American Century Plant *
Agave americana var. americana

TJM1: Not Listed.
TJM2: Not Listed.

Family: Agavaceae (AGAVE, CENTURY PLANT), Liliaceae (LILY).
Generic common name: AGAVE.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, Aug 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Hottentot Fig *
Carpobrotus edulis

Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Other common names: sea fig, iceplant.
Generic common name: FIG-MARIGOLD, CARPOBROTUS.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

New Zealand Spinach *
Tetragonia tetragonioides

Family: Aizoaceae (FIG-MARIGOLD).
Generic common name: TETRAGONIA.

Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: landscaped parking area, near coast throughout, Sept 2008.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

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.

Sweet Fennel *
Foeniculum vulgare

Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: biscuit root, fennel.
Generic common name: FENNEL.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Hog Fennel
Lomatium utriculatum

Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: common lomatium, bladder parsnip.
Generic common name: DESERTPARSLEY.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, grassland, March 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Snake Root
Sanicula arguta

Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: sharp-toothed sanicle, sharptooth blacksnakeroot.
Generic common name: SANICLE.

Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, valley grassland, March 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Poison Sanicle
Sanicula bipinnata

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

Location: Cornell Road: low area in disturbed grassland, April 2008.

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

Pacific Sanicle
Sanicula crassicaulis

Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: gamble weed, pacific blacksnakeroot.
Generic common name: SANICLE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Turkey Pea
Sanicula tuberosa

Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: tuberous sanicle.
Generic common name: SANICLE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Southern Tauschia
Tauschia arguta

Family: Apiaceae (CARROT).
Other common names: southern umbrellawort.
Generic common name: UMBRELLAWORT.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail: chaparral, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Inflated Duckweed
Lemna gibba

Family: Araceae (ARUM), Lemnaceae (DUCKWEED).
Other common names: Wind Bags.
Generic common name: DUCKWEED.

Location: Camarillo agricultural area ditches and creeks, Aug 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

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.

Blow-wives
Achyrachaena mollis

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: BLOW-WIVES.

Location: Stunt Ranch: Stunt High Trail, chaparral, March 2005.

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

Actually belongs in the Asteraceae (radiate) group.

Coast Weed
Amblyopappus pusillus

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: dwarf coastweed.
Generic common name: AMBLYOPAPPUS.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2005.

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

California Sagebrush
Artemisia californica

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: coastal sage brush.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

California Mugwort
Artemisia douglasiana

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Douglas' sagewort, mugwort.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.

Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, August 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Wild Tarragon
Artemisia dracunculus

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: tarragon, herbaceous sagewort, pinon wormwood.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, July 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Mojave Sagebrush
Artemisia tridentata ssp. parishii

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Parish's sagebrush, big sagebrush.
Generic common name: SAGEBRUSH.

Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve: coastal sage scrub, Oct 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Fall.

Stick-tight
Bidens frondosa

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: devil's beggartick.
Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK.

Location: Lake Sherwood: shore margin: Sept 2008.

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

Beggar-ticks *
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.

California Brickellbush
Brickellia californica

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: brickellbush.
Generic common name: BRICKELLBUSH.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Nevin's Brickellbush
Brickellia nevinii

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Nevin's brickellia.
Generic common name: BRICKELLBUSH.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Sept 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

Woolly Distaff Thistle *
Carthamus lanatus

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: DISTAFF THISTLE.

Location: UCLA Stunt Ranch, disturbed grassland, June 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.

Tocalote *
Centaurea melitensis

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellow star thistle, Maltese star-thistle.
Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, May 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Yellow Star Thistle *
Centaurea solstitialis

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Barnaby's thistle.
Generic common name: KNAPWEED, STAR-THISTLE.

Location: Westlake Blvd. disturbed road margin: chaparral, Sept 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Yellow Pincushion
Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellow chaenactis, common yellow chaenactis.
Generic common name: PINCUSHION, DUSTY-MAIDENS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, June 2006.

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

May be more than one variety in range.

Australian Brassbutton *
Cotula australis

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Australian waterbuttons, Australian Cotula.
Generic common name: WATERBUTTONS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Brass Buttons *
Cotula coronopifolia

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common brassbuttons.
Generic common name: WATERBUTTONS.

Location: Zuma Beach County Park: disturbed stream margin, Nov 2007.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

German Ivy *
Delairea odorata

TJM1: Senecio mikanioides.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: CAPE IVY, GERMAN IVY.

Location: Topanga State Park: Los Liones Trail, chaparral, Nov 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Golden-Fleece
Ericameria arborescens

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Conejo Peak access road, disturbed chaparral, Oct 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Mojave Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. mohavensis

TJM1: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. mohavensis.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: rubber rabbitbrush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: October 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

A California native but probably not native to the Santa Monica Mountains.

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.

Western Goldenrod
Euthamia occidentalis

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: western goldentop, western flat topped goldenrod.
Generic common name: GRASS-LEAVED GOLDENRODS, GOLDENTOP.

Location: Arroyo Sequit: Arroyo Sequit Loop Trail, valley grassland, Sept 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Sawtooth Goldenbush
Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides

Other scientific names: Haplopappus squarrosus.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: gum plant goldenbush, sawtooth bristleweed.
Generic common name: BRISTLEWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Prostrate Coast Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii var. sedoides

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Menzies' goldenbush, white flowered dune goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Coast Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii var. vernonioides

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Menzies' goldenbush, green leaved dune goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Aug 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

These plants hybridize and there is a great deal of variation that is not well described in the literature.

Scale Broom
Lepidospartum squamatum

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: broomsage, California broomshrub.
Generic common name: SCALE-BROOM, BROOMSAGE.

Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Zuma Canyon Trail, coastal sage scrub, November 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Pineapple Weed *
Matricaria discoidea

TJM1: Chamomilla suaveolens.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: rayless chamomile, chamomile.
Generic common name: CHAMOMILE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Campgrounds, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

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.

Slender Woollyheads
Psilocarphus tenellus

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: slender woolly marbles.
Generic common name: WOOLLY-HEADS, WOOLLY MARBLES.

Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, April 2009.

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

Cotton Fireweed *
Senecio quadridentatus

TJM1: Not Listed.
Other scientific names: Erechtites quadridentata.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cotton burnweed.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.

