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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
PHRYMACEAE
Mimulus aurantiacus orange bush monkeyflower Shrub/SS N
Mimulus brevipes widethroat yellow monkeyflower Herb (A) N
Mimulus floribundus manyflowered monkeyflower Herb (A) N
Mimulus guttatus seep monkeyflower Herb (A/P) N
Mimulus pilosus false monkeyflower Herb (A) H
PINACEAE
Pinus muricata 3 Bishop pine Tree N
PLANTAGINACEAE
Antirrhinum coulterianum Coulter's snapdragon Herb (A) N
Antirrhinum kelloggii Kellogg snapdragon Herb (A) N
Antirrhinum multiflorum Sierra snapdragon Herb/SS (A) N
Collinsia parryi Parry's blue eyed Mary Herb (A) N
Keckiella cordifolia heartleaf Keckiella Shrub/SS N
Penstemon centranthifolius scarlet bugler H/SS (P) N
Penstemon spectabilis showy penstemon H/SS (P) N
Plantago erecta dotseed plantain Herb (A) N
Veronica peregrina neckweed Herb (A) N
PLATANACEAE
Platanus racemosa California sycamore Tree N
POACEAE
Agrostis pallens seashore bentgrass Graminoid (P) N
Avena barbata slender oat Graminoid (A) I
Avena fatua wild oat Graminoid (A) I
Bromus carinatus California brome Graminoid (A/P) N
Bromus diandrus 4 ripgut brome Graminoid (A) I
Bromus hordeaceus soft brome Graminoid (A) I
Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens 4 red brome Graminoid (A) I
Bromus sterilis poverty brome Graminoid (A) I
Chloris virgata feather fingergrass Graminoid (A) I
Cynodon dactylon Bermudagrass Graminoid (P) I
Elymus glaucus blue wildrye Graminoid (P) N
Gastridium ventricosum nit grass Graminoid (A) I
Hordeum murinumssp. leporinum hare barley Graminoid (A) I
Lamarckia aurea goldentop grass Graminoid (A) I
Leymus condensatus giant ryegrass Graminoid (P) N
Melica imperfecta smallflower melicgrass Graminoid (P) N
Muhlenbergia microsperma littleseed muhly Graminoid (A) N
Muhlenbergia rigens deergrass Graminoid (P) N
Nassella lepida foothill needlegrass Graminoid (P) N
Nassella pulchra purple needlegrass Graminoid (P) N
Pennisetum setaceum 4 crimson fountaingrass Graminoid (P) I
Piptatherum miliaceum smilograss Graminoid (P) I
Poa annua annual bluegrass Graminoid (A) I
Poa pratensis Kentucky bluegrass Graminoid (P) I
Poa secunda Sandberg bluegrass Graminoid (P) N
Polypogon monspeliensis annual rabbitsfoot grass Graminoid (A) I
Schismus arabicus Arabian schismus Graminoid (A) I
Vulpia bromoides brome fescue Graminoid (A) I
Vulpia microstachys small fescue Graminoid (A) N
Vulpia myuros ssp. myuros 4 rat-tail fescue Graminoid (A) I
POLEMONIACEAE
Allophyllum divaricatum purple false gilyflower Herb (A) N
Allophyllum glutinosum sticky false gilyflower Herb (A) N
Eriastrum sapphirinum sapphire woollystar Herb (A) N
Linanthus californicus (syn. Leptodactylon californicum) California prickly phlox Herb/SS (P) N
Linanthus dianthiflorus fringed linanthus Herb (A) N
Navarretia hamata hooked pincushionplant Herb (A) N
POLYGONACEAE
Chorizanthe staticoides Turkish rugging Herb (A) N
Eriogonum elongatum longstem buckwheat SS/Herb (P) N
Eriogonum fasciculatum var. fasciculatum Eastern Mojave buckwheat SS/Shrub N
Eriogonum wrightii var. membranaceum bastardsage SS/Shrub N
Persicaria cf hydropiperoides (syn. Polygonum hydropiperoides) swamp smartweed Herb (P) N
Pterostegia drymarioides woodland pterostegia Herb (A) N
Rumex crispus curly dock Herb (P) I
Rumex salicifolius willow dock Herb (P) N
POLYPODIACEAE
Polypodium californicum California polypody Herb (P) N
PRIMULACEAE
Dodecatheon clevelandii padre's shootingstar Herb (P) N
PTERIDACEAE
Adiantum jordanii California maidenhair Herb (P) N
Aspidotis californica California lacefern Herb (P) N
Pellaea andromedifolia coffee cliffbrake Herb (P) N
Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata birdfoot cliffbrake Herb (P) N
Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis goldenback fern 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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