 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Beach Morning-glory
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: seashore false bindweed, sand convolvulus.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, FALSE BINDWEED.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Bindweed *
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: orchard morning-glory, field bindweed.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, BINDWEED.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Ranch Overlook Trail, disturbed grassland, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Small-Flowered Morning-Glory
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, BINDWEED.
Location: Wildwood Park: trailside, disturbed grassland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Alkali Weed
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: spreading alkaliweed.
Generic common name: ALKALI WEED.
Location: Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
California Dodder
Cuscuta californica var. papillosa
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY), Cuscutaceae (DODDER).
Other common names: chaparral dodder.
Generic common name: DODDER.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Ranch Center Connector Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 5 caption: No corolla scalesField Dodder
TJM1: Cuscuta pentagona.
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY), Cuscutaceae (DODDER).
Generic common name: DODDER.
Location: Banks of Calleguas Creek near CSUCI, Oct 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Has been identified as Cuscuta pentagona in the past.
Saltmarsh Dodder
Cuscuta pacifica var. pacifica
TJM1: Cuscuta salina var. major.
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY), Cuscutaceae (DODDER).
Other common names: goldenthread.
Generic common name: DODDER.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Canyon Dodder
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY), Cuscutaceae (DODDER).
Generic common name: DODDER.
Location: Topanga Canyon: chaparral, July 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 7 caption: has corolla scalesAsian Ponysfoot *
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Generic common name: PONYSFOOT.
Location: Paramount Ranch: sheltered margin of irrigated lawn, April 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Cultivated as a ground cover.
Western Dichondria
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: western ponysfoot.
Generic common name: PONYSFOOT.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Chumash Trail, coastal sage scrub, March 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Morning Glory *
TJM1: Ipomoea mutabilis.
Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: ocean blue morning glory, ipomoea, garden morning-glory.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: access road, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Jimson Weed *
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: Toloache.
Generic common name: JIMSON WEED, THORN-APPLE.
Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, July 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Datura
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: sacred thorn-apple, toluaca, toloache, western Jimsonweed, hairy thorn-apple, devils trumpet.
Generic common name: JIMSON WEED, THORN-APPLE.
Location: Mulholland Highway roadside: chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
California Desert Thorn
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: California boxthorn.
Generic common name: BOX THORN.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: coastal bluffs, Jan 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Tomato *
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Generic common name: TOMATO.
Location: Ventura County disturbed roadsides and agricultural areas, Nov 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Manyflower Tobacco *
Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: tobacco.
Generic common name: TOBACCO.
Location: Seminole Hot Springs: disturbed urban/chaparral, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Cleveland's Tobacco
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Generic common name: TOBACCO.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Tree Tobacco *
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Generic common name: TOBACCO.
Location: 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 HIGHLY TOXIC.
Bigelow's Tobacco
Other scientific names: Nicotiana bigelovii.
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: Indian tobacco, Karok tobacco.
Generic common name: TOBACCO.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned grassland, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Wild Petunia
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Generic common name: PETUNIA.
Location: Camarillo Regional Recreation Area, coastal sage scrub, fallow agricultural land roadbed, May 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Tomatillo *
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: tomate, Mexican groundcherry.
Generic common name: GROUND-CHERRY.
Location: 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.
Little White Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: American black nightshade, common nightshade, small flowered nightshade.
Generic common name: NIGHTSHADE.
Location: Camarillo agricultural fields: banks of Calleguas creek, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Has been listed as Solanum nodiflorum in some flora.
White Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Generic common name: NIGHTSHADE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Picture 3 caption: Purplish tint and an unusual four petaled flowerSilverleaf Nettle *
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: white horse-nettle, silverleaf nightshade.
Generic common name: NIGHTSHADE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Las Virgenes Trail, disturbed grassland, July 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: NOXIOUS WEED status.
Lanceleaf Nightshade *
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: orangeberry nightshade.
Generic common name: NIGHTSHADE.
Location: Infrequently escaped cultivar of disturbed spaces, April 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.
Hairy Nightshade *
Solanum physalifolium var. nitidibaccatum
TJM1: Solanum sarrachoides.
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: hoe nightshade.
Generic common name: NIGHTSHADE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Buffalo Berry
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: buffalo bur, Kansas thistle.
Generic common name: NIGHTSHADE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Purple Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: chaparral nightshade.
Generic common name: NIGHTSHADE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 4 caption: Unusual white color formBlue Elderberry
TJM1: Sambucus mexicana.
TJM2: Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea.
A N F: Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea.
Family: Viburnaceae (MUSKROOT), Caprifoliaceae (HONEYSUCKLE), Adoxaceae (MUSKROOT).
Other common names: Elderberry.
Generic common name: ELDERBERRY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, Mar 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
This plant has now been returned to S. mexicana.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Sand Mat
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: sandcarpet.
Generic common name: CARDIONEMA.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: coastal sage scrub, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Mouse-eared Chickweed *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: sticky chickweed, large mouse ears, sticky mouse-ear chickweed.
Generic common name: MOUSE-EAR CHICKWEED.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, May 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Showy Baby's-breath *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: annual baby's breath.
Generic common name: BABY'S-BREATH.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Cultivar probably deliberately distributed by hikers.
Hairy Rupturewort *
Herniaria hirsuta var. cinerea
TJM1: Herniaria hirsuta ssp. cinerea.
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: herniaria, grey herniaria.
Generic common name: RUPTUREWORT, HERNIARIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Hard-packed dirt of the Mishe Mokwa trailhead parking lot, April 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
California Loeflingia
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: spreading loeflingia, spreading pygmyleaf.
Generic common name: LOEFLINGIA.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Hairypink *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: pink grass, wilding pink.
Generic common name: PINK.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Albertson Motorway road margin, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
California Polycarp
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: California allseed, California manyseed.
Generic common name: POLYCARP, MANYSEED.
Location: April 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Four-leaved Polycarp *
Polycarpon tetraphyllum var. tetraphyllum
TJM1: Polycarpon tetraphyllum.
F N A: Polycarpon tetraphyllum ssp. tetraphyllum.
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: four-leaved all seed, fourleaf manyseed.
Generic common name: POLYCARP, MANYSEED.
Location: Thousand Oaks: sidewalk cracks, July 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Douglas' Sandwort
TJM1: Minuartia douglasii.
TJM2: Minuartia douglasii.
F N A: Minuartia douglasii.
A N F: Minuartia douglasii.
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: Douglas' stitchwort.
Generic common name: SANDWORT, STITCHWORT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Western Pearlwort
Sagina decumbens ssp. occidentalis
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: trailing pearlwort.
Generic common name: PEARLWORT.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, shady trailside in chaparral, May 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
New find for the Santa Monica Mountains, Spring 2009.
Sleepy Catchfly
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: sleepy silene, snapdragon campion.
Generic common name: CATCHFLY, CAMPION.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Windmill Pink *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: common catchfly.
Generic common name: CATCHFLY, CAMPION.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Indian Pink
Silene laciniata ssp. laciniata
TJM1: Silene laciniata ssp. major.
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: cardinal catchfly, Mexican pink.
Generic common name: CATCHFLY, CAMPION.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads, oak woodland, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Many-nerved Catchfly
TJM1: Silene multinervia.
TJM2: Silene coniflora.
A N F: Silene coniflora.
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: fire following campion.
Generic common name: CATCHFLY, CAMPION.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
S. coniflora misapplied, not in California.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Dolores Campion
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: San Francisco campion.
Generic common name: CATCHFLY, CAMPION.
Location: Backbone Trail near Corral Trailhead: chaparral, July 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Corn Spurry *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: stickwort, starwort.
Generic common name: SPURREY.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Zuma Canyon Trail, sandy bank along creek, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Boccone's Sandspurry *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Generic common name: SAND-SPURREY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail trailhead parking lot, coastal sage scrub, May 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Sticky Sandspurry
Spergularia macrotheca var. leucantha
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Generic common name: SAND-SPURREY.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Large Flowered Sand Spurry
Spergularia macrotheca var. macrotheca
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Generic common name: SAND-SPURREY.
Location: Coastal grassland, March 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Salt-marsh Sand Spurry
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Generic common name: SAND-SPURREY.
Location: Oxnard Ecological Preserve: salt flat, March 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Hairy Sandspurry *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Generic common name: SAND-SPURREY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed areas and roadsides, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Common Chickweed *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Generic common name: CHICKWEED, STARWORT.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 9 caption: Left: Stellaria media, Right: Stellaria pallidaShiny Chickweed
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: smooth chickweed.
Generic common name: CHICKWEED, STARWORT.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: near Triunfo Canyon Road, grassland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Lesser Chickweed *
Family: Caryophyllaceae (PINK, CARNATION).
Other common names: pale starwort.
Generic common name: CHICKWEED, STARWORT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Triunfo Backbone Trail, disturbed trail margin in chaparral, April 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 9 caption: Left: Stellaria media, Right: Stellaria pallidaAlkali Heath
Family: Frankeniaceae (FRANKENIA).
Other common names: alkali seaheath.
Generic common name: FRANKENIA, SEAHEATH.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Brewer's Red Maids
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Generic common name: REDMAIDS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, chaparral, April 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Red Maids
TJM1: Calandrinia ciliata.
TJM2: Calandrinia ciliata.
F N A: Calandrinia ciliata.
A N F: Calandrinia ciliata.
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: fringed redmaids.
Generic common name: REDMAIDS.
Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, valley grassland, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Sand Cress
F N A: Cistanthe monandra.
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: pussy paws, common pussypaws.
Generic common name: PUSSYPAWS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, March 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Seaside Calandrinia
TJM1: Calandrinia maritima.
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: seaside pussypaws, seaside redmaids.
Generic common name: PUSSYPAWS.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: sandy slopes above the ocean, May 2014.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Pale Claytonia
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: serpentine springbeauty, little spring beauty, common montia.
Generic common name: SPRINGBEAUTY.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: rocky slope, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Coast Range Claytonia
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: gypsum springbeauty.
Generic common name: SPRINGBEAUTY.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: rocky slope, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Picture 7 caption: Used for the cover of OutdoorsStreambank Springbeauty
Claytonia parviflora ssp. parviflora
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: Utah miner's lettuce, narrow leaved miner's lettuce, Indian-lettuce.
Generic common name: SPRINGBEAUTY.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: trail up to the reservoir, damp disturbed trailside, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Davidson's Indian-lettuce
Claytonia parviflora ssp. viridis
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: Utah miner's lettuce, narrow leaved miner's lettuce, green miner's lettuce, Streambank Springbeauty.
Generic common name: SPRINGBEAUTY.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, April 2011.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Miner's Lettuce
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: Madrean miner's lettuce, Rooreh.
Generic common name: SPRINGBEAUTY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Bitter Root
Lewisia rediviva var. rediviva
TJM1: Lewisia rediviva.
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Generic common name: LEWISIA, BITTERROOT.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: rocky slope, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Water Blinks
Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: annual water minerslettuce, water montia, water chickweed.
Generic common name: MINERSLETTUCE, WATER CHICKWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: streamside, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
American pokeweed
Family: Phytolaccaceae (POKEWEED).
Other common names: common pokeweed, pokeberry, inkberry, pigeonberry.
Generic common name: POKEWEED.
Location: Will Rogers State Historic Park: Backbone Trail, chaparral, Oct 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some locations.
Western Marsh-rosemary
Family: Plumbaginaceae (LEADWORT).
Other common names: California Sea-lavender, marsh rosemary, sea lavender.
Generic common name: SEA-LAVENDER, MARSH-ROSEMARY.
Location: Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Sea-Lavender *
Family: Plumbaginaceae (LEADWORT).
Other common names: Perez's sea lavender, Canarian sea lavender.
Generic common name: SEA-LAVENDER, MARSH-ROSEMARY.
Location: Point Dume: PCH disturbed road margin, April 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Cultivar occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Wavyleaf Sea Lavender *
Family: Plumbaginaceae (LEADWORT).
Other common names: statice.
Generic common name: SEA-LAVENDER, MARSH-ROSEMARY.
Location: Malibu: PCH disturbed road margin, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Cultivar occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Saltcedar *
Family: Tamaricaceae (TAMARISK).
Other common names: tamarisk.
Generic common name: TAMARISK.
Location: Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park: Reseda Blvd disturbed margin, April 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Common Hornwort
Family: Ceratophyllaceae (HORNWORT).
Generic common name: HORNWORT, COONTAIL.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Calabazilla
Family: Cucurbitaceae (GOURD).
Other common names: Missouri gourd, mock orange, coyote gourd.
Generic common name: GOURD, SQUASH.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 1 caption: FemaleField Pumpkin *
Family: Cucurbitaceae (GOURD).
Other common names: squash, zucchini.
Generic common name: GOURD, SQUASH.
Location: 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.
Wild Cucumber
TJM1: Marah macrocarpus.
Family: Cucurbitaceae (GOURD).
Other common names: Manroot, Cucamonga manroot, Chilicothe.
Generic common name: MANROOT, WILD CUCUMBER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: MaleWhite-flowered Filaree
TJM1: Erodium macrophyllum.
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: roundleaf stork's bill, large leaved filaree, California storksbill, California Filaree.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA FILAREE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1.
Long-beaked Filaree *
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: longbeak stork's bill, big heron bill.
Generic common name: STORKSBILL, FILAREE.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Foothill Filaree *
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: shortfruit stork's bill.
Generic common name: STORKSBILL, FILAREE.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: grassy disturbed area close to road, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Red-stem Filaree *
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: redstem stork's bill.
Generic common name: STORKSBILL, FILAREE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
White-stem Filaree *
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: musky stork's bill.
Generic common name: STORKSBILL, FILAREE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Carolina Geranium
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Generic common name: CRANESBILL, GERANIUM.
Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Cutleaf Geranium *
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: common wild geranium, cranesbill.
Generic common name: CRANESBILL, GERANIUM.
Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Dove's Foot Geranium *
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: woodland geranium.
Generic common name: CRANESBILL, GERANIUM.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Triunfo Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 6 caption: Later in the seasonRoundleaf Geranium *
Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Generic common name: CRANESBILL, GERANIUM.
Location: April 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
St. John's Wort *
Family: Hypericaceae (ST. JOHN'S WORT, MANGOSTEEN).
Other common names: Canary Island St. Johnswort.
Generic common name: ST. JOHN'S WORT.
Location: Franklin Canyon, oak woodland, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Small-flowered Dwarf-flax
F N A: Linum micranthum.
Family: Linaceae (FLAX).
Other common names: threadstem flax, small flower western flax, Common dwarf flax.
Generic common name: DWARF FLAX, WESTERN FLAX.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, coastal sage scrub, June 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Flowering Flax *
Family: Linaceae (FLAX).
Other common names: garden flax.
Generic common name: FLAX.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Waif. A cultivar likely deliberately spread from a commercial "wildflower" seed packets.