Location: Topanga State Park: East Topanga Fire Road, chaparral, May 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Common Groundsel *
Senecio vulgaris

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: old-man-in-the-Spring.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Southern Goldenrod
Solidago confinis

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: GOLDENROD.

Location: Malibu Creek: riparian woodland, near the Rindge dam, Oct 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

California Goldenrod
Solidago velutina ssp. californica

TJM1: Solidago californica.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: GOLDENROD.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, Nicholas Flat Trail, oak woodland, November 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Everlasting Nest-straw
Stylocline gnaphaloides

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: mountain neststraw, everlasting stylocline.
Generic common name: NEST STRAW.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Triunfo section Backbone Trail, sage scrub, May 2005.

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

Hairy Horsebrush
Tetradymia comosa

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cotton-thorn.
Generic common name: COTTON-THORN, HORSEBRUSH.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, May 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

Cocklebur
Xanthium orientale ^◊

TJM1: Xanthium strumarium.
TJM2: Xanthium strumarium.
F N A: Xanthium strumarium.
A N F: Xanthium strumarium.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common cocklebur, rough cockleburr.
Generic common name: COCKLEBUR.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Wood Canyon Fire Road, riparian woodland, Sept 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.

Xanthium strumarium misapplied. 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.

Spiny Cocklebur *
Xanthium spinosum

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Spiny clotbur, Cocklebur.
Generic common name: COCKLEBUR.

Location: Camarillo agricultural fields: waste areas throughout, Sept 2008.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.

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.

San Diego Viguiera
Bahiopsis laciniata

TJM1: Viguiera laciniata.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: torhleaf goldeneye.
Generic common name: GOLDENEYE.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: near the Backbone Trail parking lot on Corral Canyon Road, chaparral, May 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

A California native used in landscaping, probably not native to the Santa Monica Mountains, and this likely a horticultural form.

Many-Flowered Desert-Marigold
Baileya multiradiata

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: DESERT-MARIGOLD.

Location: Old Topanga Road: disturbed shoulder margin, March 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.

Likely escaped from plantings; not naturally occurring in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Bur-Marigold
Bidens laevis

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: smooth beggartick.
Generic common name: STICKTIGHT, SPANISH-NEEDLES, BEGGAR'S TICK.

Location: Banks of Calleguas Creek near CSUCI, Oct 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

Southern Tarplant
Centromadia parryi

Other scientific names: Hemizonia australis.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: pappose tarweed, Parry's tarplant, Parry's false tarplant, Parry's tarweed, Parry's spikeweed.
Generic common name: SPIKEWEED, CENTROMADIA, FALSE TARPLANT.

Location: Saline vernal pool Northeast of the Bard Reservoir, Nov 2013.

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

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Common Spikeweed
Centromadia pungens ssp. pungens

TJM1: Hemizonia pungens.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common tarweed.
Generic common name: SPIKEWEED, CENTROMADIA, FALSE TARPLANT.

Location: Open Space near Seminole Hot Springs, open sunny ground in an oak woodland, July 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Woolly Aster
Corethrogyne filaginifolia

TJM1: Lessingia filaginifolia.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cudweed aster, common California aster, California aster, common sandaster, cud-aster.
Generic common name: LESSINGIA, CALIFORNIA-ASTER, SAND-ASTER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

This name refers to a complex group that has been recently simplified through consolidation.

Slender Tarweed
Deinandra fasciculata

TJM1: Hemizonia fasciculata.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: clustered tarweed, common tarweed.
Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, June 2004.

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

Santa Susana Tarweed
Deinandra minthornii

TJM1: Hemizonia minthornii.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Santa Susana tarplant.
Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED.

Location: Backbone Trail just East of Corral Trailhead: sage scrub, Aug 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Cape-Marigold *
Dimorphotheca sinuata

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Namaqualand daisy.
Generic common name: DAISYBUSH, AFRICAN DAISY.

Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, March 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Bush Sunflower
Encelia californica

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California encelia, California brittlebush.
Generic common name: BRITTLEBUSH.

Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Brittlebush
Encelia farinosa

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: incienso, goldenhills, desert brittlebush.
Generic common name: BRITTLEBUSH.

Location: Oakbrook Community Park: sage scrub, Aug 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Mock Heather
Ericameria ericoides

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California goldenbush, heather goldenweed.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: Point Dume State Preserve: coastal flat, Oct 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Slender-leaved Goldenbush
Ericameria linearifolia

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: linear leaved goldenbush, narrowleaf goldenbush, interior goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: Cornell Road: coastal sage scrub, May 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Palmer's Goldenbush
Ericameria palmeri var. pachylepis

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Palmer's rabbitbrush, broad scaled Palmer's goldenbush, thick-bracted goldenbush.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Albertson Motorway, coastal sage scrub, November 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

Pine-Bush
Ericameria pinifolia

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: pine goldenweed.
Generic common name: GOLDENBUSH, GOLDENWEED.

Location: Happy Camp: Happy Camp Road, dry sandy wash: Oct 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

Horseweed
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.

Fleabane Aster
Erigeron foliosus var. foliosus

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: leafy fleabane, thread stemmed fleabane.
Generic common name: FLEABANE DAISY, FLEABANE.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Mott Road, disturbed grassland, June 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Golden Yarrow
Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellow yarrow.
Generic common name: WOOLY SUNFLOWER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Many-stem Woolly Sunflower
Eriophyllum multicaule

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: branched woolly sunflower, Many stemmed Eriophyllum.
Generic common name: WOOLY SUNFLOWER.

Location: La Purisma Mission: sandy soils in coastal sage scrub.

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

Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Gazania *
Gazania linearis

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: treasureflower.
Generic common name: GAZANIA, TREASURE-FLOWER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, sage scrub, May 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Note: this garden escapee can be found in many different colors and is called by many different names.

Garland Chrysanthemum *
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.

Gum Plant
Grindelia camporum

F N A: Grindelia hirsutula.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Great Valley gumweed, common gumplant.
Generic common name: GUMPLANT, GUMWEED.

Location: Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak Road and Trippet Ranch: valley grassland, May 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

California Matchweed
Gutierrezia californica

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: San Joaquin snakeweed.
Generic common name: SNAKEWEED, MATCHWEED.

