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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
FAGACEAE
Quercus agrifolia California live oak Tree/Shrub N
Quercus berberidifolia scrub oak Tree/Shrub N
GENTIANACEAE
Zeltnera venusta(syn. Centaurium venustum) charming centaury Herb (A) H
GERANIACEAE
Erodium botrys longbeak stork's bill Herb (A/B) I
Erodium cicutarium redstem stork's bill Herb (A/B) I
Geranium sp. 3 cultivated geranium Herb (P) I
GROSSULARIACEAE
Ribes malvaceum chaparral current Shrub N
Ribes speciosum fuchsiaflower gooseberry Shrub N
IRIDACEAE
Sisyrinchium bellum western blue-eyed grass Herb (P) N
JUGLANDACEAE
Juglans californica Southern California walnut Tree/Shrub N
JUNCACEAE
Juncus balticus mountain rush Graminoid (P) N
Juncus bufonius toad rush Graminoid (A) N
Juncus phaeocephalus brownhead rush Graminoid (P) N
Juncus xiphioides irisleaf rush Graminoid (P) N
LAMIACEAE
Marrubium vulgare horehound Herb/SS (P) I
Salvia columbariae chia Herb (A) N
Salvia leucophylla San Luis purple sage SS/Shrub N
Salvia mellifera black sage SS/Shrub N
Salvia spathacea hummingbird sage Herb (P) N
Scutellaria tuberosa Danny's skullcap Herb (P) N
Stachys bullata California hedgenettle Herb (P) N
Trichostema lanatum woolly bluecurls SS/Shrub N
Trichostema lanceolatum vinegarweed Herb (A) N
LAURACEAE
Umbellularia californica California laurel Tree/Shrub N
LILIACEAE
Calochortus plummerae 7 Plummer’s mariposa lily Herb (P) N
Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis 7 slender mariposa lily Herb (P) N
Lilium humboldtii Humboldt lily 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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