Picture 4 caption: Along Yerba Buena Road near the entrance to Circle X RanchPink Rockrose *
TJM1: Cistus creticus.
TJM2: Cistus incanus.
Other scientific names: Cistus villosus, Cistus incanus ssp. creticus.
Family: Cistaceae (ROCK-ROSE).
Other common names: hairy rockrose, Cretan rockrose.
Generic common name: ROCK-ROSE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland east of Las Virgenes Cyn Rd, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Cultivar infrequently encountered escaped near urban landscaping.
Crimson-spot Rockrose *
Family: Cistaceae (ROCK-ROSE).
Other common names: gum cistus, common gum cistus, resinous rockrose.
Generic common name: ROCK-ROSE.
Location: Tuna Canyon Park: disturbed chaparral, January 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Peak Rush Rose
TJM1: Helianthemum scoparium.
TJM2: Helianthemum scoparium.
A N F: Helianthemum scoparium.
Family: Cistaceae (ROCK-ROSE).
Other common names: common sun rose, rock-rose, rushrose, Bisbee Peak rushrose.
Generic common name: SUN-ROSE, RUSH-ROSE, FROSTWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Bush Mallow
Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. fasciculatus
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: chaparral mallow, Mendocino bushmallow, Santa Cruz Island bush mallow.
Generic common name: BUSH MALLOW.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Road shoulder, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Tree Mallow *
TJM1: Lavatera arborea.
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: bushmallow.
Generic common name: MALLOW.
Location: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, March 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Infrequent garden escapee.
Bull Mallow *
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: mallow of Nice.
Generic common name: MALLOW.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Cheeseweed *
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: cheeseweed mallow, little mallow.
Generic common name: MALLOW.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Cretan Mallow *
TJM1: Lavatera cretica.
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: Cornish mallow, Cretan lavatera.
Generic common name: MALLOW.
Location: Latigo Road disturbed margin, coastal sage scrub, April 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Alkali-mallow
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: Whiteweed.
Generic common name: ALKALI-MALLOW, MALLOW.
Location: Camarillo agricultural fields: waste areas throughout, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.
Bristly Mallow *
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: Carolina bristle mallow.
Generic common name: BRISTLEMALLOW.
Location: Gillette Ranch: lawns and nearby disturbed areas, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Checker Bloom
TJM1: Sidalcea malviflora ssp. sparsifolia.
Family: Malvaceae (MALLOW).
Other common names: checker mallow, wild hollyhock, dwarf checkerbloom, southern checkerbloom.
Generic common name: CHECKER MALLOW, CHECKERBLOOM.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Rose Oxalis *
TJM1: Oxalis rubra.
F N A: Oxalis articulata.
Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS).
Other common names: windowbox wood-sorrel, red oxalis.
Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS.
Location: Soka University: May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Cultivar occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Oxalis
TJM1: Oxalis albicans ssp. californica.
Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS).
Other common names: California woodsorrel.
Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Weedy Oxalis *
Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS).
Other common names: creeping woodsorrel, yellow sorrel.
Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS.
Location: 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.
Bermuda Buttercup *
Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS).
Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS.
Location: Arroyo Sequit: entrance road, chaparral, Feb 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.
Can become invasive.
Hoary-leaved Ceanothus
Ceanothus crassifolius var. crassifolius
TJM1: Ceanothus crassifolius.
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA-LILAC, CEANOTHUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Buck Brush
Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Other common names: California lilac, wild lilac, soap bush, wedgeleaf ceanothus.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA-LILAC, CEANOTHUS.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: Peter Strauss Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
White Thorn
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Other common names: chaparral whitethorn.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA-LILAC, CEANOTHUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Bigpod Ceanothus
Ceanothus megacarpus var. megacarpus
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA-LILAC, CEANOTHUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Picture 9 caption: Summer leaf yellowingHairy-leaved Ceanothus
Ceanothus oliganthus var. oliganthus
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Other common names: hairy ceanothus.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA-LILAC, CEANOTHUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 10 caption: Both Hairy-leaved and Greenbark frequently have galls.Greenbark Ceanothus
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Other common names: redheart.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA-LILAC, CEANOTHUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Picture 9 caption: frequently has gallsCalifornia coffeeberry
Frangula californica ssp. californica
TJM1: Rhamnus californica ssp. californica.
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Other common names: coffeeberry.
Generic common name: COFFEE BERRY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Redberry
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Other common names: redberry buckthorn, spiny redberry.
Generic common name: BUCKTHORN.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Canyon Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Hollyleaf Redberry
Family: Rhamnaceae (BUCKTHORN).
Other common names: evergreen buckthorn.
Generic common name: BUCKTHORN.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 2 caption: Usually four, but sometimes five "petals" (sepals) and here six.Chamise
Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Generic common name: CHAMISE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 4 caption: A nice example of coastal "fog drip" can be seen at the base of this chamise shrubRedshank
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Generic common name: CHAMISE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Lady's Mantle
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: western lady's mantle.
Generic common name: PARSLEY PIERT.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: near Triunfo Canyon Road, grassland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Mountain Mahogany
Cercocarpus betuloides var. betuloides
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: birch-leaf mountain mahogany.
Generic common name: MOUNTAIN-MAHOGANY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 9 caption: When there are many seeds their tiny hairs can make the shrub appear to glow when illuminated from behind.Southern Mountain Misery
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: Southern bearclover.
Generic common name: MOUNTAIN MISERY.
Location: Rocky Oaks: northwest end beyond the Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, chaparral, April 2012.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Silverleaf Cotoneaster *
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: woolly cotoneaster.
Generic common name: COTONEASTER.
Location: Camarillo Grove County Park: disturbed area near picnic grounds, July 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
As an escaped cultivar it is generally given a 'Waif' status.
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.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Loquat *
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Generic common name: LOQUAT.
Location: Riparian Woodland, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Toyon
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: Christmas berry.
Generic common name: CHRISTMAS BERRY, TOYON.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Cream Bush
Holodiscus discolor var. discolor
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: ocean spray.
Generic common name: OCEANSPRAY.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Wedgeleaf Horkelia
TJM1: Horkelia cuneata ssp. cuneata.
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Generic common name: HORKELIA.
Location: Charmlee Wilderness Park: oak woodland, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
English Cinquefoil *
Other scientific names: Potentilla procumbens.
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: trailing tormentil.
Generic common name: CINQUEFOIL, FIVE FINGER.
Location: Oak Canyon Community Park: Medea Creek social trail, Riparian, July 2013.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Escaped from cultivation in moist environments. Generally considered to be a waif in CA. In T J M 1 appears only as a note in the Potentilla genus description.
Garden Burnet *
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: small burnet.
Generic common name: BURNET.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Hollyleaf Cherry
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Generic common name: PLUM.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Catalina Cherry
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: island cherry, hollyleaf cherry.
Generic common name: PLUM.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: dirt access road near salt marsh, Dec 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Narrow-leaved Firethorn *
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: slender firethorn, woolly firethorn.
Generic common name: FIRETHORN.
Location: Santa Ynez Canyon: Santa Ynez Canyon Trail, oak woodland, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
California Wild Rose
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: California rose.
Generic common name: ROSE.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Himalayan blackberry *
TJM1: Rubus discolor.
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: Himalaya-berry.
Generic common name: BLACKBERRY, RASPBERRY.
Location: Rocky Oaks: west end beyond the Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
California Blackberry
Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: pacific blackberry.
Generic common name: BLACKBERRY, RASPBERRY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Functionally femaleLaurel Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW).
Generic common name: LAUREL SUMAC.
Location: Solstice Canyon: TWR Loop Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 1 caption: Female flowersBasket Brush
TJM1: Rhus trilobata.
Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW).
Other common names: skunk bush, skunkbush sumac.
Generic common name: SUMAC.
Location: 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.
Picture 3 caption: Closely related to poison oak, but notice the lack of a distinct stem on the terminal leaflet and red berriesLemonadeberry
Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW).
Other common names: lemonade sumac.
Generic common name: SUMAC.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, sage scrub, February 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Sugar Bush
Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW).
Other common names: sugar sumac.
Generic common name: SUMAC.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Peruvian Pepper Tree *
Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW).
Generic common name: PEPPER TREE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Campground, oak woodland, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Brazilian Pepper Tree *
Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW).
Generic common name: PEPPER TREE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Campground, oak woodland, November 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Poison Oak
Family: Anacardiaceae (SUMAC, CASHEW).
Other common names: Pacific poison oak, western poison oak.
Generic common name: POISON OAK, POISON IVY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Puncture Vine *
Family: Zygophyllaceae (CALTROP).
Other common names: Caltrop.
Generic common name: PUNCTURE VINE, CALTROP.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 6 caption: Many a biker has gotten a flat from the spiny fruitsCape Chestnut *
TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.
Family: Rutaceae (RUE).
Generic common name: CALODENDRUM.
Location: Vacant lot near Malibu Lagoon, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Tree of Heaven *
Family: Simaroubaceae (QUASSIA, SIMAROUBA).
Other common names: stink tree.
Generic common name: AILANTHUS.
Location: Encinal Canyon Road: disturbed margin near chaparral, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic
The flower forms include male, female, and perfect. Further, these can occur in various combinations on individuals.
Picture 1 caption: MaleThicket Creeper *
TJM1: Parthenocissus vitacea.
Family: Vitaceae (GRAPE).
Other common names: false Virginia creeper, woodbine, Virginia creeper.
Generic common name: VIRGINIA CREEPER, WOODBIND.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, riparian woodland, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
A robust climbing vine, may be a native.
Picture 7 caption: This member of the Grape family has very poisonous berriesDesert Wild Grape
Family: Vitaceae (GRAPE).
Other common names: Southern California grape.
Generic common name: GRAPE.
Location: Photographed outside of range, May 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Cultivated Grape *
Family: Vitaceae (GRAPE).
Other common names: wine grape.
Generic common name: GRAPE.
Location: Private land near Mulholland and Kanan Roads: oak woodlandl, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
As with other species possessing a long history of cultivation it can take many forms.
Picture 5 caption: There is a very wide variety of forms of the fruit of the grape.Golden Currant
Family: Grossulariaceae (GOOSEBERRY).
Generic common name: CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Ethnobotanic Garden at the Satwiwa Cultural Center, January 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Hillside Gooseberry
A N F: Ribes californicum var. hesperium.
Family: Grossulariaceae (GOOSEBERRY).
Other common names: California gooseberry.
Generic common name: CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, oak woodland, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
White Chaparral Currant
Other scientific names: Ribes malvaceum var. indecorum.
Family: Grossulariaceae (GOOSEBERRY).
Other common names: whiteflower currant.
Generic common name: CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY.
Location: Stunt Road, chaparral, Jan 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.
Chaparral Currant
Family: Grossulariaceae (GOOSEBERRY).
Generic common name: CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, oak woodland, Jan 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.
Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry
Family: Grossulariaceae (GOOSEBERRY).
Generic common name: CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Coast Boykinia
Family: Saxifragaceae (SAXIFRAGE).
Other common names: western boykinia, coastal brookfoam.
Generic common name: BROOKFOAM.
Location: Santa Ynez Canyon: near Santa Ynez Canyon Trail, rock wall at streamside, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Round-leaf Boykinia
Family: Saxifragaceae (SAXIFRAGE).
Other common names: roundleaf brookfoam.
Generic common name: BROOKFOAM.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Waterfall Trail, riparian woodland, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Woodland Star
Family: Saxifragaceae (SAXIFRAGE).
Other common names: San Francisco woodland-star.
Generic common name: WOODLAND STAR.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Mission Woodland-star
Family: Saxifragaceae (SAXIFRAGE).
Other common names: mission star.
Generic common name: WOODLAND STAR.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, Nicholas Flat Trail, oak woodland, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
California Saxifrage
TJM1: Saxifraga californica.
Family: Saxifragaceae (SAXIFRAGE).
Other common names: Greene's saxifrage.
Generic common name: MICRANTHES.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Red Sand Verbena
Family: Nyctaginaceae (FOUR O'CLOCK).
Other common names: sticky sand verbena.
Generic common name: SAND VERBENA.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Picture 6 caption: Beach foredune stabilizationPink Sand Verbena
Abronia umbellata ssp. umbellata
Family: Nyctaginaceae (FOUR O'CLOCK).
Other common names: purple sand verbena, beach sand verbena.
Generic common name: SAND VERBENA.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Picture 8 caption: Unusual white color form.Four-O'Clock *
TJM1: Mirabilis jalapa.
Family: Nyctaginaceae (FOUR O'CLOCK).
Other common names: marvel of Peru, wishbone bush.
Generic common name: FOUR O'CLOCK.
Location: Camarillo Regional Recreation Area, disturbed roadside, Sept 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Wishbone Bush
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia
TJM1: Mirabilis californica.
Family: Nyctaginaceae (FOUR O'CLOCK).
Other common names: California four o'clock, desert wishbone-bush.
Generic common name: FOUR O'CLOCK.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 6 caption: 'Wishbone'' branching habitPurslane *
Family: Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: common purslane, little hogweed.
Generic common name: PURSLANE.
Location: Potrero Road shoulder: June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Canary Islands Aeonium *
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: tree aenium.
Generic common name: AEONIUM.
Location: Point Dume State Preserve: Overlook Platform Trail, coastal bluff scrub, March 2013.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.
Picture 8 caption: Aerial roots (adventitious roots but non-propping)Pigmy Weed
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: sand pygmyweed.
Generic common name: PYGMYWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Blochman's Live-forever
Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. blochmaniae
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Blochman's Dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Ocean View Trail, sage scrub, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1.
Live-forever
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: sealettuce, coast dudleya, sand lettuce.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: coastal strand, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Also Dudleya cespitosa.
Agoura Hills Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: canyon liveforever, Santa Monica Mountains dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Picture 5 caption: Seeds are tinyCanyon Dudleya
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: canyon liveforever.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: north-facing, steep rocky slope, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Marcescent Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Santa Monica Mountains dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Santa Monica Mountains Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. ovatifolia
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Steep rock face, riparian, June 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Lance-leaf Live-forever
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: southern California dudleya, lance-leaved dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Many-stemmed Dudleya
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Grown in a pot because natural specimens inaccessible, flowered April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Palmer's Dudleya
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Palmer's liveforever.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Malibu Canyon Road: steep roadcut, chaparral, June 2001.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
May not be distinct from D. lanceolata.
Conejo Dudleya
TJM1: Dudleya abramsii ssp. parva.
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Chalk Live-forever
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: chalk dudleya, California chalk lettuce.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 8 caption: Seeds are tinyVerity's Dudleya
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Verity's liveforever.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.
Location: Far west end of range: coastal sage scrub, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Broadleaf Stonecrop
Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: broadleaf sedum, Colorado stonecrop, spoon-leaved stonecrop.
Generic common name: STONECROP.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: steep rocky slopes above creek near Century Lake, chaparral, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
I've not managed to catch this in flower yet (just missed it again in 2012).
Picture 5 caption: These flowers had finished perhaps only a few days before I got to themEastwood Manzanita
Family: Ericaceae (HEATH).