Location: Chatsworth Nature Preserve, Jan 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Sneezeweed
Helenium puberulum

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: rosilla.
Generic common name: SNEEZEWEED.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Canyon Trail, riparian, Aug 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Common Sunflower
Helianthus annuus

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: sunflower.
Generic common name: SUNFLOWER.

Location: Kanan Dume Road shoulder: chaparral, Sept 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Slender Sunflower
Helianthus gracilentus

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

Location: Decker Road shoulder: chaparral, Sept 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Telegraph Weed
Heterotheca grandiflora

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: silk-grass goldenaster.
Generic common name: GOLDENASTER, TELEGRAPH WEED, FALSE GOLDENASTER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Hairy Golden-aster
Heterotheca sessiliflora

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: sessileflower false goldenaster, false goldenaster, golden aster, telegraph weed.
Generic common name: GOLDENASTER, TELEGRAPH WEED, FALSE GOLDENASTER.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, burned annual grassland, August 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Probably more than one subspecies present in range.

Marsh Jaumea
Jaumea carnosa

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: fleshy jaumea.
Generic common name: JAUMEA.

Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Hareleaf
Lagophylla ramosissima

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: branched lagophylla, common hareleaf.
Generic common name: HARELEAF.

Location: Westlake Open Space: sage scrub, June 2004.

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

Southern Goldfields
Lasthenia coronaria

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: crowned goldfields, royal goldfields.
Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, April 2010.

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

Coulter's Goldfields
Lasthenia glabrata ssp. coulteri

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellowray goldfields.
Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS.

Location: Ormond Beach: coastal saline flat, March 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1

Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Common Goldfields
Lasthenia gracilis

TJM1: Lasthenia californica.
TJM2: Lasthenia gracilis.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California goldfields, coast goldfields, valley goldfields.
Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Plants that ID to both L. gracilis and L. californica can be found in some populations.

Tidy Tips
Layia platyglossa

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: coastal tidytips, common tidy tips.
Generic common name: TIDYTIPS.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, grassland, April 2007.

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

Annual Coreopsis
Leptosyne bigelovii

TJM1: Coreopsis bigelovii.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Bigelow's tickseed, Bigelow's coreopsis.
Generic common name: TICKSEED.

Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: Pentachaeta Trail, chaparral, May 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

California Coreopsis
Leptosyne californica

TJM1: Coreopsis californica.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California tickseed.
Generic common name: TICKSEED.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Lost Cabin Trail, open chaparral, March 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Giant Coreopsis
Leptosyne gigantea

TJM1: Coreopsis gigantea.

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

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Valley Lessingia
Lessingia glandulifera

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: valley vinegarweed, glandular lessingia.
Generic common name: LESSINGIA, VINEGARWEED.

Location: Rancho Simi Open Space: Sandy exposed floodplain of Arroyo Simi, June 2013.

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

Common Madia
Madia elegans

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

Location: West Lake Road shoulder: June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Pygmy Madia
Madia exigua

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: small tarweed, threadstem madia, meager tarweed, little tarweed, threadstem tarweed.
Generic common name: TARWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, sage scrub, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Sticky Madia
Madia gracilis

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: slender tarweed, Gumweed, grassy tarweed.
Generic common name: TARWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, May 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Coast Tarweed
Madia sativa

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Chile tarweed.
Generic common name: TARWEED.

Location: Private land near Old Topanga Road: sunny open area in oak woodland, Aug 2011.

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

Monolopia
Monolopia lanceolata

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common monolopia.
Generic common name: MONOLOPIA.

Location: Paramount Ranch: Cornell Road shoulder, April 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Brewer's Ragwort
Packera breweri

TJM1: Senecio breweri.

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

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: oak woodland, April 2010.

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

Lyon's Pentachaeta
Pentachaeta lyonii

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Lyon's pygmydaisy.
Generic common name: PYGMYDAISY.

Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, July 2004.

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

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Rock Daisy
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.

California Groundsel
Senecio aphanactis

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: chaparral ragwort, rayless ragwort.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.

Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2008.

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

Status:  C N P S  List 2B.2.

California Ragwort
Senecio californicus

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: California groundsel, California butterweed.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.

Location: Cabrillo National Monument: coastal sage scrub, April 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Bush Senecio
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Douglas' groundsel, shrubby butterweed, Douglas' ragwort, Douglas' threadleaf ragwort.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Sandstone Peak Trail, sage scrub, Aug 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Lance-Leaved Aster
Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium

TJM1: Aster lanceolatus ssp. hesperius.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: white-panicled aster.
Generic common name: ASTER.

Location: Paramount Ranch: Medea Creek Trail, riparian woodland, Oct 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

Slim Aster
Symphyotrichum subulatum var. parviflorum

TJM1: Aster subulatus var. ligulatus.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: annual water aster, southwestern annual saltmarsh aster.
Generic common name: ASTER.

Location: Camarillo agricultural fields: bank of Calleguas Creek, Sept 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.

Has been listed as a perennial by some references.

Feverfew *
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.

Canyon Sunflower
Venegasia carpesioides

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: CANYON SUNFLOWER, VENEGASIA.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, oak woodland, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Golden Crownbeard *
Verbesina encelioides

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cowpen daisy.
Generic common name: CROWN-BEARD.

Location: Ventura County disturbed areas and road margins, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

The ssp. listed in TJM2 does not seem to be a good fit to our plants. See the comment in the A N F description.

Mountain Dandelion
Agoseris grandiflora var. grandiflora

TJM1: Agoseris grandiflora.

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: bigflower agoseris, California dandelion, large flowered agoseris, giant mountain dandelion.
Generic common name: AGOSERIS.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Rush Skeleton Weed *
Chondrilla juncea

TJM1: Not Listed.

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: hogbite.
Generic common name: CHONDRILLA.

Location: Palo Comado Canyon: Palo Comado Canyon Trail, oak savanna, June 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Hedypnois *
Hedypnois rhagadioloides ^◊

TJM1: Hedypnois cretica.
TJM2: Hedypnois cretica.
F N A: Hedypnois cretica.
A N F: Hedypnois cretica.

