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California Peony
California Peony
AIZOACEAE ADOXACEAE AGAVACEAE AMARANTHACEAE ANACARDIACEAE APIACEAE APOCYNACEAE ARACEAE ARECACEAE ASCLEPIADACEAE ASTERACEAE BLECHNACEAE BORAGINACEAE BRASSICACEAE CACTACEAE CALLITRICHACEAE CAMPANULACEAE CAPRIFOLIACEAE CARYOPHYLLACEAE CHENOPODIACEAE CISTACEAE CONVOLVULACEAE CRASSULACEAE CUCURBITACEAE CYPERACEAE DENNSTAEDTIACEAE DRYOPTERIDACEAE ERICACEAE EUPHORBIACEAE FABACEAE FAGACEAE GENTIANACEAE GERANIACEAE GROSSULARIACEAE IRIDACEAE JUGLANDACEAE JUNCACEAE LAMIACEAE LAURACEAE LILIACEAE LYTHRACEAE MALVACEAE MELANTHIACEAE MONTIACEAE MYRSINACEAE NYCTAGINACEAE OLEACEAE ONAGRACEAE PAEONIACEAE PAPAVERACEAE PHRYMACEAE PINACEAE PLANTAGINACEAE PLATANACEAE POACEAE POLEMONIACEAE POLYGONACEAE POLYPODIACEAE PRIMULACEAE PTERIDACEAE RANUNCULACEAE RHAMNACEAE ROSACEAE RUBIACEAE SALICACEAE SAXIFRAGACEAE SCROPHULARIACEAE SELAGINELLACEAE SIMAROUBACEAE SOLANACEAE THEMIDACEAE TYPHACEAE URTICACEAE VERBENACEAE

Plant Species

Scientific Name 1 Common Name 2 Origin 2 Habitat 2
AIZOACEAE
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 4 common iceplant Herb (A/P) I
ADOXACEAE
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Sambucus mexicana) 5 American black elderberry Shrub/Tree N
AGAVACEAE
Chlorogalum pomeridianum wavyleaf soap plant Herb (P) N
Yucca gloriosa 3 moundlily yucca Tree/Shrub I
Yucca whipplei chaparral yucca SS/Shrub N
AMARANTHACEAE
Amaranthus albus tumbleweed Herb (A) I
Amaranthus blitoides mat amaranth Herb (A) I
ANACARDIACEAE
Malosma laurina laurel sumac Shrub N
Rhus ovata sugar sumac Shrub N
Schinus molle Peruvian peppertree Tree I
Toxicodendron diversilobum Pacific poison oak Shrub N
APIACEAE
Anthriscus caucalis bur chervil Herb (A) I
Bowlesia incana hairy bowlesia Herb (A) N
Daucus pusillus American wild carrot Herb (A) N
Foeniculum vulgare 4 sweet fennel Herb (B/P) I
Lomatium lucidum shiny biscuitroot Herb (P) N
Sanicula bipinnata 6 poison sanicle Herb (P) N
Sanicula crassicaulis Pacific blacksnakeroot Herb (P) N
Torilis arvensis spreading hedgeparsley Herb (A) I
Yabea microcarpa false carrot Herb (A) N
APOCYNACEAE
Vinca major bigleaf periwinkle Vine I
ARACEAE
Lemna sp. duckweed Herb (P) N
ARECACEAE
Phoenix sp. 3 date palm Tree I
Washingtonia robusta Washington fan palm Tree I
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Asclepias eriocarpa woollypod milkweed Herb (P) N
Asclepias fascicularis Mexican whorled milkweed Herb (P) N
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Footnotes

  • 1 Taxonomy follows the currently accepted nomenclature for plant species occurring in California as indicated on the Jepson Online Interchange for California Floristics (University of California, 2011).
  • 2 Species common name, origin and grow habitat from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Plants Database (2011).
  • 3 Horticultural or landscape planting
  • 4 Noxious or invasive weed
  • 5 Taxonomic or nomenclatural synonym for taxon not occurring in California.
  • 6 Species was observed just outside of the NASA-administered property by Tarja Sagar.
  • 7 Special-status plant species
  • 8 Considered Native in the USDA Plants Databases, but is considered an introduced (naturalized) species in California, per the Jepson On-Line Interchange.

Abbreviations

  • N — Native
  • I — Introduced (non-native species that have become naturalized)
  • (A) — Annual
  • (B) — Biennial
  • (P) — Perennial
  • SS — Sub-Shrub
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