Generic common name: MANZANITA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Bigberry Manzanita
Family: Ericaceae (HEATH).
Generic common name: MANZANITA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, Jan 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.
Summer Holly
Comarostaphylis diversifolia ssp. planifolia
Family: Ericaceae (HEATH).
Other common names: flat leaf summer holly.
Generic common name: SUMMER HOLLY.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail above Tapia, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Mission Manzanita
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.
Picture 1 caption: The leaves and flowers were covered with a heavy dew. They do not usually look wet.California Laurel
Family: Lauraceae (LAUREL).
Other common names: California bay, bay tree, Oregon myrtle.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA BAY, CALIFORNIA LAUREL, PEPPERWOOD.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Nevin's Barberry
Family: Berberidaceae (BARBERRY).
Generic common name: OREGON-GRAPE, BARBERRY.
Location: Thousand Oaks Landscaping, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1.
California Barberry
Other scientific names: Mahonia pinnata.
Family: Berberidaceae (BARBERRY).
Other common names: Oregon-grape, mahonia.
Generic common name: OREGON-GRAPE, BARBERRY.
Location: Newton Canyon, chaparral, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Long-leaved Ammania
Family: Lythraceae (LOOSESTRIFE).
Other common names: purple ammannia, red ammannia, valley redstem, tooth-cup.
Generic common name: REDSTEM.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond edge, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
California Loosestrife
Family: Lythraceae (LOOSESTRIFE).
Other common names: common loosestrife, hierba del cancer.
Generic common name: LOOSESTRIFE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Hyssop Loosestrife *
TJM1: Lythrum hyssopifolium.
Family: Lythraceae (LOOSESTRIFE).
Generic common name: LOOSESTRIFE.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, riparian woodland, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Lowland Rotala
Family: Lythraceae (LOOSESTRIFE).
Generic common name: THOOTHCUP.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Prickly Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: chicalote, flatbud pricklypoppy.
Generic common name: PRICKLY POPPY.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Tree Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: bush poppy.
Generic common name: TREE POPPY.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Bleeding Heart
TJM1: Dicentra ochroleuca.
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: yellow bleeding heart, ear-drops.
Generic common name: GOLDEN EARDROPS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Collarless California Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: tufted poppy, foothill poppy, tufted eschscholzia.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA POPPY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 5 caption: No "collar"California Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA POPPY.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 4 caption: The collar can be smallSmall-flowered Meconella
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: smallflower fairypoppy.
Generic common name: FAIRYPOPPY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Fire Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: western poppy.
Generic common name: POPPY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Wind Poppy
TJM1: Stylomecon heterophylla.
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Generic common name: POPPY.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: grassland, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Corn Poppy *
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: field poppy, Flanders poppy.
Generic common name: POPPY.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: weedy oak woodland near Crags Road, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
This occurrence likely the result of hikers spreading seeds from commercial flower packets. There were other non-native cultivars in the area including other species of poppies.
Cream Cups
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Generic common name: CREAMCUPS.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, April 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Matilija Poppy
Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: Coulter's matilija poppy.
Generic common name: MATILIJA POPPY.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: near Cistern Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
San Fernando Valley Spineflower
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER.
Location: Ahmanson Ranch: burned valley grassland, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1.
Turkish Rugging
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Devil's Thorn *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: spiny threecornerjack.
Generic common name: THREECORNERJACK.
Location: Zuma Beach County Park: developed beach facilities, January 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.
Anglestem Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, burned valley grassland, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Ashy Leaf Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: coastal buckwheat, grey coast eriogonum.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Deer Creek Road shoulder: sage scrub, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Santa Ynez Wild Buckwheat
Eriogonum cithariforme var. agninum
TJM1: Eriogonum cithariforme.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: cithara wild buckwheat.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Tapia Spur Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Conejo Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Wand Buckwheat
Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: long-stem wild buckwheat.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, sage scrub, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Picture 5 caption: Leaves may be gone by flowering timeCalifornia Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. foliolosum
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: Eastern Mojave buckwheat, coastal California buckwheat, leafy California buckwheat.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Sometimes intermediate between other varieties.
Santa Catalina Island Buckwheat
Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: Santa Catalina Island's St. Catherine's Lace.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: trailside near tidal salt marsh, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Naturalized in Santa Monica Mountains (introduced California native).
Slender Buckwheat
Eriogonum gracile var. gracile
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: slender woolly wild buckwheat.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: near the Pentachaeta Trail, chaparral, August 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Sea-cliff Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: dune eriogonum.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, July 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Wright's Buckwheat
Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: ringed-stem bastard-sage.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, exposed rocky slopes, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Fall.
Leather Spineflower
F N A: Chorizanthe coriacea.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: spine-flower.
Generic common name: LASTARRIAEA.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: sandy slopes on the ocean side of the peninsula, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
California Chorizanthe
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: California spineflower.
Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: sandy slopes on the ocean side of the peninsula, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Water Smartweed
TJM1: Polygonum amphibium var. emersum.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: swamp knotweed, longroot smartweed.
Generic common name: SMARTWEED.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond aquatic, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Willow Weed
TJM1: Polygonum lapathifolium.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: curlytop knotweed, willow smartweed.
Generic common name: SMARTWEED.
Location: Malibu Creek streamside: riparian woodland, near Rindge dam, Oct 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Lady's Thumb *
TJM1: Polygonum persicaria.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: spotted ladysthumb.
Generic common name: SMARTWEED.
Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, July 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Dotted Smartweed
TJM1: Polygonum punctatum.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: SMARTWEED.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Persian Knotweed *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: silversheath knotweed.
Generic common name: KNOTWEED, SMARTWEED.
Location: Disturbed site near Camp Miller: coastal sage scrub, August 2013.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 1 caption: Flowers do openCommon Knotweed *
Polygonum aviculare ssp. depressum
TJM1: Polygonum arenastrum.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: doorweed, oval-leaf knotweed, dooryard knotweed.
Generic common name: KNOTWEED, SMARTWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, disturbed shoulder margin and pavement cracks, March 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Thread Stem
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: pterostegia, fairy mist, woodland pterostegia, granny's hair-net, woodland threadstem.
Generic common name: PTEROSTEGIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Sheep Sorrel *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: field sorrel.
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Topanga State Park, Trippet Ranch: Eagle Springs Road, disturbed grassland, April 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: MaleCalifornia Willow Dock
TJM1: Rumex salicifolius var. denticulatus.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: toothed willow dock, smooth valved willow dock.
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Arroyo Sequit: low spot near entrance road, grassland, July 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
The tubercle is often inconspicuous and may be referred to a raised/swollen midvein.
Sharp Dock *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: clustered dock, green dock.
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Curly Dock *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: curly leaved dock.
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Trail, valley grassland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Kerner's Dock *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Bitter Dock *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: broadleaf dock.
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Agora Road: wet area in the road margin, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Yellow Dock
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Day Canyon: drying bottom and margin of an ephemeral pool, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Fiddle Dock
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Willow Dock
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: willow-leaved dock.
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, June 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Narrowleaf Dock *
Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: DOCK.
Location: Calleguas Creek: sandbar near CSUCI, Aug 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Yerba Mansa
Family: Saururaceae (LIZARD-TAIL).
Generic common name: YERBA MANSA.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Large, Solitary, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
California Peony
Family: Paeoniaceae (PEONY).
Generic common name: PEONY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Big-Leaf Maple
Family: Sapindaceae (SOAPBERRY), Aceraceae (MAPLE).
Other common names: bigtooth maple, canyon maple.
Generic common name: MAPLE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland near Bulldog Road, March 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Box Elder
Family: Sapindaceae (SOAPBERRY), Aceraceae (MAPLE).
Other common names: California box elder.
Generic common name: MAPLE.
Location: Piuma Road: Riparian woodland, April 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: FemaleYellow Waterlily *
Family: Nymphaeaceae (WATERLILY).
Other common names: banana waterlily, Mexican water lily.
Generic common name: WATERLILY, WATER NYMPH.
Location: 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.
Blue Passion Flower *
Family: Passifloraceae (PASSION FLOWER).
Other common names: blue passion vine, bluecrown passionflower.
Generic common name: PASSION FLOWER.
Location: Griffith Park: disturbed coastal sage scrub, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Blue, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 5 caption: Growing on laurel sumacBlow-wives
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: BLOW-WIVES.
Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, chaparral, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Actually belongs in the Asteraceae (radiate) group.
Thoroughwort *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: eupatory, sticky snakeroot, croften weed.
Generic common name: SNAKEROOT.
Location: Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Coast Weed
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: dwarf coastweed.
Generic common name: AMBLYOPAPPUS.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Annual Bur-sage
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: sand-bur, flatspine burr ragweed, annual burweed, annual turweed.
Generic common name: RAGWEED, BUR-SAGE.
Location: Stunt Road: disturbed shoulder, October 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Picture 3 caption: Phyllaries black-linedSilver Beach-bur
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: silver beachweed, silver bur ragweed, beach bur.
Generic common name: RAGWEED, BUR-SAGE.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Male and female blossoms.
Picture 1 caption: Male flowersPerennial Burweed
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: weak leaved burweed, weakleaf bur ragweed.
Generic common name: RAGWEED, BUR-SAGE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Western Ragweed
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Cuman ragweed.
Generic common name: RAGWEED, BUR-SAGE.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Satwiwa Loop Trail, valley grassland, August 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Woolly Fishhooks
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: false neststraw, hooked groundstar.
Generic common name: NESTSTRAW, GROUNDSTAR, WOOLLY FISHHOOKS.
Location: Open Space near Ladyface Mountain: open patch in grassy meadow, April 2011.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Biennial Sagewort *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: biennial wormwood.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
California Sagebrush
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: coastal sage brush.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Picture 8 caption: There are over a dozen small seedlings in this photo. Most will not survive to the next year.California Mugwort
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Douglas' sagewort, mugwort.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, August 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Wild Tarragon
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: tarragon, herbaceous sagewort, pinon wormwood.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Mojave Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata ssp. parishii
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Parish's sagebrush, big sagebrush.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.
Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve: coastal sage scrub, Oct 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Fall.
Salt Marsh Baccharis
TJM1: Baccharis douglasii.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Douglas' baccharis, marsh baccharis.
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.
Location: Wildwood Park: Wildwood Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, August 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Malibu Baccharis
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.
Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: chaparral, August 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1.
Coyote Brush
Baccharis pilularis ssp. consanguinea
TJM1: Baccharis pilularis.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: dwarf chaparral broom, chaparral broom.
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, September 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Plummer's Baccharis
Baccharis plummerae ssp. plummerae
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, October 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 4.3.
Mule Fat
Baccharis salicifolia spp. salicifolia
TJM1: Baccharis salicifolia.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Male and female blossoms.
Hybrid Desertbroom
Baccharis sarothroides × pilularis
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Broom Baccharis.
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.
Location: Los Angeles County Open Space: Canyonback Fire Road, chaparral, Sept 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
This hybrid of two native species is likely an escaped cultivar with a form intermediate between its parents.
Stick-tight
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: devil's beggartick.
Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK.
Location: Lake Sherwood: shore margin: Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Beggar-ticks *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: hairy beggarticks, common beggar-ticks, Spanish-needles.
Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK.
Location: Solstice Canyon: TWR Loop Trail, oak woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
Picture 3 caption: Infrequently ray flowers may be visibleCalifornia Brickellbush
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: brickellbush.
Generic common name: BRICKELLBUSH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Nevin's Brickellbush
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Nevin's brickellia.
Generic common name: BRICKELLBUSH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Italian Thistle *
Carduus pycnocephalus ssp. pycnocephalus
TJM1: Carduus pycnocephalus.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Italian plumeless thistle.
Generic common name: PLUMELESS THISTLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Woolly Distaff Thistle *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: DISTAFF THISTLE.
Location: UCLA Stunt Ranch, disturbed grassland, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.
Blessed Thistle *
TJM1: Cnicus benedictus.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Purple Star-thistle *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: red star-thistle.
Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE.
Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: disturbed grassland, June 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.
Tocalote *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellow star thistle, Maltese star-thistle.
Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, May 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Yellow Star Thistle *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Barnaby's thistle.
Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE.
Location: Westlake Blvd. disturbed road margin: chaparral, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic.
White Pincushion
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: artemisia leaved chaenactis, sagebrush-leaved pincushion, white chaenactis.
Generic common name: PINCUSHION, DUSTY-MAIDENS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 4 caption: The spring after a fireYellow Pincushion
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellow chaenactis, common yellow chaenactis.
Generic common name: PINCUSHION, DUSTY-MAIDENS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
May be more than one variety in range.
Picture 7 caption: Notice that the peripheral flower buds look different than the central flower buds in this "Radiant" flowerClustered Thistle
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Indian thistle.
Generic common name: THISTLE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
California Thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. californicum
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Coulter's thistle, cobweb thistle, Bigelow thistle.
Generic common name: THISTLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Members of this group tend to coexist and intergrade..
Picture 4 caption: Some so pale as to be essentially whiteCobweb Thistle
Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: western thistle.
Generic common name: THISTLE.
Location: Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak Road and Trippet Ranch: chaparral, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Bull Thistle *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: THISTLE.
Location: Solstice Canyon: TRW Loop Trail, oak woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Australian Brassbutton *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Australian waterbuttons, Australian Cotula.
Generic common name: WATERBUTTONS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Brass Buttons *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common brassbuttons.
Generic common name: WATERBUTTONS.
Location: Zuma Beach County Park: disturbed stream margin, Nov 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Cardoon *
Cynara cardunculus ssp. cardunculus
TJM1: Cynara cardunculus.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: artichoke thistle, artichoke.
Generic common name: CYNARA.
Location: Arroyo Sequit: Arroyo Sequit Loop Trail, valley grassland, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
German Ivy *
TJM1: Senecio mikanioides.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: CAPE IVY, GERMAN IVY.
Location: Topanga State Park: Los Liones Trail, chaparral, Nov 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Golden-Fleece
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Conejo Peak access road, disturbed chaparral, Oct 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Mojave Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis
TJM1: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. mohavensis.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: rubber rabbitbrush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: October 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
A California native but probably not native to the Santa Monica Mountains.
Parish's Goldenbush
Ericameria parishii var. parishii
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Parish goldenweed.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Little Horseweed *
TJM1: Conyza bonariensis.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: asthmaweed, flax leaved fleabane.
Generic common name: FLEABANE DAISY, FLEABANE.
Location: Will Rogers State Historic Park: disturbed urban, Oct 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Western Goldenrod
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: western goldentop, western flat topped goldenrod.
Generic common name: GRASS-LEAVED GOLDENRODS, GOLDENTOP.
Location: Arroyo Sequit: Arroyo Sequit Loop Trail, valley grassland, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Lowland Cudweed
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: western marsh cudweed.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond edge, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Sawtooth Goldenbush
Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides
Other scientific names: Haplopappus squarrosus.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: gum plant goldenbush, sawtooth bristleweed.