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: cretanweed, Crete weed.
Generic common name: HEDYPNOIS.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

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

Bristly Ox-tongue *
Helminthotheca echioides

TJM1: Picris echioides.

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: OX-TONGUE.

Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Wendy Trail, disturbed grassland, June 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Hawkweed
Hieracium argutum

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: southern hawkweed.
Generic common name: HAWKWEED.

Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: sage scrub, July 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Annual Cat's Ear *
Hypochaeris glabra

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: smooth cat's ear.
Generic common name: CAT'S-EAR.

Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, March 2004.

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

Also Hypochoeris.

Perennial Cat's Ear *
Hypochaeris radicata

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: hairy cat's ear, rough cat's ear, common cat's-ear.
Generic common name: CAT'S-EAR.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soil along trail cut, April 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status in some states.

Prickly Lettuce *
Lactuca serriola

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: prickly wild lettuce.
Generic common name: LETTUCE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, sage scrub, Aug 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Annual Malacothrix
Malacothrix clevelandii

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Cleveland's desert-dandelion.
Generic common name: DESERTDANDELION.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Cistern Trail, chaparral, April 2010.

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

Small-flowered Microseris
Microseris douglasii ssp. tenella

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Douglas' silverpuffs, Microseris.
Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, April 2008.

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

Prickly Sow Thistle *
Sonchus asper

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: SOW-THISTLE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, disturbed trailside, April 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Sow Thistle *
Sonchus oleraceus

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common sowthistle.
Generic common name: SOW-THISTLE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Brown Microseris
Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa

A N F: Microseris × heterocarpa.

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Stebbinsoseris, Stebbins' microseris, grassland silverpuffs.
Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, thin soiled grassland, April 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

For the origin of the name Microseris × lindleyi see the discussion in A N F.

Dandelion *
Taraxacum officinale

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: common dandelion.
Generic common name: DANDELION.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Silver Puffs
Uropappus lindleyi

A N F: Microseris × lindleyi.

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: uropappus.
Generic common name: SILVERPUFFS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, April 2004.

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

For the origin of the name Microseris × lindleyi see the discussion in A N F at Microseris × heterocarpa.

Prickly Goldenfleece *
Urospermum picroides

Family: Asteraceae(ray) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: bristly tail seed.
Generic common name: GOLDENFLEECE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, chaparral, June 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Nevin's Barberry
Berberis nevinii

Family: Berberidaceae (BARBERRY).
Generic common name: OREGON-GRAPE, BARBERRY.

Location: Thousand Oaks Landscaping, March 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

California Barberry
Berberis pinnata ssp. pinnata

Other scientific names: Mahonia pinnata.

Family: Berberidaceae (BARBERRY).
Other common names: Oregon-grape, mahonia.
Generic common name: OREGON-GRAPE, BARBERRY.

Location: Newton Canyon, chaparral, April 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Common Fiddleneck
Amsinckia intermedia

TJM1: Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia.

Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Other common names: orange flowered Menzies' fiddleneck.
Generic common name: FIDDLENECK.

Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: riparian woodland, April 2004.

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

Small-Flowered Fiddleneck
Amsinckia menziesii

TJM1: Amsinckia menziesii var. menziesii.

Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE).
Generic common name: FIDDLENECK.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, Jan 2006.

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

Whispering Bells
Emmenanthe penduliflora

TJM1: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora.
TJM2: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora.
A N F: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora.

Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Generic common name: WHISPERINGBELLS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: New Backbone Trail, chaparral, June 2004.

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

The Jepson eFlora: Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora treated at species rank, as Emmenanthe penduliflora.

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.

Winter Cress
Barbarea orthoceras

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: American wintercress, American rocket, erectpod wintercress, American yellowrocket.
Generic common name: YELLOWROCKET.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Black Mustard *
Brassica nigra

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP.

Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road margin, sage scrub, March 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Field Mustard *
Brassica rapa

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: turnip, common mustard, rape mustard.
Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP.

Location: Cornell Road margin: disturbed grassland, March 2008.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.

Asian Mustard *
Brassica tournefortii

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Sahara mustard.
Generic common name: MUSTARD, TURNIP.

Location: Point Dume Natural Preserve: disturbed roadside, March 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata ssp. brachycarpa

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: western tansymustard, alkali western tansy mustard.
Generic common name: TANSY MUSTARD.

Location: Point Dume State Preserve: Overlook Platform Trail, coastal bluff scrub, Jan 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Flix-weed *
Descurainia sophia

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: herb sophia.
Generic common name: TANSY MUSTARD.

Location: Disturbed roadsides and waste areas, May 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Western Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

TJM1: Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum.

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: sanddune wallflower.
Generic common name: WALLFLOWER.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: valley grassland, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Coast Wallflower
Erysimum suffrutescens

TJM1: Erysimum insulare ssp. suffrutescens.

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: island wallflower, suffrutescent wallflower.
Generic common name: WALLFLOWER.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Mediterranean Mustard *
Hirschfeldia incana

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: shortpod mustard, Mediterranean hoary mustard.
Generic common name: HIRSCHFELDIA.

Location: Circle X Ranch: disturbed areas and roadsides, June 2007.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Jointed Charlock *
Raphanus raphanistrum

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: painted charlock, wild radish.
Generic common name: WILD RADISH, RADISH.

Location: Westlake Road disturbed shoulder: chaparral, March 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.

Wild Radish *
Raphanus sativus

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: cultivated radish, jointed charlock.
Generic common name: WILD RADISH, RADISH.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Yellow Cress
Rorippa curvisiliqua

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: curvepod yellowcress.
Generic common name: YELLOW CRESS, WATER CRESS.

Location: Rocky Oaks, Pond Margin, April 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Tumble Mustard *
Sisymbrium altissimum

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Jim Hill mustard, tall tumblemustard.
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.

Location: Disturbed areas and roadsides, May 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

London Rocket *
Sisymbrium irio

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.

Location: Soka University grounds: disturbed oak woodland, May 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Winter, Early Spring.

