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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
LYTHRACEAE
Lythrum hyssopifolia hyssop loosestrife Herb (A/B) I
MALVACEAE
Malacothamnus fasciculatus Mendocino bushmallow SS/Shrub N
Sidalcea malviflora dwarf checkerbloom Herb/SS (P) N
MELANTHIACEAE
Toxicoscordion fremontii (syn. Zigadenus fremontii) Fremont's deathcamas Herb (P) N
MONTIACEAE
Claytonia perfoliata miner’s lettuce Herb (A/P) N
MYRSINACEAE
Anagallis arvensis scarlet pimpernel Herb (A/B) I
NYCTAGINACEAE
Mirabilis laevis var. crassifolia (syn. Mirabilis californica) California four o'clock SS (P) N
OLEACEAE
Fraxinus velutina 3 velvet ash Tree N
ONAGRACEAE
Camissonia bistorta southern suncup Herb (A/P) N
Camissonia californica California suncup Herb (A/P) N
Camissonia hirtella Santa Cruz Island suncup Herb (A) N
Camissonia micrantha miniature suncup Herb (A) N
Clarkia purpurea winecup clarkia Herb (A) N
Clarkia unguiculata elegant clarkia Herb (A) N
Epilobium sp. willowherb Herb (A) N
PAEONIACEAE
Paeonia californica California peony Herb (P) N
PAPAVERACEAE
Dendromecon rigida tree poppy Shrub/Tree N
Eschscholzia californica California poppy Herb (A/P) N
Platystemon californicus creamcups Herb (A) 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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