Generic common name: BRISTLEWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Picture 6 caption: Isocoma menziesii (left), Hazardia squarrosa (right)Menzies' Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii var. menziesii
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: pacific jimmyweed, white flowered goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Prostrate Coast Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii var. sedoides
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Menzies' goldenbush, white flowered dune goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Coast Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Menzies' goldenbush, green leaved dune goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: 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.
Picture 8 caption: Isocoma menziesii (left), Hazardia squarrosa (right)Poverty Weed
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: WORMWOOD, MARSH ELDER.
Location: Diamond X Ranch: Entrance Road, disturbed grassland, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
San Diego Marsh-elder
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: San Diego povertyweed, Hayes's iva, southern poverty weed.
Generic common name: WORMWOOD, MARSH ELDER.
Location: Arroyo Conejo Open Space: Riparian Woodland, Nov 2013.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Found late in the season after flowering: Flower not photographed yet, compare Iva axillaris.
Picture 1 caption: Flowers dried, seeds visibleCoulter's Horseweed
TJM1: Conyza coulteri.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Coulter's conyza.
Generic common name: HORSEWEED.
Location: Disturbed road margin, Oct 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Also Laënnecia.
Scale Broom
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: broomsage, California broomshrub.
Generic common name: SCALE-BROOM, BROOMSAGE.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Zuma Canyon Trail, coastal sage scrub, November 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
California Filago
TJM1: Filago californica.
F N A: Logfia californica.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California herba impia, California cottonrose, filago.
Generic common name: HERBA IMPIA, COTTONROSE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Narrowleaf Cottonrose *
TJM1: Filago gallica.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Mediterranean herba impia, filago.
Generic common name: HERBA IMPIA, COTTONROSE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, sage scrub, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Pineapple Weed *
TJM1: Chamomilla suaveolens.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: rayless chamomile, chamomile.
Generic common name: CHAMOMILE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Campgrounds, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Slender Cotton Weed
Micropus californicus var. californicus
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: micropus, cottontop.
Generic common name: COTTONSEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Salt Marsh Fleabane
TJM1: Pluchea odorata.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: marsh-fleabane, sweetscent, shrubby camphorweed.
Generic common name: CAMPHORWEED.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Two-tone Everlasting
TJM1: Gnaphalium bicolor.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: bicolored everlasting, Bioletti's cudweed.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
California Everlasting
TJM1: Gnaphalium californicum.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California cudweed, green everlasting, California rabbit-tobacco.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Sonora Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium leucocephalum
TJM1: Gnaphalium leucocephalum.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: white rabbit-tobacco.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: Sandbar near the creek's banks, Oct 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Fall.
Weedy Cudweed *
TJM1: Gnaphalium luteo-album.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: everlasting cudweed, fragrant everlasting, red-tip rabbit-tobacco.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: 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.
Felt-leaf Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium microcephalum
TJM1: Gnaphalium canescens ssp. microcephalum.
TJM2: Pseudognaphalium microcephalum.
Other scientific names: Gnaphalium microcephalum.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: white everlasting.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: Arroyo Sequit: Arroyo Sequit Loop Trail, valley grassland, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Pink Everlasting
TJM1: Gnaphalium ramosissimum.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: pink cudweed.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: Ventura County coastal strand, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Biennial.
Cotton-batting Plant
TJM1: Gnaphalium stramineum.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Chilean cudweed, small flowered cudweed, everlasting cudweed.
Generic common name: CUDWEED, EVERLASTING.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: coastal sage scrub, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Slender Woollyheads
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: slender woolly marbles.
Generic common name: WOOLLY-HEADS, WOOLLY MARBLES.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Russian Knapweed *
TJM1: Acroptilon repens.
TJM2: Acroptilon repens.
F N A: Acroptilon repens.
A N F: Acroptilon repens.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: hardheads.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Near Equestrian parking lot, disturbed grassland, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Cotton Fireweed *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Other scientific names: Erechtites quadridentata.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cotton burnweed.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.
Location: Topanga State Park: East Topanga Fire Road, chaparral, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Common Groundsel *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: old-man-in-the-Spring.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.
Location: 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.
Milk-thistle *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: blessed milkthistle.
Generic common name: MILK-THISTLE.
Location: Solstice Canyon: TRW Loop Trail, oak woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic, has NOXIOUS WEED status in some states.
Southern Goldenrod
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: GOLDENROD.
Location: Malibu Creek: riparian woodland, near the Rindge dam, Oct 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
California Goldenrod
Solidago velutina ssp. californica
TJM1: Solidago californica.
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: GOLDENROD.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, Nicholas Flat Trail, oak woodland, November 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Common Soliva *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: field burrweed, lawn burrweed, South American soliva.
Generic common name: BURRWEED.
Location: Private land near Rocky Oaks: trail margin in oak woodland, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Everlasting Nest-straw
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: mountain neststraw, everlasting stylocline.
Generic common name: NEST STRAW.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Triunfo section Backbone Trail, sage scrub, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Hairy Horsebrush
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cotton-thorn.
Generic common name: COTTON-THORN, HORSEBRUSH.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Spiny Cocklebur *
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Spiny clotbur, Cocklebur.
Generic common name: COCKLEBUR.
Location: Camarillo agricultural fields: waste areas throughout, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.
Cocklebur
Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Rough cockleburr.
Generic common name: COCKLEBUR.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, Sept 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Perezia
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: sacapellote, California desert-peony.
Generic common name: DESERTPEONY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Mountain Dandelion
Agoseris grandiflora var. grandiflora
TJM1: Agoseris grandiflora.
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: bigflower agoseris, California dandelion, large flowered agoseris, giant mountain dandelion.
Generic common name: AGOSERIS.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Annual Mountain Dandelion
Agoseris heterophylla var. heterophylla
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: annual agoseris.
Generic common name: AGOSERIS.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Rush Skeleton Weed *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: hogbite.
Generic common name: CHONDRILLA.
Location: Palo Comado Canyon: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, oak savanna, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Chicory *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: CHICORY.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, valley grassland, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Smooth Hawk's Beard *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: HAWKSBEARD.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Hedypnois *
TJM1: Hedypnois cretica.
TJM2: Hedypnois cretica.
F N A: Hedypnois cretica.
A N F: Hedypnois cretica.
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cretanweed, Crete weed.
Generic common name: HEDYPNOIS.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Bristly Ox-tongue *
TJM1: Picris echioides.
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: OX-TONGUE.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, disturbed grassland, June 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Hawkweed
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: southern hawkweed.
Generic common name: HAWKWEED.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: sage scrub, July 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Annual Cat's Ear *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: smooth cat's ear.
Generic common name: CAT'S-EAR.
Location: 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.
Picture 5 caption: Dimorphic fruits.Perennial Cat's Ear *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: hairy cat's ear, rough cat's ear, common cat's-ear.
Generic common name: CAT'S-EAR.
Location: 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.
Picture 8 caption: Left: Hypochaeris glabra, right: Hypochaeris radicataPrickly Lettuce *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: prickly wild lettuce.
Generic common name: LETTUCE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 5 caption: There is a huge variation in spininess and leaf shapeAnnual Malacothrix
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Cleveland's desert-dandelion.
Generic common name: DESERTDANDELION.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Cistern Trail, chaparral, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Cliff Aster
Malacothrix saxatilis var. tenuifolia
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cliff desertdandelion.
Generic common name: DESERTDANDELION.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Contact station, sage scrub, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 7 caption: Leave often completely dried up at flowering timeSmall-flowered Microseris
Microseris douglasii ssp. tenella
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Douglas' silverpuffs, Microseris.
Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
California Chicory
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California plumeseed.
Generic common name: PLUMESEED.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, oak woodland, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Prickly Sow Thistle *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: SOW-THISTLE.
Location: 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.
Sow Thistle *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common sowthistle.
Generic common name: SOW-THISTLE.
Location: 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.
Brown Microseris
A N F: Microseris × heterocarpa.
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Stebbinsoseris, Stebbins' microseris, grassland silverpuffs.
Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
For the origin of the name Microseris × lindleyi see the discussion in A N F.
Tejon Milk-aster
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: chicory leaved stephanomeria, chicoryleaf wirelettuce, Fort Tejon milk aster.
Generic common name: WIRELETTUCE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, sage scrub, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
San Diego Milk-aster
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: wreathplant, San Diego wirelettuce.
Generic common name: WIRELETTUCE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
Picture 5 caption: Some keys would exclude this plant based on flower count but fruit characteristics it put hereWhiteplume Wirelettuce
Stephanomeria exigua ssp. coronaria
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: small-crown wirelettuce.
Generic common name: WIRELETTUCE.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Near Equestrian parking lot, disturbed grassland, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
Twiggy Wreath Plant
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: virgate stephanomeria, tall stephanomeria, rod wirelettuce.
Generic common name: WIRELETTUCE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Flagpole Overlook, sage scrub, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
Dandelion *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common dandelion.
Generic common name: DANDELION.
Location: 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.
Picture 5 caption: There are huge leaf variations even within a single populationOyster Plant *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: salsify.
Generic common name: GOAT'S BEARD.
Location: Tapia Park: disturbed grassland, April 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Silver Puffs
A N F: Microseris × lindleyi.
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: uropappus.
Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
For the origin of the name Microseris × lindleyi see the discussion in A N F at Microseris × heterocarpa.
Prickly Goldenfleece *
Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: bristly tail seed.
Generic common name: GOLDENFLEECE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, June 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Yarrow
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common yarrow.
Generic common name: YARROW, MILFOIL.
Location: Triunfo Creek Park: sage scrub, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Mayweed *
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: stinkweed, dog-fennel, stinking chamomile.
Generic common name: DOG-FENNEL, CHAMOMILE.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Satwiwa Loop Trail, valley grassland, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
San Diego Viguiera
TJM1: Viguiera laciniata.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: torhleaf goldeneye.
Generic common name: GOLDENEYE.
Location: 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, and this likely a horticultural form.
Many-Flowered Desert-Marigold *
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: DESERT-MARIGOLD.
Location: Old Topanga Road: disturbed shoulder margin, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.
Bur-Marigold
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: smooth beggartick.
Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK.
Location: Banks of Calleguas Creek near CSUCI, Oct 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Bachelor's Button *
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: garden cornflower.
Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Cistern Trail, chaparral, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Cultivar probably deliberately distributed by hikers. This flower structure is actually radiant, rather than radiate.
Picture 5 caption: Typically found with other unlikely flowers that look suspiciously like the contents of a mixed seed packetSouthern Tarplant
Other scientific names: Hemizonia australis.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: pappose tarweed, Parry's tarplant, Parry's false tarplant, Parry's tarweed, Parry's spikeweed.
Generic common name: SPIKEWEED, CENTROMADIA, FALSE TARPLANT.
Location: Saline vernal pool Northeast of the Bard Reservoir, Nov 2013.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1.
Picture 1 caption: A sad looking flower; so far seen locally only late in the seasonCommon Spikeweed
Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens
TJM1: Hemizonia pungens.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common tarweed.
Generic common name: SPIKEWEED, CENTROMADIA, FALSE TARPLANT.
Location: 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.
Woolly Aster
TJM1: Lessingia filaginifolia.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cudweed aster, common California aster, California aster, common sandaster, cud-aster.
Generic common name: LESSINGIA, CALIFORNIA-ASTER, SAND-ASTER.
Location: 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 recently simplified through consolidation.
Garden Cosmos
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: COSMOS.
Location: May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Slender Tarweed
TJM1: Hemizonia fasciculata.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: clustered tarweed, common tarweed.
Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Santa Susana Tarweed
TJM1: Hemizonia minthornii.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Santa Susana tarplant.
Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED.
Location: Backbone Trail just East of Corral Trailhead: sage scrub, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Trailing African Daisy *
Other scientific names: Osteospermum fruticosum, Osteospermum ecklonis.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: osteospermum.
Generic common name: DAISYBUSH, AFRICAN DAISY.
Location: Thousand Oaks: road margin near Wildwood Park, March 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
In T J M 1 the genus Osteospermum, had only O. ecklonis listed.
Picture 7 caption: You can also find plants with the upright habit of Dimorphotheca ecklonisCape-Marigold *
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Namaqualand daisy.
Generic common name: DAISYBUSH, AFRICAN DAISY.
Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 8 caption: "Dimorphic" fruitFalse Daisy
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: ECLIPTA.
Location: Lake Sherwood: shore margin: Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Bush Sunflower
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California encelia, California brittlebush.
Generic common name: BRITTLEBUSH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Brittlebush
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: incienso, goldenhills, desert brittlebush.
Generic common name: BRITTLEBUSH.
Location: Oakbrook Community Park: sage scrub, Aug 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Mock Heather
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California goldenbush, heather goldenweed.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Point Dume State Preserve: coastal flat, Oct 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Slender-leaved Goldenbush
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: linear leaved goldenbush, narrowleaf goldenbush, interior goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Cornell Road: coastal sage scrub, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Palmer's Goldenbush
Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Palmer's rabbitbrush, broad scaled Palmer's goldenbush, thick-bracted goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Albertson Motorway, coastal sage scrub, November 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Pine-Bush
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: pine goldenweed.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.
Location: Happy Camp: Happy Camp Road, dry sandy wash: Oct 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Horseweed
TJM1: Conyza canadensis.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Canadian horseweed.
Generic common name: FLEABANE DAISY, FLEABANE.
Location: Paramount Ranch: entrance road shoulder, grassland, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Fleabane Aster
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: leafy fleabane, thread stemmed fleabane.
Generic common name: FLEABANE DAISY, FLEABANE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Mott Road, disturbed grassland, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Golden Yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellow yarrow.
Generic common name: WOOLY SUNFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Many-stem Woolly Sunflower
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: branched woolly sunflower, Many stemmed Eriophyllum.
Generic common name: WOOLY SUNFLOWER.
Location: La Purisma Mission: sandy soils in coastal sage scrub.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Gazania *
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: treasureflower.
Generic common name: GAZANIA, TREASURE-FLOWER.
Location: 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.
Garland Chrysanthemum *
TJM1: Chrysanthemum coronarium.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: crown daisy, garland daisy.
Generic common name: DAISY.
Location: 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.
Gum Plant
F N A: Grindelia hirsutula.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Great Valley gumweed, common gumplant.
Generic common name: GUMPLANT, GUMWEED.
Location: Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak Road and Trippet Ranch: valley grassland, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
California Matchweed
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: San Joaquin snakeweed.
Generic common name: SNAKEWEED, MATCHWEED.
Location: Chatsworth Nature Preserve, Jan 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Sneezeweed
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: rosilla.
Generic common name: SNEEZEWEED.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Canyon Trail, riparian, Aug 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Common Sunflower
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: sunflower.
Generic common name: SUNFLOWER.
Location: Kanan Dume Road shoulder: chaparral, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 5 caption: The very large heads can occur on plants from horticultural seedsSlender Sunflower
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: SUNFLOWER.