Hedge Mustard *
Sisymbrium officinale

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Campground, disturbed oak woodland, May 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Oriental Mustard *
Sisymbrium orientale

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: Indian hedgemustard, Oriental hedge mustard.
Generic common name: HEDGEMUSTARD.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Campground, disturbed oak woodland, June 2007.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Golden Prince's Plume
Stanleya pinnata var. pinnata

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: prince's plume, desert princesplume.
Generic common name: PRINCE'S PLUME.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, burned valley grassland, June 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Dobie-pod
Tropidocarpum gracile

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: slender keel fruit, slender tropidocarpum.
Generic common name: TROPIDOCARPUM.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Sheep Corral Trail, burned chaparral, April 2006.

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

Cane Cholla
Cylindropuntia bernardina ^◊

TJM1: Opuntia parryi.
TJM2: Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri.
F N A: Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri.
A N F: Cylindropuntia californica var. parkeri.

Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: brownspined pricklypear, snake cholla, California cholla, Valley Cholla.
Generic common name: CHOLLA.

Location: Griffith Park, June 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

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

Mission Prickly-pear *
Opuntia ficus-indica

Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: Indian-fig, Barbary fig, tuna cactus, mission cactus.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, June 2007.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Coastal Prickly Pear
Opuntia littoralis

Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: western prickly pear.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal sage scrub, July 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Prickly Pear
Opuntia oricola

Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Other common names: chaparral pricklypear.
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.

Location: Potrero Road shoulder: coastal sage scrub, June 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Brown-Spined Prickly-Pear
Opuntia phaeacantha

Family: Cactaceae (CACTUS).
Generic common name: PRICKLY PEAR, CHOLLA.

Location: Wildwood Park: open coastal sage scrub/grassland, July 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

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.

Beach Saltbush
Atriplex leucophylla

Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: seascale.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Watson's Saltbush
Atriplex watsonii

Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: matscale, Watson's orach.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.

Location: Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Five-hook Bassia *
Bassia hyssopifolia

Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: fivehorn smotherweed.
Generic common name: SMOTHERWEED.

Location: Beach near Pt Mugu: disturbed coastal soils throughout, June 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Woolly Seablite
Suaeda taxifolia

Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED.

Location: Mugu Lagoon: coastal salt marsh, May 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Peak Rush Rose
Crocanthemum scoparium ^◊

TJM1: Helianthemum scoparium.
TJM2: Helianthemum scoparium.
A N F: Helianthemum scoparium.

Family: Cistaceae (ROCK-ROSE).
Other common names: common sun rose, rock-rose, rushrose, Bisbee Peak rushrose.
Generic common name: SUN-ROSE, RUSH-ROSE, FROSTWEED.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

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

Bladderpod
Peritoma arborea var. arborea

TJM1: Isomeris arborea.

Family: Cleomaceae (SPIDERFLOWER), Capparaceae (CAPER).
Other common names: coastal bladderpod.
Generic common name: BLADDERPOD.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Canary Islands Aeonium *
Aeonium arboreum

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: tree aenium.
Generic common name: AEONIUM.

Location: Point Dume State Preserve: Overlook Platform Trail, coastal bluff scrub, March 2013.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.

Live-forever
Dudleya caespitosa

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: sealettuce, coast dudleya, sand lettuce.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: coastal strand, June 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Also Dudleya cespitosa.

Agoura Hills Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: canyon liveforever, Santa Monica Mountains dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Sage scrub, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Canyon Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. cymosa

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: canyon liveforever.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: north-facing, steep rocky slope, April 2009.

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

Marcescent Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Santa Monica Mountains dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: oak woodland, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Santa Monica Mountains Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. ovatifolia

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Steep rock face, riparian, June 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Lance-leaf Live-forever
Dudleya lanceolata

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: southern California dudleya, lance-leaved dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, May 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Many-stemmed Dudleya
Dudleya multicaulis

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Grown in a pot because natural specimens inaccessible, flowered April 2010.

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

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Palmer's Dudleya
Dudleya palmeri

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Palmer's liveforever.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Malibu Canyon Road: steep roadcut, chaparral, June 2001.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

May not be distinct from D. lanceolata.

Conejo Dudleya
Dudleya parva

TJM1: Dudleya abramsii ssp. parva.

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, May 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Verity's Dudleya
Dudleya verityi

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Verity's liveforever.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Far west end of range: coastal sage scrub, May 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Calabazilla
Cucurbita foetidissima

Family: Cucurbitaceae (GOURD).
Other common names: Missouri gourd, mock orange, coyote gourd.
Generic common name: GOURD, SQUASH.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Big Sycamore Canyon Trail, oak woodland, July 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Field Pumpkin *
Cucurbita pepo var. pepo

Family: Cucurbitaceae (GOURD).
Other common names: squash, zucchini.
Generic common name: GOURD, SQUASH.

Location: Rocky Oaks: disturbed area near the parking lot, July 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

As with other species possessing a long history of cultivation it can take many forms. The common name for the variety shown here would be zucchini.

Incense Cedar
Calocedrus decurrens

Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS).
Other common names: white cedar, post cedar.
Generic common name: INCENSE CEDAR.

Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, riparian woodland, March 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants.

Arizona Cypress
Hesperocyparis nevadensis

TJM1: Cupressus arizonica.
A N F: Hesperocyparis arizonica.
Other scientific names: Cupressus nevadensis.

Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS).
Other common names: Arizona smooth cypress, Piute Cypress.
Generic common name: WESTERN CYPRESS.

Location: Feb 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Likely planted; not naturally occurring in the Santa Monica Mountains.

California Juniper
Juniperus californica

Family: Cupressaceae (CYPRESS).
Generic common name: JUNIPER.

Location: Open dry land near Lancaster: Feb 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter.

The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants.

Cosmopolitan Bulrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus

TJM1: Scirpus maritimus.

Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: saltmarsh bulrush, seaside bulrush, alkali bulrush, prairie bulrush, bayonet-grass.
Generic common name: TUBEROUS BULRUSHES, BULRUSH.

Location: Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh, September 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Panicled Bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus

Family: Cyperaceae (SEDGE).
Other common names: small-fruited bulrush, mountain bog bulrush.
Generic common name: BULRUSH.

Location: Malibu Springs, creekside in riparian woodland, Oct 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Durango Root
Datisca glomerata

Family: Datiscaceae (DATISCA).
Generic common name: DATISCA.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, riparian woodland, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Croton
Croton californicus

Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: California croton, desert croton, sand croton.
Generic common name: CROTON.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Caper Spurge *
Euphorbia lathyris

Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: gopher plant, moleplant, compass plant.
Generic common name: SPURGE.

