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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
ASTERACEAE
Acourtia microcephala sacapellote Herb (P/SS) N
Agoseris grandiflora bigflower agoseris Herb (P) N
Artemisia californica coastal sagebrush Shrub N
Artemisia douglasiana Douglas' sagewort Herb (P) N
Baccharis pilularis coyotebrush Shrub N
Baccharis salicifolia mule-fat Shrub N
Carduus pycnocephalus 4 Italian plumeless thistle Herb (A) I
Centaurea melitensis 4 Maltese star-thistle Herb (A/B) I
Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale cobwebby thistle Herb (B) N
Cirsium vulgare 4 bull thistle Herb (B) I
Conyza bonariensis asthmaweed Herb (A/B) I
Conyza canadensis Canadian horeseweed Herb (A/B) N
Corethrogyne filaginifolia common sandaster Herb (P/SS) N
Deinandra fasciculata clustered tarweed Herb (A) N
Deinandra minthornii 7 Santa Susanna tarweed Shrub N
Encelia californica California brittlebush SS/Shrub N
Ericameria pinifolia pinebush Shrub N
Erigeron foliosus leafy fleabane Herb (P) N
Eriophyllum confertiflorum golden-yarrow SS/Shrub N
Gazania linearis 4 treasureflower Herb (P) I
Hazardia squarrosa var. grindelioides sawtooth goldenbush SS/Shrub N
Heterotheca grandiflora telegraphweed Herb (A/P) N
Hypochaeris glabra smooth cat's ear Herb (A) I
Lactuca serriola prickly lettuce Herb (A/B) I
Lactuca virosa bitter lettuce Herb (A/B) I
Lasthenia californica California goldfields Herb (A/P) N
Logfia filaginoides (syn. Filago californica) California cottonrose Herb (A) N
Logfia gallica (syn. Filago gallica) narrowleaf cottonrose Herb (A) I
Madia gracilis grassy tarweed Herb (A) N
Malacothrix saxatilis cliff desertdandelion SS/Shrub N
Micropus californicus q-tips Herb (A) N
Microseris douglasii Douglas' silverpuffs Herb (A) N
Pseudognaphalium biolettii (Gnaphalium bicolor) 5 two-color rabbit-tobacco Herb/SS (B) N
Pseudognaphalium californicum ladies' tobacco Herb/SS (B) N
Pseudognaphalium canescens Wright's cudweed Herb (A/P) N
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum Jersey cudweed Herb (A) I
Psilocarphus tenellus slender woollyheads Herb (A) N
Rafinesquia californica California plumeseed Herb (A) N
Senecio vulgaris old-man-in-the-Spring Herb (A/B) I
Silybum marianum blessed milkthistle Herb (A/B) I
Sonchus asper spiny sowthistle Herb (A) I
Sonchus oleraceus common sowthistle Herb (A) I
Stephanomeria virgata rod wirelettuce Herb (A) N
Uropappus lindleyi Lindley's silverpuffs Herb (A) N
Venegasia carpesioides canyon sunflower SS/Shrub N
Xanthium strumarium rough cocklebur Herb (A) N
BLECHNACEAE
Woodwardia fimbriata giant chainfern Herb (P) N
BORAGINACEAE
Amsinckia intermedia common fiddleneck Herb (A) N
Amsinckia menziesii Menzies' fiddleneck Herb (A) N
Cryptantha sp. (cf C. barbigera) cryptantha Herb (A) N
Cryptantha muricata Clokey's cryptantha Herb (A) N
Cryptantha micromeres pygmyflower cryptantha Herb(A) N
Emmenanthe penduliflora whisperingbells Herb (A) N
Eriodictyon crassifolium thickleaf yerba santa Shrub N
Eucrypta chrysanthemifolia spotted hideseed Herb (A) N
Pectocarya linearis sagebrush combseed Herb (A) N
Phacelia cicutaria caterpillar phacelia Herb (A) N
Phacelia minor wild Canterbury bells Herb (A) N
Phacelia ramosissima branching phacelia Herb/SS (P) N
Phacelia tanacetifolia lacy phacelia Herb (A) N
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus rusty popcornflower Herb (A) N
BRASSICACEAE
Arabis sparsiflora sicklepod rockcress Herb/SS (P) N
Brassica nigra 4 black mustard Herb (A) I
Draba cuneifolia wedgeleaf draba Herb (A) N
Lepidium nitidum var. nitidum shining pepperweed Herb (A) N
Sisymbrium orientale Indian hedgemustard Herb (A) I
Thysanocarpus laciniatus mountain fringepod Herb (A) N
CACTACEAE
Opuntia ficus-indica 3 Barbary fig Shrub I
CALLITRICHACEAE
Callitriche marginata winged water-starwort Herb (A) N
CAMPANULACEAE
Triodanis perfoliata clasping Venus' looking-glass Herb (A) N
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
Lonicera subspicata southern honeysuckle Shrub/Vine N
Symphoricarpos mollis creeping snowberry SS/Shrub N
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Cerastium glomeratum sticky chickweed Herb (A) I
Minuartia douglasii Douglas' stitchwort Herb (A) H
Polycarpon tetraphyllum fourleaf manyseed Herb (A/P) I
Silene antirrhina sleepy silene Herb (A) N
Silene gallica common catchfly Herb (A/B) I
Silene laciniata cardinal catchfly Herb (P) N
Stellaria media common chickweed Herb (A/P) N
CHENOPODIACEAE
Chenopodium californicum California goosefoot Herb (P) N
Dysphania ambrosioides Mexican tea Herb (A/P) I
Salsola tragus 4 prickly Russian thistle Herb (A) I
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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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