Location: Decker Road shoulder: chaparral, Sept 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Hayfield Tarweed
Hemizonia congesta ssp. luzulifolia
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Erect Evax
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: erect dwarf-cudweed, few flowered evax.
Generic common name: DWARF-CUDWEED, EVAX.
Location: Western Plateau Open Space: Hawk Canyon Trail, Grassland, March 2013.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Although there are questions in the ID of this plant it appears to be H. sparsiflora var. sparsiflora.
Telegraph Weed
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: silk-grass goldenaster.
Generic common name: GOLDENASTER, TELEGRAPH WEED, FALSE GOLDENASTER.
Location: 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.
Hairy Golden-aster
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: sessileflower false goldenaster, false goldenaster, golden aster, telegraph weed.
Generic common name: GOLDENASTER, TELEGRAPH WEED, FALSE GOLDENASTER.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, burned annual grassland, August 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Probably more than one subspecies present in range.
Marsh Jaumea
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: fleshy jaumea.
Generic common name: JAUMEA.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Hareleaf
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: branched lagophylla, common hareleaf.
Generic common name: HARELEAF.
Location: Westlake Open Space: sage scrub, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Southern Goldfields
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: crowned goldfields, royal goldfields.
Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Picture 8 caption: glandular hairsCoulter's Goldfields
Lasthenia glabrata ssp. coulteri
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellowray goldfields.
Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS.
Location: Ormond Beach: coastal saline flat, March 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Common Goldfields
TJM1: Lasthenia californica.
TJM2: Lasthenia gracilis.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California goldfields, coast goldfields, valley goldfields.
Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Plants that ID to both L. gracilis and L. californica can be found in some populations.
Picture 8 caption: non-glandular hairsTidy Tips
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: coastal tidytips, common tidy tips.
Generic common name: TIDYTIPS.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, grassland, April 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Annual Coreopsis
TJM1: Coreopsis bigelovii.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Bigelow's tickseed, Bigelow's coreopsis.
Generic common name: TICKSEED.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: Pentachaeta Trail, chaparral, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
California Coreopsis
TJM1: Coreopsis californica.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California tickseed.
Generic common name: TICKSEED.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Lost Cabin Trail, open chaparral, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Giant Coreopsis
TJM1: Coreopsis gigantea.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: TICKSEED.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 5 caption: Can be very dense in the coastal fog zoneValley Lessingia
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: valley vinegarweed, glandular lessingia.
Generic common name: LESSINGIA, VINEGARWEED.
Location: Rancho Simi Open Space: Sandy exposed floodplain of Arroyo Simi, June 2013.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Common Madia
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: TARWEED.
Location: West Lake Road shoulder: June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Pygmy Madia
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: small tarweed, threadstem madia, meager tarweed, little tarweed, threadstem tarweed.
Generic common name: TARWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, sage scrub, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Sticky Madia
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: slender tarweed, Gumweed, grassy tarweed.
Generic common name: TARWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Coast Tarweed
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Chile tarweed.
Generic common name: TARWEED.
Location: 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.
Monolopia
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common monolopia.
Generic common name: MONOLOPIA.
Location: Paramount Ranch: Cornell Road shoulder, April 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Brewer's Ragwort
TJM1: Senecio breweri.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: RAGWORT.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: oak woodland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Lyon's Pentachaeta
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Lyon's pygmydaisy.
Generic common name: PYGMYDAISY.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1.
Rock Daisy
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Emory's rockdaisy.
Generic common name: ROCKDAISY.
Location: 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.
Petite-licorice *
Other scientific names: Helichrysum serpyllifolium, Helichrysum orbiculare.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: licorice plant.
Generic common name: LICORICE.
Location: La Piedra State Beach: coastal strand, June 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Escaped cultivar. Has the potential to become invasive.
Picture 3 caption: Flower budsCalifornia Groundsel
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: chaparral ragwort, rayless ragwort.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 2B.2.
California Ragwort
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California groundsel, California butterweed.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: coastal sage scrub, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Bush Senecio
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Douglas' groundsel, shrubby butterweed, Douglas' ragwort, Douglas' threadleaf ragwort.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, sage scrub, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Lance-Leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium
TJM1: Aster lanceolatus ssp. hesperius.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: white-panicled aster.
Generic common name: ASTER.
Location: Paramount Ranch: Medea Creek Trail, riparian woodland, Oct 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Slim Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum
TJM1: Aster subulatus var. ligulatus.
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: annual water aster, southwestern annual saltmarsh aster.
Generic common name: ASTER.
Location: 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.
Feverfew *
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: TANSY.
Location: 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.
Canyon Sunflower
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: CANYON SUNFLOWER, VENEGASIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Golden Crownbeard *
Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cowpen daisy.
Generic common name: CROWN-BEARD.
Location: Ventura County disturbed areas and road margins, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
The ssp. listed in TJM2 does not seem to be a good fit to our plants. See the comment in the A N F description.
Cane Cholla
TJM1: Opuntia parryi.
TJM2: Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri.
F N A: Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri.
A N F: Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri.
Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: brownspined pricklypear, snake cholla, California cholla, Valley Cholla.
Generic common name: CHOLLA.
Location: Griffith Park, June 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Coast Cholla
TJM1: Opuntia prolifera.
Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: cholla.
Generic common name: CHOLLA.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Beavertail Cactus
Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris
Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: beaver-tail pricklypear.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.
Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Mission Prickly-pear *
Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: Indian-fig, Barbary fig, tuna cactus, mission cactus.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Coastal Prickly Pear
Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: western prickly pear.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal sage scrub, July 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Flower is predominantly yellowPrickly Pear
Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: chaparral pricklypear.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.
Location: Potrero Road shoulder: coastal sage scrub, June 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 3 caption: Style darkerBrown-Spined Prickly-Pear
Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.
Location: Wildwood Park: open coastal sage scrub/grassland, July 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Baby Sun-rose *
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Other common names: ice plant.
Generic common name: APTENIA.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: disturbed area near landscaping, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Heartleaf Iceplant *
Aptenia cordifolia × A. haeckeliana
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Other common names: baby sun-rose, red apple, Platythyra, dew plant.
Generic common name: APTENIA.
Location: Urban landscaping in Thousand Oaks.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Sea Fig *
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Generic common name: FIG-MARIGOLD, CARPOBROTUS.
Location: Coastal strand, April 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Carpobrotus chilensis hybridizes with C. edulis and the plants shown here likely contains at least some C. edulis.
Picture 6 caption: Plants from one small population vary from pretty good C. chilensis on the left to essentially C. edulis on the right. Notice the difference in the flower sizes. The frequently encountered 'large' magenta-flowered plants are more typical of hybrids closer to C. edulis.Hottentot Fig *
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Other common names: sea fig, iceplant.
Generic common name: FIG-MARIGOLD, CARPOBROTUS.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Picture 3 caption: A common dark form, likely the result of hybridization with C. chilenseCoastal Galenia *
TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Generic common name: GALENIA.
Location: Topanga State Park: Eagle Springs Fire Road, chaparral, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Coppery Mesemb *
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Other common names: coppery mesembryanthemum, crocea iceplant.
Generic common name: MALEPHORA.
Location: County Line Beach: coastal strand, September 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Picture 6 caption: Can form very dense matsCrystalline Iceplant *
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Other common names: common ice plant.
Generic common name: ICEPLANT.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Slender-Leaved Iceplant *
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Generic common name: ICEPLANT.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: sandy slopes on the ocean side of the peninsula, April 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Note: Invasive exotic.
New Zealand Spinach *
Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Generic common name: TETRAGONIA.
Location: 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.
Chaparral Honeysuckle
Lonicera subspicata var. denudata
Family: Caprifoliaceae (HONEYSUCKLE).
Other common names: southern honeysuckle.
Generic common name: HONEYSUCKLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 6 caption: Berries can range from deep red to yellowSnowberry
Family: Caprifoliaceae (HONEYSUCKLE).
Other common names: creeping snowberry, trailing snowberry, trip vine.
Generic common name: WAXBERRY, SNOWBERRY.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Butterfly Bush *
Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT), Buddlejaceae (BUDDLEJA).
Other common names: false olive, olive buddleia, bastard olive.
Generic common name: BUTTERFLY BUSH.
Location: Scheuren Road: disturbed chaparral, Jan 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Myoporum *
Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT), Myoporaceae MYOPORUM.
Other common names: ngaio tree, lollypop tree.
Generic common name: MYOPORUM.
Location: PCH disturbed margin near County Line Beach: coastal sage scrub, April 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
California Figwort
Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: bee plant.
Generic common name: FIGWORT.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Wand Mullein *
Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: MULLEIN.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: High Road, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Southern Blue-cup
Family: Campanulaceae (BELLFLOWER).
Other common names: San Gabriel bluecup.
Generic common name: BLUECUP.
Location: NPS lands west of Malibu State Park: oak woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
This collection of images likely has both G. diffusa ssp. diffusa and ssp. robusta.
Picture 1 caption: Likely subsp. robustaRareflower Heterocodon
Family: Campanulaceae (BELLFLOWER).
Other common names: few-flowered heterocodon, western pearlflower.
Generic common name: HETEROCODON.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, May 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
I have yet to catch its tiny blue flowers (a "rare" event.) Often cleistogamous (i.e., flowers do not open).
Picture 1 caption: Cleistogamous flower (the flower does not open and therefore must self-fertilize)Rothrock's Lobelia
Family: Campanulaceae (BELLFLOWER).
Other common names: Dunn's lobelia.
Generic common name: LOBELIA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: riparian woodland, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Nuttall's Nemacladus
Family: Campanulaceae (BELLFLOWER).
Other common names: smallflower threadplant.
Generic common name: THREADPLANT.
Location: Wildwood Park: Lynnmere Trail, coastal sage scrub, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Little Venus' Looking-glass
Family: Campanulaceae (BELLFLOWER).
Other common names: small Venus' looking glass.
Generic common name: VENUS LOOKING-GLASS.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, April 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Blue, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Picture 4 caption: Cleistogamous flower (the flower does not open and therefore must self-fertilize)California Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae (HONEYSUCKLE).
Other common names: pink honeysuckle.
Generic common name: HONEYSUCKLE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Virgin's Bower
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: chaparral clematis, pipestem clematis, pipestems.
Generic common name: VIRGIN'S BOWER, LEATHER FLOWER, CLEMATIS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 3 caption: FemaleWestern Virgin's Bower
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: western white clematis, yerba de chiva.
Generic common name: VIRGIN'S BOWER, LEATHER FLOWER, CLEMATIS.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Scarlet Larkspur
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: cardinal larkspur.
Generic common name: LARKSPUR.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 4 caption: Unusual pale color formParry's Larkspur
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: San Bernardino larkspur, blue larkspur.
Generic common name: LARKSPUR.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Delphinium parryi is a variable species and there have been reports of a number of different subspecies in the Santa Monica Mountains. In particular it is possible that Delphinium parryi ssp. blochmaniae (Blochman's larkspur) is also represented here.
Picture 12 caption: Unusual white color formBlue Larkspur
Delphinium patens ssp. hepaticoideum
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: zigzag larkspur, spreading larkspur.
Generic common name: LARKSPUR.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
California Buttercup
Ranunculus californicus var. californicus
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: common buttercup.
Generic common name: BUTTERCUP.
Location: Soka University: May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Hairy-fruited Buttercup
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: delicate buttercup, slender annual buttercup, pubescent fruited buttercup.
Generic common name: BUTTERCUP.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Creeping Buttercup *
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: crowfoot.
Generic common name: BUTTERCUP.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Valley Loop Trail, streamside in riparian woodland, May 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic, has NOXIOUS WEED status in some US states.
Fendler's Meadow-rue
Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri
F N A: Thalictrum fendleri.
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Generic common name: MEADOW-RUE.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, oak woodland, May 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Male flowersTall Western Meadow Rue
Thalictrum fendleri var. polycarpum
F N A: Thalictrum polycarpum.
Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: Fendler's meadow-rue.
Generic common name: MEADOW-RUE.
Location: Westlake Road: riparian woodland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Male flowerBladderpod
TJM1: Isomeris arborea.
Family: Cleomaceae (SPIDERFLOWER), Capparaceae (CAPER).
Other common names: coastal bladderpod.
Generic common name: BLADDERPOD.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Oligomeris
Family: Resedaceae (MIGNONETTE).
Other common names: lineleaf whitepuff, leaved cambess, desert-spike.
Generic common name: OLIGOMERIS.
Location: Cabrillo National Monument: sandy slopes on the ocean side of the peninsula, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Nasturtium *
Family: Tropaeolaceae (NASTURTIUM).
Other common names: garden nasturtium.
Generic common name: NASTURTIUM.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Wild Teasel *
Other scientific names: Dipsacus sylvestris.
Family: Dipsacaceae (TEASEL).
Other common names: Fuller's teasel.
Generic common name: TEASEL.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, disturbed riparian woodland, July 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Note: Invasive exotic with NOXIOUS WEED status in several US states.
Red Valerian *
Family: Valerianaceae (VALERIAN).
Other common names: Jupiter's beard.
Generic common name: CENTRANTHUS.
Location: Las Flores Road margin, vertical road cut, April 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near urban landscaping.
Long-spurred Plectritic
Family: Valerianaceae (VALERIAN).
Other common names: longspur seablush.
Generic common name: SEABLUSH.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: valley grassland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Silk-tassel Bush
Family: Garryaceae (SILK TASSEL).
Other common names: canyon silktassel, southern silk tassel, Veatch silktassel.
Generic common name: SILK TASSEL BUSH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, oak woodland, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Yerba Buena
TJM1: Satureja douglasii.
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: SAVORY.
Location: Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon trail, riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Henbit *
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: henbit deadnettle, dead nettle, giraffe's head.
Generic common name: DEAD NETTLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral Feb 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 3 caption: Early Spring cleistogamous flowers.Pitcher Sage
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: fragrant pitcher sage, island pitchersage.
Generic common name: PITCHER SAGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Horehound *
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: HOREHOUND.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 6 caption: One of the ways this problem non-native is spreadPeppermint *
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: MINT.
Location: Malibu Creek streamside: riparian woodland, near Rindge dam, Oct 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Blue, Small, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
American Cornmint
TJM1: Mentha arvensis.
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: Canadian mint, Japanese peppermint, wild mint.
Generic common name: MINT.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Pennyroyal *
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: MINT.
Location: Lake Sherwood: shore margin: Sept 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Small, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Spearmint *
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: MINT.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Upper Zuma Canyon, streamside, September 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Mustang Mint
Monardella breweri ssp. lanceolata
TJM1: Monardella lanceolata.
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: Brewer's monardella.
Generic common name: MONARDELLA, BEE BALM.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Thickleaf Monardella
Monardella hypoleuca ssp. hypoleuca
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: white leaf monardella.
Generic common name: MONARDELLA, BEE BALM.