Location: July 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Warty Spurge
Euphorbia spathulata

Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: reticulate seeded spurge.
Generic common name: SPURGE.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: Nicholas Flat, Malibu Springs Trail, grassland, May 2007.

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

Terracina Spurge *
Euphorbia terracina

TJM1: Not Listed.

Family: Euphorbiaceae (SPURGE).
Other common names: Geraldton carnation weed.
Generic common name: SPURGE.

Location: Solstice Canyon: TWR Loop Trail, chaparral, June 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Coastal Wattle *
Acacia cyclops

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: cyclops acacia, round-seeded acacia, western coastal wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.

Location: Topanga State Park: Rustic Canyon Trail, oak woodland, Feb 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Silver Wattle *
Acacia dealbata

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.

Location: Backbone Trail near Piuma Road: oak woodland, Feb. 2010.

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

Note: Invasive exotic.

Sydney Golden Wattle *
Acacia longifolia

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: bush acacia, broad-leaf acacia, sallow wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.

Location: Mulholland Highway shoulder: disturbed road margin, Sept 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Blackwood Acacia *
Acacia melanoxylon

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.

Location: East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010.

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

Everblooming Wattle *
Acacia retinodes

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: everblooming acacia, swamp wattle, water wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.

Location: East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010.

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

Golden Wreath Wattle *
Acacia saligna

TJM1: Not Listed.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Blue-Leaf Wattle.
Generic common name: ACACIA, WATTLE.

Location: East End of Range: disturbed roadsides, March 2010.

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

Note: Invasive exotic.

Silver Lotus
Acmispon argophyllus var. argophyllus

TJM1: Lotus argophyllus var. argophyllus.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: silver bird's-foot trefoil, southern California silver lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.

Location: Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak and Malibu Creek State Park: chaparral, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Deerweed
Acmispon glaber

TJM1: Lotus scoparius.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: common deerweed, California broom.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Large-flowered Lotus
Acmispon grandiflorus var. grandiflorus

TJM1: Lotus grandiflorus var. grandiflorus.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: chaparral bird's foot trefoil, chaparral lotus, Large leaved lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.

Location: Backbone Trail between Saddle Peak Road and Trippet Ranch: oak woodland, May 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Coastal Lotus
Acmispon maritimus var. maritimus

TJM1: Lotus salsuginosus var. salsuginosus.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: coastal bird's foot trefoil.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.

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

San Diego Lotus
Acmispon micranthus

TJM1: Lotus hamatus.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: San Diego bird's-foot trefoil, small flowered lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.

Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, April 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Strigose Lotus
Acmispon strigosus

TJM1: Lotus strigosus.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: hairy lotus, Bishop's lotus, strigose bird's-foot trefoil.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Chile Lotus
Acmispon wrangelianus

TJM1: Lotus wrangelianus.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Chilean bird's-foot trefoil, calf lotus.
Generic common name: NEW WORLD LOTUS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Ventura Marsh Milkvetch
Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.

Location: coastal strand: Ventura, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1

Photographed slightly out of range for SAMO, but an important species of interest. For decades it was presumed extinct until a small population was discovered in a Ventura oil field. There has been a significant effort to bring this unique species back from the brink of extinction.

Southern California Locoweed
Astragalus trichopodus var. lonchus

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Santa Barbara milkvetch.
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Mugu Peak Trail, sage scrub, April 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Santa Barbara Locoweed
Astragalus trichopodus var. phoxus

A N F: Astragalus antiselli.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Santa Barbara milkvetch, Antiselli's milkvetch.
Generic common name: MILKVETCH.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, disturbed trailside in valley grassland, April 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Bird-Of-Paradise *
Caesalpinia gilliesii

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Poinciana.
Generic common name: NICKER.

Location: Box Canyon roadside: disturbed road margin, June 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

French Broom *
Genista monspessulana

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: bridle-veil broom.
Generic common name: BROOM.

Location: Franklin Canyon, riparian woodland, June 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.

Birdfoot Trefoil *
Lotus corniculatus

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: broadleaf birdsfoot trefoil, birdfoot deervetch.
Generic common name: TREFOIL.

Location: Soka University: May 2006.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Black Medick *
Medicago lupulina

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: yellow trefoil.
Generic common name: ALFALFA, BURCLOVER.

Location: Disturbed areas, residential lawns, July 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Bur-clover *
Medicago polymorpha

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: bur medic, California burclover.
Generic common name: ALFALFA, BURCLOVER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road shoulder, sage scrub, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Yellow Sweet Clover *
Melilotus indicus

TJM1: Melilotus indica.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: sourclover, annual yellow sweetclover, Indian melilot.
Generic common name: SWEETCLOVER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Mexican Palo Verde *
Parkinsonia aculeata

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Jerusalem thorn.
Generic common name: PALOVERDE.

Location: Camarillo Regional Recreation Area, fallow agricultural land, June 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

California-tea
Rupertia physodes

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: forest scurfpea, common rupertia.
Generic common name: RUPERT'S SCURF-PEA, RUPERTIA.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, oak woodland, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Silver Cassia *
Senna artemisioides

TJM1: Not Listed.
Other scientific names: Cassia artemisioides.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: SENNA, CASSIA.

Location: Decker Road shoulder, disturbed chaparral, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Summer, Fall.

Cultivar occasionally escaped near landscaping.

African Senna *
Senna didymobotrya

Other scientific names: Cassia didymobotrya.

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: African wild cassia, Nairobi cassia.
Generic common name: SENNA, CASSIA.

Location: Conejo Valley Community Park, Feb 2009.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Spanish Broom *
Spartium junceum

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: gorse.
Generic common name: BROOM.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic.

Scrub Oak
Quercus berberidifolia

Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Other common names: California scrub oak.
Generic common name: OAK.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Deerleg Trail, grassland, March 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Blue Oak
Quercus douglasii

Family: Fagaceae (BEECH, OAK).
Generic common name: OAK.

Location: Wildwood Park: oak savanna (grassland) April 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

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.

