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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
RANUNCULACEAE
Delphinium cardinale scarlet larkspur Herb (P) N
Delphinium parryi San Bernardino larkspur Herb (P) N
RHAMNACEAE
Ceanothus crassifolius hoaryleaf ceanothus Shrub N
Ceanothus oliganthus hairy ceanothus Shrub N
Ceanothus spinosus redheart Shrub N
Rhamnus ilicifolia hollyleaf redberry Shrub N
ROSACEAE
Adenostoma fasciculatum chamise Shrub N
Cercocarpus betuloides birchleaf mountain mahogany Shrub/Tree N
Heteromeles arbutifolia toyon Shrub N
Drymocallis glandulosa (syn. Potentilla glandulosa) sticky cinquefoil SS/Herb (P) N
Prunus dulcis 3 sweet almond Tree I
Prunus ilicifolia hollyleaf cherry Tree/Shrub N
Rosa californica California wildrose Shrub N
Rubus ursinus California blackberry SS (P) N
RUBIACEAE
Galium angustifolium narrowleaf bedstraw Herb/SS (P) N
Galium aparine stickywilly Herb (A) N
Galium cliftonsmithii Santa Barbara bedstraw Shrub N
Galium nuttallii climbing bedstraw SS/Shrub N
Galium parisiense wall bedstraw Herb (A) I
SALICACEAE
Populus fremontii Fremont cottonwood Tree N
Salix exigua narrowleaf willow Shrub/Tree N
Salix laevigata red willow Tree N
Salix lasiolepis arroyo willow Tree/Shrub N
SAXIFRAGACEAE
Lithophragma affine San Francisco woodland-star Herb (P) N
SCROPHULARIACEAE
Scrophularia californica California figwort Herb (P) N
SELAGINELLACEAE
Selaginella bigelovii bushy spikemoss Herb (P) N
SIMAROUBACEAE
Ailanthus altissima 4 tree of heaven Tree I
SOLANACEAE
Datura wrightii sacred thorn-apple Herb (A/P) N
Nicotiana glauca tree tobacco Shrub/Tree I
Solanum douglasii greenspot nightshade Herb (P) N
Solanum xanti chaparral nightshade 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