Location: Santa Ynez Canyon: Santa Ynez Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
White Sage
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: SAGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Chia
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: SAGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Purple Sage
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: San Luis purple sage.
Generic common name: SAGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, sage brush, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 6 caption: The center plant was growing in a mixed population of Salvia mellifera (left) and Salvia leucophylla (right.)Black Sage
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: SAGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 6 caption: The center plant was growing in a mixed population of Salvia mellifera (left) and Salvia leucophylla (right.)Crimson Pitcher Sage
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: hummingbird sage, pitcher sage.
Generic common name: SAGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Skullcap
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: common skullcap, Danny's skullcap.
Generic common name: SKULLCAP.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
White Hedge Nettle
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: cobwebby hedge nettle, whitestem hedgenettle.
Generic common name: HEDGE NETTLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Hedge-nettle
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: California hedgenettle, wood mint.
Generic common name: HEDGE NETTLE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 7 caption: No sac-like structureRigid Hedge Nettle
Stachys rigida var. quercetorum
TJM1: Stachys ajugoides var. quercetorum.
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: rough hedgenettle.
Generic common name: HEDGE NETTLE.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Road, oak woodland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 6 caption: Left: Stachys rigida, right: Stachys bullataWoolly Blue-curls
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: BLUECURLS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 7 caption: Color can be light to infrequently, whiteVinegar Weed
Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Generic common name: BLUECURLS.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
If touched it leaves a very strong sour odor on the hands.
Franciscan Broomrape
TJM1: Orobanche fasciculata.
TJM2: Orobanche fasciculata.
F N A: Orobanche fasciculata.
A N F: Orobanche fasciculata.
Other scientific names: Aphyllon fasciculatum.
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE).
Other common names: fascicled broom rape, clustered broomrape.
Generic common name: BROOMRAPE.
Location: Paramount Ranch: valley grassland, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
A. fasciculatum has been split into two species, A. fasciculatum and A. franciscanum. For a time, prior to this split, this plant was identified as A. fasciculatum.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Parish's broomrape
TJM1: Orobanche parishii.
TJM2: Orobanche parishii.
F N A: Orobanche parishii.
A N F: Orobanche parishii.
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE).
Generic common name: BROOMRAPE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: coastal sage scrub, June 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Oneflowered Broomrape
TJM1: Orobanche uniflora.
TJM2: Orobanche uniflora.
F N A: Orobanche uniflora.
A N F: Orobanche uniflora.
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE).
Other common names: naked broom rape, broomrape.
Generic common name: BROOMRAPE.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: valley grassland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Chaparral Broomrape
TJM1: Orobanche bulbosa.
TJM2: Orobanche bulbosa.
F N A: Orobanche bulbosa.
A N F: Orobanche bulbosa.
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE).
Generic common name: BROOMRAPE.
Location: Ahmanson Ranch: burned valley grassland, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Host: Adenostoma fasciculatum.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Hillside Broomrape
TJM1: Orobanche vallicola.
TJM2: Orobanche vallicola.
F N A: Orobanche vallicola.
A N F: Orobanche vallicola.
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE).
Other common names: valley broom rape.
Generic common name: BROOMRAPE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: oak woodland, August 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Indian Paintbrush
Castilleja affinis ssp. affinis
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: coast Indian paintbrush.
Generic common name: INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, OWL'S-CLOVER.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Road shoulder, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 7 caption: Uncommon pale color formPurple Owl's Clover
Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: exserted Indian paintbrush.
Generic common name: INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, OWL'S-CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Picture 5 caption: Infrequent white color formWoolly Paintbrush
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: Texas Indian paintbrush, woolly Indian paintbrush.
Generic common name: INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, OWL'S-CLOVER.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 3 caption: While not common, it is also not unusual to see pale colorsAnnual Paintbrush
Castilleja minor ssp. spiralis
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: lesser Indian paintbrush, little paintbrush, annual Indian paintbrush, California threadtorch.
Generic common name: INDIAN PAINTBRUSH, OWL'S-CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Salt Marsh Bird's-Beak
Chloropyron maritimum ssp. maritimum
TJM1: Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus.
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: SALTY BIRD'S-BEAK.
Location: Ormond Beach West, Coastal Salt Marsh, May 2013.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2
Photographed slightly out of range, but expected to occur in range.
Bird's Beak
Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. setiger
TJM1: Cordylanthus rigidus ssp.setigerus.
TJM2: Cordylanthus rigidus ssp.setigerus.
F N A: Cordylanthus rigidus ssp.setigerus.
A N F: Cordylanthus rigidus ssp.setigerus.
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: stiffbranch bird's beak, rigid bird's beak, dark-tipped bird's-beak.
Generic common name: BIRD'S BEAK.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: setigerus changed to setiger since TJM2 published.
Indian Warrior
Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: LOUSEWORT.
Location: Arroyo Sequit: entrance road, chaparral, Jan 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Yellow Monkey Flower
TJM1: Mimulus brevipes.
TJM2: Mimulus brevipes.
A N F: Mimulus brevipes.
Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: wide throated yellow monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Bush Monkey Flower
TJM1: Mimulus aurantiacus.
TJM2: Mimulus aurantiacus.
A N F: Mimulus aurantiacus.
Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: sticky monkey flower, island monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Our plants key into a number of different subspecies which have not been enumerated here.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Scarlet Monkey Flower
TJM1: Mimulus cardinalis.
TJM2: Mimulus cardinalis.
A N F: Mimulus cardinalis.
Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: cardinal monkey flower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Slimy Monkey Flower
TJM1: Mimulus floribundus.
TJM2: Mimulus floribundus.
A N F: Mimulus floribundus.
Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: floriferous monkeyflower, manyflowered monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, June 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Creek Monkey Flower
TJM1: Mimulus guttatus.
TJM2: Mimulus guttatus.
A N F: Mimulus guttatus.
Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: common yellow monkeyflower, seep monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Downy Monkey Flower
TJM1: Mimulus pilosus.
TJM2: Mimulus pilosus.
A N F: Mimulus pilosus.
Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: false monkeyflower, downy mimetanthe, snouted monkeyflower, false downy monkeyflower, hairy mimetanthe.
Generic common name: DOWNY MIMETANTHE, FALSE MONKEYFLOWER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
White Snapdragon
F N A: Sairocarpus coulterianus.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: Coulter snapdragon.
Generic common name: SNAPDRAGON.
Location: Backbone Trail between Trippet Ranch and Will Rogers State Parks: chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Twining Snapdragon
F N A: Neogaerrhinum strictum.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: Kellogg's snapdragon, climbing snapdragon, lax snapdragon.
Generic common name: SNAPDRAGON.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, Feb 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Violet Snapdragon
F N A: Sairocarpus nuttallianus.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: Nuttall's snapdragon.
Generic common name: SNAPDRAGON.
Location: Backbone Trail between Mulholland Hwy and Encinal Cyn Road: chaparral (recently disturbed trailside), March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Rose Snapdragon
TJM1: Antirrhinum multiflorum.
TJM2: Antirrhinum multiflorum.
F N A: Sairocarpus multiflorus.
A N F: Sairocarpus multiflorus.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: withered snapdragon, chaparral snapdragon, sticky snapdragon, bush snapdragon.
Generic common name: SNAPDRAGON.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Chinese Houses
Collinsia heterophylla var. heterophylla
TJM1: Collinsia heterophylla.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: purple Chinese houses.
Generic common name: BLUE EYED MARY.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Blue-eyed Mary
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: Parry's blue eyed Mary, Parry's collinsia.
Generic common name: BLUE EYED MARY.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Showy Island Snapdragon
TJM1: Galvezia speciosa.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: showy greenbright, galvezia.
Generic common name: GREENBRIGHT.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: trailside near salt marsh, Dec 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter.
Heart-leaved Penstemon
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: heartleaf keckiella, climbing penstemon, scarlet-honeysuckle, honeysuckle penstemon.
Generic common name: KECKIELLA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Fluellin *
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: sharpleaf cancerwort, sharp leaved fluellin, sharp point fluellin.
Generic common name: FLUELLIN, CANCERWORT.
Location: Mulholland Highway: disturbed margin, June 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.
Morrocan Toadflax
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN).
Generic common name: TOADFLAX.
Location: 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.
Blue Toadflax
TJM1: Linaria canadensis.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: toadflax.
Generic common name: TOADFLAX.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, March 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Scarlet Bugler
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: BEARDTONGUE, PENSTEMON.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Foothill Penstemon
Penstemon heterophyllus var. australis
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: bunchleaf penstemon.
Generic common name: BEARDTONGUE, PENSTEMON.
Location: Westlake Blvd. shoulder: oak woodland, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Notable Penstemon
Penstemon spectabilis var. subviscosus
TJM1: Penstemon spectabilis var. subviscosis.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: showy penstemon.
Generic common name: BEARDTONGUE, PENSTEMON.
Location: Backbone Trail between Trippet Ranch and Will Rogers State Parks: chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Prairie Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN).
Other common names: long leaf plantain, annual coast plantago, coastal plantain, slender plantain, five-seeded plantain.
Generic common name: PLANTAIN.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: drying vernal pool near the reservoir, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
California Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN).
Other common names: dotseed plantain, foothill plantain.
Generic common name: PLANTAIN.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
English Plantain *
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN).
Other common names: ribgrass, narrowleaf plantain.
Generic common name: PLANTAIN.
Location: Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak Road and Trippet Ranch: valley grassland, May 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Common Plantain *
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN).
Generic common name: PLANTAIN.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Woolly Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN).
Other common names: Indian wheat, pastora, desert plantain.
Generic common name: PLANTAIN.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Water Speedwell *
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: SPEEDWELL, BROOKLIME.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, riparian woodland, May 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Hairy Purslane Speedwell
Veronica peregrina ssp. xalapensis
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: neckweed.
Generic common name: SPEEDWELL, BROOKLIME.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: Near the reservoir, disturbed wet area, March 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Persian Speedwell *
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: birdeye speedwell.
Generic common name: SPEEDWELL, BROOKLIME.
Location: Soka University: May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Blue, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Thymeleaf Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia
TJM1: Veronica serpyllifolia.
Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: SPEEDWELL, BROOKLIME.
Location: Paramount Ranch: sheltered margin of irrigated lawn, May 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
The ssp. listed in TMJ2 does not seem to be a good fit to our plants. See the comment in the A N F description.
Weeping Lantana *
Family: Verbenaceae (VERVAIN).
Other common names: trailing shrubverbena, trailing lantana.
Generic common name: LANTANA.
Location: Disturbed roadsides and waste areas, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Frog Fruit
Family: Verbenaceae (VERVAIN).
Other common names: lanceleaf fogfruit, lance leaf lippia.
Generic common name: FOGFRUIT.
Location: Lake Sherwood: shore margin: Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
The history of the common names "Fog" -vs- "Frog" is not clear.
Garden Lippia
Family: Verbenaceae (VERVAIN).
Other common names: turkey tangle fogfruit, lippia.
Generic common name: FOGFRUIT.
Location: Lake Sherwood: grassy lawn near shoreline: Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
May be non-native.
Bigbract Verbena
Family: Verbenaceae (VERVAIN).
Other common names: bracted verbena, prostrate vervain.
Generic common name: VERVAIN.
Location: Day Canyon: drying bottom and margin of an ephemeral pool, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Common Vervain
Verbena lasiostachys var. scabrida
Family: Verbenaceae (VERVAIN).
Other common names: vervain, common verbena, western verbena.
Generic common name: VERVAIN.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Moss Verbena *
TJM1: Verbena tenuisecta.
Other scientific names: Glandularia pulchella.
Family: Verbenaceae (VERVAIN).
Generic common name: VERVAIN.
Location: Oakbrook Community Park: Albertson Motorway, chaparral, disturbed road margin, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Blue, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
A cultivated species occasionally escaped near landscaping.
Chaparral Flowering Ash
Family: Oleaceae (OLIVE).
Other common names: flowering ash, California ash, foothill ash.
Generic common name: ASH.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Shamel Ash *
TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.
Family: Oleaceae (OLIVE).
Other common names: evergreen ash.
Generic common name: ASH.
Location: Riparian woodland, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Arizona Ash
Family: Oleaceae (OLIVE).
Other common names: Velvet Ash.
Generic common name: ASH.
Location: Mulholland Highway roadside: riparian woodland, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Chinese Privet *
Family: Oleaceae (OLIVE).
Other common names: glossy privet.
Generic common name: PRIVET.
Location: Old Meadows Park, Thousand Oaks: banks of a drainage ditch, July 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Escaped cultivar.
Olive *
Family: Oleaceae (OLIVE).
Generic common name: OLIVE.
Location: Private land near Mulholland and Kanan Roads: chaparral, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Picture 2 caption: maleCoastal Wattle *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: cyclops acacia, round-seeded acacia, western coastal wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.
Location: 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.
Silver Wattle *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.
Location: Backbone Trail near Piuma Road: oak woodland, Feb. 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Sydney Golden Wattle *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: bush acacia, broad-leaf acacia, sallow wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.
Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Blackwood Acacia *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.
Location: East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Everblooming Wattle *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: everblooming acacia, swamp wattle, water wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.
Location: East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Golden Wreath Wattle *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Blue-Leaf Wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.
Location: East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Spanish Clover
Acmispon americanus var. americanus
TJM1: Lotus purshianus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Silver Lotus
Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus
TJM1: Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: silver bird's-foot trefoil, southern California silver lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: 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.
Deerweed
TJM1: Lotus scoparius.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: common deerweed, California broom.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Large-flowered Lotus
Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus
TJM1: Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: chaparral bird's foot trefoil, chaparral lotus, Large leaved lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: 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.
Coastal Lotus
Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus
TJM1: Lotus salsuginosus var. salsuginosus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: coastal bird's foot trefoil.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
San Diego Lotus
TJM1: Lotus hamatus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: San Diego bird's-foot trefoil, small flowered lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Strigose Lotus
TJM1: Lotus strigosus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: hairy lotus, Bishop's lotus, strigose bird's-foot trefoil.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Chile Lotus
TJM1: Lotus wrangelianus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Chilean bird's-foot trefoil, calf lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Plume Acacia *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: albizia, stink bean, plume albizia.
Generic common name: ALBIZIA.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
False Indigo
Amorpha californica var. californica
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: California false indigo.
Generic common name: FALSE INDIGO.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, oak woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Braunton's Rattle-weed
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Braunton's milkvetch.
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.
Location: 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: C N P S List 1B.1.
Common Dwarf Locoweed
Astragalus didymocarpus var. didymocarpus
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: dwarf white milkvetch, two seeded milk vetch, common dwarf milkvetch.
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: oak woodland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Gambel's Dwarf Locoweed
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Gambel's milkvetch, little blue loco.
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail trailhead parking lot, grassland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Ventura Marsh Milkvetch
Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.
Location: coastal strand: Ventura, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 1B.1
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.
Southern California Locoweed
Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Santa Barbara milkvetch.
