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
Hesperoyucca whipplei

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.

Coastal Galenia *
Galenia pubescens

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.

Crystalline Iceplant *
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum

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 *
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

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.

Water Plantain
Alisma triviale

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
Echinodorus berteroi

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.

Red-skinned Onion
Allium haematochiton

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 *
Allium neapolitanum

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: non-Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Escaped non-native ornamental; can become invasive.

Laurel Sumac
Malosma laurina

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.

Basket Brush
Rhus aromatica

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.

Lemonadeberry
Rhus integrifolia

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
Rhus ovata

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 *
Schinus molle

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 *
Schinus terebinthifolia ^◊

TJM1: Schinus terebinthifolius.
TJM2: Schinus terebinthifolius.
A N F: Schinus terebinthifolius.

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.

Latin termination changed from 'ius' to 'ia'. This SN change appeared in the Jepson eFlora in 2023.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum

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.

Bur-chervil *
Anthriscus caucalis

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
Apiastrum angustifolium

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 *
Apium graveolens

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
Berula erecta

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
Bowlesia incana

Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Generic common name: BOWLESIA.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: oak woodland, April 2009.

Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Poison Hemlock *
Conium maculatum

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 *
Cyclospermum leptophyllum

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 *
Daucus carota

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
Daucus pusillus

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.

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.

Sweet Cicely
Osmorhiza brachypoda

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.

Venus' Needle *
Scandix pecten-veneris

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.

Spreading Hedge-parsley *
Torilis arvensis

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 *
Torilis nodosa

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
Yabea microcarpa

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.

Indian Hemp
Apocynum cannabinum

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 *
Araujia sericifera

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
Asclepias californica

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
Asclepias eriocarpa

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.

Narrow-leaved Milkweed
Asclepias fascicularis

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.

Oleander *
Nerium 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.

Water Lettuce *
Pistia stratiotes

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.

Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata

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.

Canary Island Date Palm *
Phoenix canariensis

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 *
Washingtonia robusta

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.

Smilax Asparagus *
Asparagus asparagoides

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 *
Asphodelus fistulosus

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.

Thoroughwort *
Ageratina adenophora

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.

Woolly Fishhooks
Ancistrocarphus filagineus

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.

Salt Marsh Baccharis
Baccharis glutinosa

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
Baccharis malibuensis

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.

Beggar-ticks *
Bidens pilosa

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.

White Pincushion
Chaenactis artemisiifolia

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.

Little Horseweed *
Erigeron bonariensis

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.

Lowland Cudweed
Gnaphalium palustre

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.

Poverty Weed
Iva axillaris

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.

Coulter's Horseweed
Laennecia coulteri

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.

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.

Two-tone Everlasting
Pseudognaphalium biolettii

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
Pseudognaphalium californicum

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 *
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum

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.

Cotton-batting Plant
Pseudognaphalium stramineum

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.

Yarrow
Achillea millefolium

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 *
Anthemis cotula

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.

False Daisy
Eclipta prostrata

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: ECLIPTA.

Location: Lake Sherwood: shore margin: Sept 2008.

Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.

Horseweed
Erigeron canadensis

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.

Garland Chrysanthemum *
Glebionis coronaria

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.

Rock Daisy
Perityle emoryi

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 *
Plecostachys serpyllifolia

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.

Feverfew *
Tanacetum parthenium

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.

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.

California Chicory
Rafinesquia californica

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.

San Diego Milk-aster
Stephanomeria diegensis

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.

Whiteplume 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
Stephanomeria virgata

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.

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.

Minute-flowered Popcorn Flower
Cryptantha micromeres

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
Cryptantha microstachys

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.

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.

Meadow Nemophila
Nemophila pedunculata

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
Pectocarya penicillata

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
Phacelia brachyloba

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.

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.

White Fiesta Flower
Pholistoma racemosum

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
Plagiobothrys acanthocarpus

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
Plagiobothrys canescens

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
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus

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.

Mouse-ear Cress *
Arabidopsis thaliana

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
Athysanus pusillus

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.

Shepherd's Purse *
Capsella bursa-pastoris

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
Cardamine californica

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
Cardamine oligosperma

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
Caulanthus heterophyllus

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.

California Mustard
Caulanthus lasiophyllus

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.

Rock Cress
Draba cuneifolia

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.

Lesser Swine Cress *
Lepidium didymum

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 *
Lepidium draba

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: non-Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some locations.

Perennial Peppergrass *
Lepidium latifolium

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.

Dwarf Peppergrass
Lepidium latipes

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
Lepidium nitidum

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.

Sweet Alyssum *
Lobularia maritima

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
Nasturtium officinale

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.

Santa Cruz Island Fringepod
Thysanocarpus conchuliferus

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
Thysanocarpus curvipes

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
Thysanocarpus laciniatus

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.

Tower Mustard
Turritis glabra

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.

Nuttall's Nemacladus
Nemacladus ramosissimus

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.

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.

Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis

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.

Showy Baby's-breath *
Gypsophila elegans

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.

Douglas' Sandwort
Sabulina douglasii ^◊

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.

Dolores Campion
Silene verecunda

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 *
Spergula arvensis

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 *
Spergularia bocconi

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.

Salt-marsh Sand Spurry
Spergularia marina

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 *
Spergularia villosa

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 *
Stellaria media

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.

Shiny Chickweed
Stellaria nitens

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.

Swamp Saltbush *
Atriplex amnicola

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.

Bigelow's Pickleweed
Salicornia bigelovii

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.

Crimson-spot Rockrose *
Cistus ladanifer

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.

South 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
Calystegia soldanella

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 *
Convolvulus arvensis

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
Convolvulus simulans

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
Cressa truxillensis

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.