Golden Currant
Ribes aureum var. gracillimum

Family: Grossulariaceae (GOOSEBERRY).
Generic common name: CURRANT, GOOSEBERRY.

Location: Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa: Ethnobotanic Garden at the Satwiwa Cultural Center, January 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

St. John's Wort *
Hypericum canariense

Family: Hypericaceae (ST. JOHN'S WORT, MANGOSTEEN).
Other common names: Canary Island St. Johnswort.
Generic common name: ST. JOHN'S WORT.

Location: Franklin Canyon, oak woodland, June 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

Yellow Water Iris *
Iris pseudacorus

Family: Iridaceae (IRIS).
Other common names: paleyellow iris, horticultural iris, yellow flag.
Generic common name: IRIS.

Location: Cold Creek: creekbed.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic, NOXIOUS WEED.

Common Arrow-grass
Triglochin maritima

Family: Juncaginaceae (ARROW-GRASS).
Other common names: Arrowgrass.
Generic common name: ARROW-GRASS.

Location: Mugu Lagoon: coastal salt marsh, July 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Was treated as Triglochin concinna in the original manual.

Slender Mariposa Lily
Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis

Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.

Location: Upper Zuma Canyon: riparian woodland, June 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Yellow Mariposa Lily
Calochortus clavatus var. pallidus

Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: clubhair mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, May 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Plummer's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus plummerae

Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Weed's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus weedii var. intermedius

Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: intermediate mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.

Location: Dayton Canyon ridge line: open chaparral/coastal sage scrub, May 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2
See the note in the A N F about the ID of this plant.

Smoothstem Blazing Star
Mentzelia laevicaulis var. laevicaulis ^◊

TJM1: Mentzelia laevicaulis.
TJM2: Mentzelia laevicaulis.
A N F: Mentzelia laevicaulis.

Family: Loasaceae (LOASA).
Other common names: giant blazingstar.
Generic common name: BLAZING STAR.

Location: Griffith Park: the old quarry, disturbed loose rocky soil, August 2012.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

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.

Stick-leaf
Mentzelia micrantha

Family: Loasaceae (LOASA).
Other common names: San Luis blazingstar, chaparral blazing star, San Luis stick leaf, small-flowered stick leaf.
Generic common name: BLAZING STAR.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, April 2004.

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

Veatch's Blazing Star
Mentzelia veatchiana

TJM1: Mentzelia veatchiana.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Yellow Waterlily *
Nymphaea mexicana

Family: Nymphaeaceae (WATERLILY).
Other common names: banana waterlily, Mexican water lily.
Generic common name: WATERLILY, WATER NYMPH.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Century Lake, open water, Sept 2008.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Note: has NOXIOUS WEED status.

Contorted Evening Primrose
Camissonia strigulosa

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: strigose sun cup, sandysoil suncup.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, chaparral, March 2008.

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

California Sun-cup
Camissoniopsis bistorta

TJM1: Camissonia bistorta.

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: southern suncup, sun cup, southern evening primrose.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: China Flat Trail, burned chaparral, March 2006.

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

Beach Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia ssp. suffruticosa

TJM1: Camissonia cheiranthifolia ssp. suffruticosa.

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: beach suncup, beach primrose.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Small Evening Primrose
Camissoniopsis micrantha

TJM1: Camissonia micrantha.

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: small flowered evening primrose, miniature suncup, small primrose.
Generic common name: SUN CUP.

Location: Griffith Park: disturbed road margin, coastal sage scrub, June 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Mustard Evening Primrose
Eulobus californicus

TJM1: Camissonia californica.

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: California suncup.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.

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

Yellow Water Weed
Ludwigia peploides ssp. peploides

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: marsh purslane, floating primrose willow, floating water primrose.
Generic common name: FALSE LOOSESTRIFE, WATER PRIMROSE, PRIMROSE-WILLOW.

Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Pond, pond aquatic, Sept 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Hooker's Evening Primrose
Oenothera elata ssp. hirsutissima

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: hairy evening primrose.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, intermittent streambed, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Cut-leaved Evening Primrose *
Oenothera laciniata

Family: Onagraceae (EVENING PRIMROSE).
Other common names: southern evening primrose.
Generic common name: EVENING PRIMROSE.

Location: Photographed outside of range, June 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Franciscan Broomrape
Aphyllon franciscanum ^◊

TJM1: Orobanche fasciculata.
TJM2: Orobanche fasciculata.
F N A: Orobanche fasciculata.
A N F: Orobanche fasciculata.
Other scientific names: Aphyllon fasciculatum.

Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE).
Other common names: fascicled broom rape, clustered broomrape.
Generic common name: BROOMRAPE.

Location: Paramount Ranch: valley grassland, May 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

A. fasciculatum has been split into two species, A. fasciculatum and A. franciscanum. For a time, prior to this split, this plant was identified as A. fasciculatum.

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

Parish's broomrape
Aphyllon parishii ^◊

TJM1: Orobanche parishii.
TJM2: Orobanche parishii.
F N A: Orobanche parishii.
A N F: Orobanche parishii.

Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE).
Generic common name: BROOMRAPE.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: coastal sage scrub, June 2012.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

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

Oxalis
Oxalis californica

TJM1: Oxalis albicans ssp. californica.

Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS).
Other common names: California woodsorrel.
Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Weedy Oxalis *
Oxalis corniculata

Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS).
Other common names: creeping woodsorrel, yellow sorrel.
Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS.

Location: Peter Strauss Ranch: Front lawn, urban lawns and gardens, March 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Bermuda Buttercup *
Oxalis pes-caprae

Family: Oxalidaceae (OXALIS).
Generic common name: WOODSORREL, OXALIS.

Location: Arroyo Sequit: entrance road, chaparral, Feb 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Fall.

Can become invasive.

Tree Poppy
Dendromecon rigida

Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: bush poppy.
Generic common name: TREE POPPY.

Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: chaparral, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Collarless California Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa

Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: tufted poppy, foothill poppy, tufted eschscholzia.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA POPPY.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Yerba Buena Road shoulder, chaparral, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica

Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA POPPY.

Location: Backbone Trail between Zuma Ridge Trail and Kanan Trailhead: chaparral, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Yellow Monkey Flower
Diplacus brevipes ^◊

TJM1: Mimulus brevipes.
TJM2: Mimulus brevipes.
A N F: Mimulus brevipes.

Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: wide throated yellow monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, sage scrub, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

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

Bush Monkey Flower
Diplacus longiflorus ^◊

TJM1: Mimulus aurantiacus.
TJM2: Mimulus aurantiacus.
A N F: Mimulus aurantiacus.

Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: sticky monkey flower, island monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, chaparral, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Our plants key into a number of different subspecies which have not been enumerated here.

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

Slimy Monkey Flower
Erythranthe floribunda ^◊

TJM1: Mimulus floribundus.
TJM2: Mimulus floribundus.
A N F: Mimulus floribundus.

Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: floriferous monkeyflower, manyflowered monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.

Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, riparian woodland, June 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

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

Creek Monkey Flower
Erythranthe guttata ^◊

TJM1: Mimulus guttatus.
TJM2: Mimulus guttatus.
A N F: Mimulus guttatus.

Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: common yellow monkeyflower, seep monkeyflower.
Generic common name: MONKEYFLOWER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

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

Downy Monkey Flower
Mimetanthe pilosa ^◊

TJM1: Mimulus pilosus.
TJM2: Mimulus pilosus.
A N F: Mimulus pilosus.

Family: Phrymaceae (LOPSEED), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: false monkeyflower, downy mimetanthe, snouted monkeyflower, false downy monkeyflower, hairy mimetanthe.
Generic common name: DOWNY MIMETANTHE, FALSE MONKEYFLOWER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, chaparral, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

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

Aleppo Pine *
Pinus halepensis ssp. halepensis

Family: Pinaceae (PINE).
Other common names: Jerusalem pine.
Generic common name: PINE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: main parking lot off of Yerba Buena Road, March 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

The Gymnosperms are technically not flowering plants.

Fluellin *
Kickxia elatine

Family: Plantaginaceae (PLANTAIN), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Other common names: sharpleaf cancerwort, sharp leaved fluellin, sharp point fluellin.
Generic common name: FLUELLIN, CANCERWORT.

Location: Mulholland Highway: disturbed margin, June 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Red, Blue, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Morrocan Toadflax
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.

Conejo Buckwheat
Eriogonum crocatum

Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.

Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Slender Buckwheat
Eriogonum gracile var. gracile

Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: slender woolly wild buckwheat.
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.

Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: near the Pentachaeta Trail, chaparral, August 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Summer.

Thread Stem
Pterostegia drymarioides

Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: pterostegia, fairy mist, woodland pterostegia, granny's hair-net, woodland threadstem.
Generic common name: PTEROSTEGIA.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Purslane *
Portulaca oleracea

Family: Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: common purslane, little hogweed.
Generic common name: PURSLANE.

Location: Potrero Road shoulder: June 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

Fennel-leaf Pondweed
Stuckenia pectinata

TJM1: Potamogeton pectinatus.

Family: Potamogetonaceae (PONDWEED).
Other common names: sago pondweed.
Generic common name: PONDWEED.

Location: Open water, July 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

California Buttercup
Ranunculus californicus var. californicus

Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: common buttercup.
Generic common name: BUTTERCUP.

Location: Soka University: May 2006.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Hairy-fruited Buttercup
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.

Creeping Buttercup *
Ranunculus repens

Family: Ranunculaceae (BUTTERCUP).
Other common names: crowfoot.
Generic common name: BUTTERCUP.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: La Jolla Valley Loop Trail, streamside in riparian woodland, May 2012.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Note: Invasive exotic, has NOXIOUS WEED status in some US states.

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.

English Cinquefoil *
Potentilla anglica

Other scientific names: Potentilla procumbens.

Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: trailing tormentil.
Generic common name: CINQUEFOIL, FIVE FINGER.

Location: Oak Canyon Community Park: Medea Creek social trail, Riparian, July 2013.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Escaped from cultivation in moist environments. Generally considered to be a waif in CA. In T J M 1 appears only as a note in the Potentilla genus description.

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.

Big-Leaf Maple
Acer macrophyllum

Family: Sapindaceae (SOAPBERRY), Aceraceae (MAPLE).
Other common names: bigtooth maple, canyon maple.
Generic common name: MAPLE.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: riparian woodland near Bulldog Road, March 2012.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Butterfly Bush *
Buddleja saligna

Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT), Buddlejaceae (BUDDLEJA).
Other common names: false olive, olive buddleia, bastard olive.
Generic common name: BUTTERFLY BUSH.

Location: Scheuren Road: disturbed chaparral, Jan 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, White, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Wand Mullein *
Verbascum virgatum

Family: Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: MULLEIN.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: High Road, June 2005.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Tomato *
Lycopersicon esculentum

Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Generic common name: TOMATO.

Location: Ventura County disturbed roadsides and agricultural areas, Nov 2010.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer, Fall.

Tree Tobacco *
Nicotiana glauca

Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Generic common name: TOBACCO.

Location: Circle X Ranch: group campground access road margin, chaparral, Feb 2004.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Medium, Large, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Note: Invasive exotic HIGHLY TOXIC.

Tomatillo *
Physalis philadelphica

Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: tomate, Mexican groundcherry.
Generic common name: GROUND-CHERRY.

Location: Developed picnic areas, Sept 2011.

Characteristics: non-Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring, Summer.

An escaped garden herb, probably unintentionally spread by picnickers.

Golden Stars
Bloomeria crocea var. crocea

Family: Themidaceae (BRODIAEA), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: common goldenstar.
Generic common name: GOLDENSTAR.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Canyon View Trail, sage scrub, May 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Johnny Jump-up
Viola pedunculata

Family: Violaceae (VIOLET).
Other common names: California golden violet.
Generic common name: VIOLET.

Location: Backbone Trail between Latigo and Corral Trailheads: riparian woodland, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Oak Mistletoe
Phoradendron leucarpum ssp. tomentosum ^◊

TJM1: Phoradendron villosum.
TJM2: Phoradendron serotinum ssp. tomentosum.

Family: Viscaceae (MISTLETOE), Santalaceae (SANDALWOOD).
Other common names: pacific mistletoe, hairy mistletoe.
Generic common name: AMERICAN MISTLETOE.

Location: Rocky Oaks: Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, oak woodland, Sept 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

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