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Mugu Peak Trail, sage scrub, April 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Santa Barbara Locoweed
Astragalus trichopodus var. phoxus
A N F: Astragalus antiselli.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Santa Barbara milkvetch, Antiselli's milkvetch.
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.
Location: 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.
Arabian Pea *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: BITUMINARIA.
Location: Griffith Park, escaped cultivar, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Bird-Of-Paradise *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Poinciana.
Generic common name: NICKER.
Location: Box Canyon roadside: disturbed road margin, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Western Redbud
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: redbud.
Generic common name: REDBUD.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: disturbed road margin, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Probably not native to SMM, apparently not reproducing.
Dolichos Pea *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Australian pea, okie bean.
Generic common name: DIPOGON.
Location: Griffith Park, escaped cultivar, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
French Broom *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: bridle-veil broom.
Generic common name: BROOM.
Location: Franklin Canyon, riparian woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.
Wild Licorice
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: American licorice.
Generic common name: LICORICE.
Location: Wildwood Park: Wildwood Canyon Trail, open roadside near riparian woodland, June 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
Leather Root
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: California hemp, large leather-root.
Generic common name: LEATHER-ROOT.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Waterfall Trail, riparian woodland, Aug 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Perennial Sweet Pea *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: everlasting pea, perennial pea.
Generic common name: WILD PEA, PEA.
Location: Paramount Ranch: Backdrop Trail, valley grassland, May 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Sweet Pea *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: garden sweet pea, common sweet pea.
Generic common name: WILD PEA, PEA.
Location: Calabasas Open Space near Agoura Road: valley grassland, May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Wild Sweet Pea
Lathyrus vestitus var. vestitus
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: pacific pea, Bolander's pea, common pacific pea.
Generic common name: WILD PEA, PEA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, oak woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Birdfoot Trefoil *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: broadleaf birdsfoot trefoil, birdfoot deervetch.
Generic common name: TREFOIL.
Location: Soka University: May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Hall's Bush Lupine
Lupinus albifrons var. hallii ◊
TJM1: Lupinus excubitus var. hallii.
TJM2: Lupinus excubitus var. hallii.
A N F: Lupinus excubitus var. hallii.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: grape soda lupine, Adonis Lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Connector, disturbed grassland, April 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Dove Lupine
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: miniature lupine, bicolored lupine, annual lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Lake Eleanor Open Space: grassland, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Bajada Lupine
A N F: Lupinus concinnus var. agardhianus.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: elegant lupine, scarlet lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Campground, oak woodland/disturbed, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Summer Lupine
Lupinus formosus var. formosus
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: western lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Stinging Lupine
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: stinging annual lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Broad-leaved Lupine
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: bigleaf lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Hidden Valley: oak woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Bush Lupine
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: longleaf bush lupine, Watson's bush lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Valley Lupine
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: chick lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Soka University: May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Coulter's Lupine
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Mohave lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Succulent Lupine
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: arroyo lupine, hollowleaf annual lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Collar Lupine
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: collared annual lupine, truncate leaf lupine, blunt leaved lupine.
Generic common name: LUPINE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, disturbed shoulder margin, March 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Black Medick *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: yellow trefoil.
Generic common name: ALFALFA, BURCLOVER.
Location: Disturbed areas, residential lawns, July 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Bur-clover *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: bur medic, California burclover.
Generic common name: ALFALFA, BURCLOVER.
Location: 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.
Picture 7 caption: The coiled pods can accumulate in good numbersAlfalfa *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: lucerne.
Generic common name: ALFALFA, BURCLOVER.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: oak woodland, July 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
White Sweet Clover *
TJM1: Melilotus alba.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: SWEETCLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Yellow Sweet Clover *
TJM1: Melilotus indica.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: sourclover, annual yellow sweetclover, Indian melilot.
Generic common name: SWEETCLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Mexican Palo Verde *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Jerusalem thorn.
Generic common name: PALOVERDE.
Location: Camarillo Regional Recreation Area, fallow agricultural land, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Chaparral Pea
Pickeringia montana var. montana
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Montana chaparral pea.
Generic common name: CHAPARRAL PEA.
Location: Backbone Trail between Trippet Ranch and Will Rogers State Parks: chaparral, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Black Locust *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: false acacia.
Generic common name: LOCUST.
Location: Soka University: May 2006.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
California-tea
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: forest scurfpea, common rupertia.
Generic common name: RUPERT'S SCURF-PEA, RUPERTIA.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, oak woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Silver Cassia *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Other scientific names: Cassia artemisioides.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: SENNA, CASSIA.
Location: Decker Road shoulder, disturbed chaparral, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Summer, Fall.
Cultivar occasionally escaped near landscaping.
African Senna *
Other scientific names: Cassia didymobotrya.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: African wild cassia, Nairobi cassia.
Generic common name: SENNA, CASSIA.
Location: Conejo Valley Community Park, Feb 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Spanish Broom *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: gorse.
Generic common name: BROOM.
Location: 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.
Rancheria Clover
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Indian clover.
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Tree Clover
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: foothill clover.
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, April 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Truncate Sack Clover
Trifolium depauperatum var. truncatum
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: cowbag clover, dwarf sack clover.
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: thin soiled grassland, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Bull Clover
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: sour clover.
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Rose Clover *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, disturbed shoulder margin, April 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Crimson Clover *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Backbone Trail, chaparral, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Cultivar probably deliberately distributed by hikers. This plant growing in the wild was dwarfed compared to typical garden examples.
Small-head Clover
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: maiden clover, hairy clover, small head field clover.
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: open thin-soiled grassy areas within chaparral, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Creek Clover
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: clammy clover.
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
White Clover *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Disturbed and urban areas with adequate moisture (common in lawns), Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
White-tipped Clover
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: variegated clover.
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: wet rocky drainage in coastal sage scrub, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Tomcat Clover
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: CLOVER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
American Vetch
Vicia americana ssp. americana
TJM1: Vicia americana var. americana.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: VETCH.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Cage Creek Trail, oak woodland, March 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Purple Vetch *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: reddish tufted vetch.
Generic common name: VETCH.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond edge, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Slender Vetch
Vicia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana
TJM1: Vicia ludoviciana var. ludoviciana.
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: deerpea vetch.
Generic common name: VETCH.
Location: Castro Crest: Backbone Trail, riparian woodland, April 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Narrow-leaved Vetch *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: garden vetch, spring vetch, common vetch.
Generic common name: VETCH.
Location: Franklin Canyon, oak woodland, June 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Picture 8 caption: Black (nigra) podsSpring Vetch *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: garden vetch, pubescent common vetch.
Generic common name: VETCH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Winter Vetch *
Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: hairy vetch.
Generic common name: VETCH.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, valley grassland, March 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Fish's Milkwort
Rhinotropis cornuta var. fishiae ◊
TJM1: Polygala cornuta var. fishiae.
TJM2: Polygala cornuta var. fishiae.
A N F: Polygala cornuta var. fishiae.
Family: Polygalaceae (MILKWORT).
Other common names: Sierra milkwort.
Generic common name: MILKWORT, POLYGALA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, oak woodland, May 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 4.3.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Johnny Jump-up
Family: Violaceae (VIOLET).
Other common names: California golden violet.
Generic common name: VIOLET.
Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: riparian woodland, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Croton
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: California croton, desert croton, sand croton.
Generic common name: CROTON.
Location: 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.
Picture 1 caption: male flowerTurkey Mullein
TJM1: Eremocarpus setigerus.
TJM2: Croton setigerus.
A N F: Croton setigerus.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: dove weed.
Generic common name: CROTON.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: setigerus changed to setiger since TJM2 published.
Rattlesnake Weed
TJM1: Chamaesyce albomarginata.
TJM2: Chamaesyce albomarginata.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: whitemargin sandmat.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Bell Canyon Open Space: cleared fire break, Oct 2007.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Caper Spurge *
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: gopher plant, moleplant, compass plant.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: July 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Spotted Spurge *
TJM1: Chamaesyce maculata.
TJM2: Chamaesyce maculata.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: spotted sandmat.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed areas and roadsides, August 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 3 caption: I sometimes call these weedy guys "road-crack plants"Red-gland Spurge
TJM1: Chamaesyce melanadenia.
TJM2: Chamaesyce melanadenia.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Griffith Park: Mt. Hollywood Trail, Disturbed trail cut (Coastal Sage Scrub) March 2013.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Petty Spurge *
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Weed of moist disturbed places, Jan 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Prostrate Spurge
TJM1: Chamaesyce polycarpa.
TJM2: Chamaesyce polycarpa.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: small seeded spurge, smallseed sandmat.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Serrano Canyon Trail, sage brush, April 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Prostrate Sandmat *
TJM1: Chamaesyce prostrata.
TJM2: Chamaesyce prostrata.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: prostrate spurge.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Thousand Oaks: sidewalk paving cracks, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Matted Sandmat *
TJM1: Chamaesyce serpens.
TJM2: Chamaesyce serpens.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: creeping spurge.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed areas and road margins, May 2005.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Hairy Thyme-leaved Spurge
Euphorbia serpillifolia var. hirtula ◊
TJM1: Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. hirtula.
TJM2: Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. hirtula.
A N F: Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. hirtula.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: thymeleaf sandmat.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Thyme-leaved Spurge
Euphorbia serpillifolia var. serpillifolia ◊
TJM1: Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia.
TJM2: Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia.
A N F: Euphorbia serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: thymeleaf sandmat.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Mulholland Highway roadside near Seminole Hot Springs, July 2009.
Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 4 caption: This plant looking a little burned by the sun.Warty Spurge
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: reticulate seeded spurge.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, Malibu Springs Trail, grassland, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Terracina Spurge *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: Geraldton carnation weed.
Generic common name: SPURGE.
Location: 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.
Castor Bean *
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Generic common name: CASTOR BEAN, RICINUS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, April 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Note: Invasive exotic.
Queen's-root
Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: linear leaved stillingia, narrow leaved stillingia.
Generic common name: TOOTHLEAF.
Location: Liberty Canyon: disturbed sage scrub, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Tumbleweed *
Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH).
Other common names: prostrate pigweed, pigweed amaranth.
Generic common name: AMARANTH, PIGWEED.
Location: Thousand Oaks cultivated area, disturbed areas throughout, July 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 7 caption: A. blitoides in foreground, A. albus in background.Prostrate Pigweed
Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH).
Other common names: mat amaranth, prostrate amaranth.
Generic common name: AMARANTH, PIGWEED.
Location: Thousand Oaks cultivated area, disturbed areas throughout, June 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Picture 6 caption: A. blitoides in foreground, A. albus in background.California Amaranth
Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH).
Other common names: California pigweed.
Generic common name: AMARANTH, PIGWEED.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: dried algae-mat in creekbed, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Picture 6 caption: Left: Amaranthus blitoides, right: Amaranthus californicusLow Amaranth *
Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH).
Other common names: largefruit amaranth, deflexed amaranth, Argentine amaranth.
Generic common name: AMARANTH, PIGWEED.
Location: Disturbed areas throughout, July 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Powell's Amaranth
Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH).
Generic common name: AMARANTH, PIGWEED.
Location: Santa Rosa Valley: disturbed agricultural areas, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.
Rough Pigweed *
Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH).
Other common names: redroot pigweed, redroot amaranth, common amaranth.
Generic common name: AMARANTH, PIGWEED.
Location: Disturbed areas and roadsides, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Parish's glasswort
TJM1: Salicornia subterminalis.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: Parish's pickleweed.
Generic common name: PICKLEWEED.
Location: Mugu Lagoon, salt marsh, Nov 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Swamp Saltbush *
TJM1: Not Listed.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: trailside near salt marsh, Dec 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Four-wing Saltbush
Atriplex canescens var. canescens
TJM1: Atriplex canescens ssp. canescens.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: shadscale, hoary saltbush.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Wildwood Park: Las Flores Trail, coastal sage scrub, Oct 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
A California native used in landscaping but probably not native to SMM.
Picture 1 caption: Female flowersCoulter's Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: Coulter's orach.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Malibu: coastal bluff, May 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Picture 1 caption: MaleQuail Bush
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: big saltbush, coast saltbush, lenscale.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
Note: the flowers of this plant are often referred to as green.
Beach Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: seascale.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 7 caption: Beach foredune stabilizationFat-hen *
TJM1: Atriplex triangularis.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: thinleaf orach, spearscale, spear leaved saltbrush.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: open disturbed areas, Sept 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Tumbling Orach *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: tumbling saltweed, redscale.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Australian Saltbush *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: creeping saltbush, berry saltbush.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Annual Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: bractscale, tractscale, saltscale, stinking orach.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: disturbed grassland north of Phantom Trail, October 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
Peregrine Saltbush *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: sprawling saltbush.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: disturbed grassland north of Phantom Trail, October 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Watson's Saltbush
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: matscale, Watson's orach.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Five-hook Bassia *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: fivehorn smotherweed.
Generic common name: SMOTHERWEED.
Location: Beach near Pt Mugu: disturbed coastal soils throughout, June 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
Garden Beet *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: Sea Beet.
Generic common name: BEET.
Location: Drier upper margin of salt marsh, July 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Lamb's Quarters *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: pigweed.
Generic common name: PIGWEED, GOOSEFOOT.
Location: Topanga Overlook near Stunt Road: disturbed roadside, July 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
Picture 7 caption: Left three: Chenopodium album, Right three: Chenopodium berlandreiiPitseed Goosefoot *
Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackei
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: Zschack's goosefoot.
Generic common name: PIGWEED, GOOSEFOOT.
Location: Day Canyon: drying bottom and margin of an ephemeral pool, July 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
California Goosefoot
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: pigweed, soaproot.
Generic common name: PIGWEED, GOOSEFOOT.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Largeseed Goosefoot *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: coast goose.
Generic common name: PIGWEED, GOOSEFOOT.
Location: Zuma Beach County Park, Zuma Lagoon, Oct 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Fall.
Picture 9 caption: Left: horizontal fruit, Right: vertical fruit.Nettle-leaf Goosefoot *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: sowbane.
Generic common name: PIGWEED, GOOSEFOOT.
Location: Disturbed areas and roadsides, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.
Lateflowering Goosefoot *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: white leaved goosefoot.
Generic common name: PIGWEED, GOOSEFOOT.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Mexican tea *
TJM1: Chenopodium ambrosioides.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: epazote, wormseed.
Generic common name: MEXICAN TEA, WORMWOOD.
Location: Camarillo agricultural fields: banks of Calleguas Creek, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Cut-leaved Goosefoot *
TJM1: Chenopodium multifidum.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: pigweed.
Generic common name: MEXICAN TEA, WORMWOOD.
Location: Disturbed Roadside, July 2009.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
California Saltbush
TJM1: Atriplex californica.
TJM2: Atriplex californica.
A N F: Atriplex californica.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: California orach.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Note: the flowers of this plant are often referred to as green.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Bigelow's Pickleweed
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: dwarf saltwort.