Field Dodder
Cuscuta campestris

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
Cuscuta subinclusa

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.

Asian Ponysfoot *
Dichondra micrantha

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.

Brown Dogwood
Cornus glabrata

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.

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.

Wild Cucumber
Marah macrocarpa

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.

Eastwood Manzanita
Arctostaphylos glandulosa

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
Arctostaphylos glauca

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
Xylococcus bicolor

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

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

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

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

Rattlesnake Weed
Euphorbia albomarginata ^◊

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.

Spotted Spurge *
Euphorbia maculata ^◊

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.

Red-gland Spurge
Euphorbia melanadenia ^◊

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.

Prostrate Spurge
Euphorbia polycarpa ^◊

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 *
Euphorbia prostrata ^◊

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 *
Euphorbia serpens ^◊

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.

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.

Castor Bean *
Ricinus communis

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.

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.

Wild Licorice
Glycyrrhiza lepidota

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.

Perennial Sweet Pea *
Lathyrus latifolius

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.

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.

White Sweet Clover *
Melilotus albus

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.

Black Locust *
Robinia pseudoacacia

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.

White Clover *
Trifolium repens

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.

Valley Oak
Quercus lobata

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.

Silk-tassel Bush
Garrya veatchii

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.

White-flowered Filaree
California macrophylla

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.

Hillside Gooseberry
Ribes californicum

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
Ribes indecorum

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.

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 Buena
Clinopodium douglasii

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.

Pitcher Sage
Lepechinia fragrans

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 *
Marrubium vulgare

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.

Peppermint *
Mentha × piperita

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.

Spearmint *
Mentha spicata

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.

White Sage
Salvia apiana

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.

Black Sage
Salvia mellifera

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.

White Hedge Nettle
Stachys albens

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.

Globe Lily
Calochortus albus

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
Calochortus catalinae

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.

Butterfly Mariposa Lily
Calochortus venustus

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.

Small-flowered Dwarf-flax
Hesperolinon micranthum

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.

Alkali-mallow
Malvella leprosa

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.

Star-lily
Toxicoscordion fremontii

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.

Pale Claytonia
Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua

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
Claytonia gypsophiloides

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.

Streambank 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
Claytonia perfoliata

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.

Water Blinks
Montia fontana

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.

Red Gum *
Eucalyptus camaldulensis

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.

Blue Gum *
Eucalyptus globulus

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.

Four-O'Clock *
Mirabilis jalapa var. jalapa

TJM1: Mirabilis jalapa.

Family: Nyctaginaceae (FOUR O'CLOCK).
Other common names: marvel of Peru, wishbone bush.
Generic common name: FOUR O'CLOCK.

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.

Chaparral Flowering Ash
Fraxinus dipetala

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.

Chinese Privet *
Ligustrum lucidum

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 *
Olea europaea

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.

Willow-herb Clarkia
Clarkia epilobioides

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.

Willow-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.

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.

Prickly Poppy
Argemone munita

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.

Bleeding Heart
Ehrendorferia ochroleuca

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.

Small-flowered Meconella
Meconella denticulata

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.

Cream Cups
Platystemon californicus

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
Romneya coulteri

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.

Blue Passion Flower *
Passiflora caerulea

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.

American pokeweed *
Phytolacca americana

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: non-Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some locations.

Australian Cheesewood *
Pittosporum undulatum

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.

White Snapdragon
Antirrhinum coulterianum

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.

Morrocan Toadflax
Linaria maroccana

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.

Water Speedwell *
Veronica anagallis-aquatica

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.

Western Sycamore
Platanus racemosa

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.

Wavyleaf Sea Lavender *
Limonium sinuatum

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.

Angel's Gilia
Gilia angelensis

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
Gilia clivorum

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.

Linanthus
Leptosiphon parviflorus

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.

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
Navarretia leptalea

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:

Downy Navarretia
Navarretia mitracarpa

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.

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.

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.

Anglestem Buckwheat
Eriogonum angulosum

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
Eriogonum cinereum

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.

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.

California 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).

Sea-cliff Buckwheat
Eriogonum parvifolium

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.

California Chorizanthe
Mucronea californica

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.

Willow Weed
Persicaria lapathifolia

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 *
Persicaria maculosa

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.

Persian Knotweed *
Polygonum argyrocoleon

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.

Common 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.

California Androsace
Androsace elongata ssp. acuta

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

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

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

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

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Virgin's Bower
Clematis lasiantha

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.

Western Virgin's Bower
Clematis ligusticifolia

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.

Hairy-fruited Buttercup
Ranunculus hebecarpus

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.

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.

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.

Greenbark Ceanothus
Ceanothus spinosus

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.

California 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.

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.

Redshank
Adenostoma sparsifolium

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.

Southern Mountain Misery
Chamaebatia australis

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 *
Cotoneaster pannosus

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 *
Eriobotrya japonica

Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Generic common name: LOQUAT.

Location: Riparian Woodland, March 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Toyon
Heteromeles arbutifolia

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
Horkelia cuneata var. cuneata

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.

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
Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii

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 *
Pyracantha angustifolia

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.

Himalayan blackberry *
Rubus armeniacus

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
Rubus ursinus

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.

Phlox-leaved Bedstraw
Galium andrewsii

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.

Narrow-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
Galium aparine

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.

Field Madder *
Sherardia arvensis

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.

Peninsular Nolina
Nolina cismontana

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.

Yerba Mansa
Anemopsis californica

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.

Coast Boykinia
Boykinia occidentalis

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
Boykinia rotundifolia

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
Lithophragma affine

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
Lithophragma cymbalaria

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.