Generic common name: PICKLEWEED, GLASSWORT, SALTWORT.
Location: Mugu Lagoon, salt marsh, May 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer, Fall.
Not yet seen in flower.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Woody Glasswort
TJM1: Salicornia virginica.
F N A: Sarcocornia pacifica.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: pickleweed, Virginia glasswort.
Generic common name: PICKLEWEED, GLASSWORT, SALTWORT.
Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2006.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Woody, Annual, Summer.
Southern Russian Thistle *
TJM1: Salsola tragus.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Generic common name: RUSSIAN THISTLE.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, valley grassland, July 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.
This common plant is frequently confused with Salsola tragus the "Tumbleweed" form, which is much less common in the SMM NRA.
Russian Thistle *
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: Tumbleweed.
Generic common name: RUSSIAN THISTLE.
Location: Malibu Canyon Road: disturbed roadside, Oct 2008.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Summer, Fall.
This plant is much less common in the SMM NRA than Salsola australis.
Horned Sea-blite
Other scientific names: Suaeda depressa.
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: Pursh seepweed.
Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED.
Location: Point Mugu Lagoon: salt marsh, Oct 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Summer, Fall.
Suaeda depressa is considered a perennial form.
Estuary Sea-blite
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED.
Location: Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 1B.2.
Woolly Seablite
Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED.
Location: Mugu Lagoon: coastal salt marsh, May 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Red Gum *
A N F: Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. camaldulensis.
Family: Myrtaceae (MYRTLE, WAX MYRTLE).
Other common names: river red gum.
Generic common name: GUM TREE.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: riparian zone near creek, June 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic, widely planted.
Bluntbudded Murray Red Gum *
Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. obtusa
TJM1: Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
TJM2: Eucalyptus camaldulensis.
Family: Myrtaceae (MYRTLE, WAX MYRTLE).
Other common names: river red gum.
Generic common name: GUM TREE.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Blue Gum *
Family: Myrtaceae (MYRTLE, WAX MYRTLE).
Other common names: Eucalyptus, Tasmanian bluegum.
Generic common name: GUM TREE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Campgrounds, oak woodland, Feb 2004.
Characteristics: non-Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Note: Invasive exotic, widely planted.
Picture 3 caption: Right: first year growthSaltwort
Family: Bataceae (SALTWORT).
Other common names: beachwort, turtleweed.
Generic common name: SALTWORT.
Location: Mugu Lagoon: salt marsh mud flat, May 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Western Sycamore
Family: Platanaceae (SYCAMORE).
Other common names: California sycamore, aliso, planetree.
Generic common name: SYCAMORE, PLANE TREE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 2 caption: FemaleDurango Root
Family: Datiscaceae (DATISCA).
Generic common name: DATISCA.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, riparian woodland, June 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.
White Alder
Family: Betulaceae (BIRCH).
Generic common name: ALDER.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Coast Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia
Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Other common names: California live oak, encina.
Generic common name: OAK.
Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground, oak woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Obvious male flowers.Scrub Oak
Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Other common names: California scrub oak.
Generic common name: OAK.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, grassland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 4 caption: Female flowersBlue Oak
Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Generic common name: OAK.
Location: Wildwood Park: oak savanna (grassland) April 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 2 caption: Male flowersValley Oak
Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Other common names: California white oak.
Generic common name: OAK.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: valley grassland, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 7 caption: Leaf undersidePalmer's Oak
Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Other common names: desert oak, scrub oak.
Generic common name: OAK.
Location: Conejo Open Space: Sunset Hills Trail, coastal sage scrub, May 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.
Quercus palmeri has been treated as a variety of Q. chrysolepis.
Interior Live Oak
Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Generic common name: OAK.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Zuma Ridge Trail, chaparral, April 2012.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 5 caption: Acorns require two years to mature, these immature from last yearCalifornia Black Walnut
Family: Juglandaceae (WALNUT).
Other common names: southern California walnut, southern California black walnut.
Generic common name: WALNUT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Status: C N P S List 4.2.
Picture 1 caption: Male flowersCalifornia Wax Myrtle
TJM1: Myrica californica.
Family: Myricaceae (WAX MYRTLE, BAYBERRY).
Other common names: Pacific bayberry.
Generic common name: BAYBERRY.
Location: Photographed outside of range, May 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Fremont Cottonwood
Populus fremontii ssp. fremontii
Family: Salicaceae (WILLOW).
Other common names: alamo.
Generic common name: POPLAR, COTTONWOOD, ASPEN.
Location: Wildwood Park: grassland along road margin, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Black Cottonwood
TJM1: Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa.
Family: Salicaceae (WILLOW).
Generic common name: POPLAR, COTTONWOOD, ASPEN.
Location: Malibu Creek near Malibu Canyon Road: riparian woodland, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Sandbar Willow
Family: Salicaceae (WILLOW).
Other common names: narrow-leaved willow, Hinds' willow.
Generic common name: WILLOW.
Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, riparian woodland, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.
Picture 1 caption: MaleGoodding's Black Willow
Family: Salicaceae (WILLOW).
Other common names: Goodding's willow.
Generic common name: WILLOW.
Location: Chatsworth Reservoir shoreline: riparian, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Red Willow
Family: Salicaceae (WILLOW).
Other common names: black willow, polished willow.
Generic common name: WILLOW.
Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Satwiwa Loop Trail, riparian woodland at the pond, March 2009.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Male, five stamensPacific Willow
Salix lasiandra var. lasiandra
TJM1: Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra.
Family: Salicaceae (WILLOW).
Other common names: shining willow, golden willow, yellow willow.
Generic common name: WILLOW.
Location: Trippet Ranch: pond edge near main parking area, March 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Arroyo Willow
Family: Salicaceae (WILLOW).
Generic common name: WILLOW.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: Male, two stamensEdible Fig *
Family: Moraceae (MULBERRY).
Other common names: common fig.
Generic common name: FIG.
Location: Riparian woodland near China Flat Trail, May 2011.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Large, Solitary, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Annual Stinging Nettle
Family: Urticaceae (NETTLE).
Other common names: western nettle, western stingingnettle.
Generic common name: WESTERN NETTLE, STINGINGNETTLE.
Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: riparian woodland, May 2005.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.
Rillita Pellitory
Family: Urticaceae (NETTLE).
Generic common name: PELLITORY.
Location: LA County Sanitation District Open Space: Sullivan Fire Road, disturbed road shoulder, chaparral, March 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.
Baby's Tears *
Other scientific names: Helxine soleirolii.
Family: Urticaceae (NETTLE).
Other common names: mother of thousands.
Generic common name: BABY'S TEARS, SOLEIROLIA.
Location: Damp sheltered areas close to urban landscaping. Feb 2012.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.
Picture 1 caption: Female flowersHoary Nettle
Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea
Family: Urticaceae (NETTLE).
Other common names: giant creek nettle, mountain nettle, stinging nettle.
Generic common name: STINGING NETTLE, NETTLE.
Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, July 2004.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.
Picture 1 caption: MaleDwarf Nettle *
Family: Urticaceae (NETTLE).
Generic common name: STINGING NETTLE, NETTLE.
Location: Thousand Oaks: disturbed coastal sage scrub, March 2010.
Characteristics: non-Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.
Picture 2 caption: Left: female flowers, right: a male flowerSycamore Mistletoe
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. macrophyllum ◊
TJM1: Phoradendron macrophyllum.
TJM2: Phoradendron serotinum ssp. macrophyllum.
Family: Viscaceae (MISTLETOE), Santalaceae (SANDALWOOD).
Other common names: bigleaf mistletoe.
Generic common name: AMERICAN MISTLETOE.
Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: sycamore trees at the front lawn, Feb 2010.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Oak Mistletoe
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. tomentosum ◊
TJM1: Phoradendron villosum.
TJM2: Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum.
Family: Viscaceae (MISTLETOE), Santalaceae (SANDALWOOD).
Other common names: pacific mistletoe, hairy mistletoe.
Generic common name: AMERICAN MISTLETOE.
Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Incense Cedar
Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS).
Other common names: white cedar, post cedar.
Generic common name: INCENSE CEDAR.
Location: 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.
Tecate Cypress
TJM1: Cupressus forbesii.
F N A: Cupressus guadalupensis var. forbesii.
Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS).
Generic common name: WESTERN CYPRESS.
Location: Cold Creek Canyon Preserve: chaparral, disturbed road embankment, Feb 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Picture 1 caption: female coneArizona Cypress
TJM1: Cupressus arizonica.
A N F: Hesperocyparis arizonica.
Other scientific names: Cupressus nevadensis.
Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS).
Other common names: Arizona smooth cypress, Piute Cypress.
Generic common name: WESTERN CYPRESS.
Location: Feb 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.
Not naturally occuring in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Picture 1 caption: Male conesCalifornia Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS).
Generic common name: JUNIPER.
Location: Open dry land near Lancaster: Feb 2011.
Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter.
The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants.
Picture 1 caption: male conesDeodar cedar *
TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.
Family: Pinaceae (PINE).
Generic common name: CEDAR.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: non-Native.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Aleppo Pine *
Pinus halepensis ssp. halepensis
Family: Pinaceae (PINE).
Other common names: Jerusalem pine.
Generic common name: PINE.
Location: 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.
Picture 1 caption: Fertile female conesBigelow's Spike Moss
Family: Selaginellaceae (SPIKE-MOSS).
Other common names: spike moss, bushy spikemoss, moss fern.
Generic common name: SPIKE MOSS.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, March 2007.
Characteristics: Native.
The spike mosses are vascular plants (unlike the true mosses) and are sometimes referred to as "Fern Allies".
Picture 3 caption: SporangiaWestern Spleenwort
Family: Aspleniaceae (SPLEENWORT).
Generic common name: SPLEENWORT.
Location: Not photographed yet.
Characteristics: Native.
Status: C N P S List 4.2
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.
Giant Chain Fern
Family: Blechnaceae (DEER FERN).
Other common names: western chain fern.
Generic common name: CHAIN FERN.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, August 2005.
Characteristics: Native.
Western Bracken Fern
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae (BRACKEN).
Other common names: hairy brackenfern.
Generic common name: BRACKEN, BRAKE, BRACKENFERN.
Location: Cold Creek Canyon Preserve: Cold Creek Canyon Preserve Trail, riparian woodland, December 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Coastal Wood-fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae (WOOD FERN).
Other common names: shield fern, California wood fern, marginal wood fern.
Generic common name: WOOD FERN.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
California Polypody
Family: Polypodiaceae (POLYPODY).
Generic common name: POLYPODY.
Location: Las Virgenes Canyon: riparian woodland, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Venus-hair Fern
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Other common names: southern maiden hair, common maidenhair fern.
Generic common name: MAIDENHAIR FERN.
Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, October 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Maiden-hair Fern
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Other common names: California maidenhair.
Generic common name: MAIDENHAIR FERN.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, oak woodland, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
California Lace-fern
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Generic common name: LACEFERN.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Cooper's Lip Fern
TJM1: Cheilanthes cooperae.
TJM2: Cheilanthes cooperae.
F N A: Cheilanthes cooperae.
A N F: Cheilanthes cooperae.
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Other common names: Mrs. Cooper's lipfern.
Generic common name: LIPFERN.
Location: Dayton Canyon: chaparral, April 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Coville's Lip Fern
TJM1: Cheilanthes covillei.
TJM2: Cheilanthes covillei.
F N A: Cheilanthes covillei.
A N F: Cheilanthes covillei.
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Generic common name: LIPFERN.
Location: Circle X Ranch: chaparral, March 2007.
Characteristics: Native.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Cotton Fern
TJM1: Cheilanthes newberryi.
TJM2: Cheilanthes newberryi.
F N A: Cheilanthes newberryi.
A N F: Cheilanthes newberryi.
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Other common names: Newberry's lipfern.
Generic common name: LIPFERN.
Location: Coastal sage scrub, May 2007.
Characteristics: Native.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 4 caption: Summer dryingCalifornia Cloak-fern
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Generic common name: CLOAK-FERN.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: chaparral, Jan 2010.
Characteristics: Native.
Coffee Fern
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Other common names: coffee cliffbrake.
Generic common name: CLIFF-BRAKE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Picture 1 caption: Young growth is easy to confuse with Bird's-foot Fern, but has no tooth at the tip of the leavesBird's-foot Fern
Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Other common names: birdfoot cliffbrake.
Generic common name: CLIFF-BRAKE.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Picture 3 caption: Look for the tooth (mucro) at the tip of the leaves to separate from the Coffee FernGoldback Fern
TJM1: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis.
TJM2: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis.
F N A: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis.
A N F: Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis.
Other scientific names: Pityrogramma triangularis.
Family: Pteridaceae (BRAKE).
Generic common name: GOLDBACK FERN, SILVERBACK FERN.
Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.
Characteristics: Native.
Subspecies of Pentagramma triangularis are now listed at the rank of binomials in the Jepson eFlora.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Picture 3 caption: "Goldback" fernSonoran Maiden Fern
Pelazoneuron puberulum var. sonorensis ◊
TJM1: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.
TJM2: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.
F N A: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.
A N F: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.
Family: Thelypteridaceae (THELYPTERIS).
Generic common name: MAIDEN FERN, MARSH FERN.
Location: Encinal Creek: riparian woodland, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
Status: C N P S List 2B.2.
◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.
Water Fern
Family: Azollaceae (MOSQUITO FERN).
Other common names: mosquito fern, duck fern, pacific mosquitofern.
Generic common name: MOSQUITOFERN.
Location: Malibu Creek: sheltered creekside stagnant pools, Sept 2008.
Characteristics: Native.
Hairy Waterclover
Family: Marsileaceae (MARSILEA).
Other common names: hairy pepperwort.
Generic common name: WATER-CLOVER, PEPPERWORT.
Location: Day Canyon: drying bottom of an ephemeral pool, July 2011.
Characteristics: Native.
Common Scouring Rush
Family: Equisetaceae (HORSETAIL).
Other common names: scouringrush horsetail, giant scouring rush.
Generic common name: HORSETAIL, SCOURING RUSH.
Location: Topanga State Park: Santa Yenz Waterfall Trail, riparian woodland, August 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
Smooth Scouring-rush
Family: Equisetaceae (HORSETAIL).
Other common names: smooth horsetail.
Generic common name: HORSETAIL, SCOURING RUSH.
Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Upper Zuma Canyon, streamside, September 2007.
Characteristics: Native.
Giant Horsetail
Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii
Family: Equisetaceae (HORSETAIL).
Generic common name: HORSETAIL, SCOURING RUSH.
Location: Encinal Creek: riparian woodland, Aug 2009.
Characteristics: Native.
Picture 10 caption: SporesChara Algae
Family: Characeae (STONEWORT).
Other common names: algae, stonewort algae, green algae.
Generic common name: STONEWORT.
Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, shallow pools of intermittent streambed, August 2010.
Characteristics: Native.
Chara are members of the plant division Charophyta which are all freshwater pondweeds.