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Malibu Baccharis
Baccharis malibuensis TJM1: Not Listed. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS. Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: chaparral, August 2006. Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Santa Susana Tarweed
Deinandra minthornii TJM1: Hemizonia minthornii. Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Santa Susana tarplant. Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED. Backbone Trail just East of Corral Trailhead: sage scrub, Aug 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Lyon's Pentachaeta
Pentachaeta lyonii Family: Asteraceae (SUNFLOWER). Other common names: Lyon's pygmydaisy. Generic common name: PYGMYDAISY. Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, July 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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| Family Brassicaceae |
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Santa Cruz Island Fringepod
Thysanocarpus conchuliferus Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD). Other common names: cupped fringepod, SantaCruz Island lacepod. Generic common name: LACEPOD, FRINGEPOD. Circle X Ranch, rocky slope, March 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B.2. |
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| Family Chenopodiaceae |
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Coulter’s Saltbush
Atriplex coulteri Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Other common names: Coulter’s orach. Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH. Malibu: coastal bluff, May 2011. Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B.2. |
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Estuary Sea-blite
Suaeda esteroa Family: Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT). Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED. Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009. Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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| Family Crassulaceae |
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Blochman's Live-forever
Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. blochmaniae Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: Blochman's Dudleya. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Ocean View Trail, sage scrub, June 2005. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Agoura Hills Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: canyon liveforever, Santa Monica Mountains dudleya. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Sage scrub, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Marcescent Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: Santa Monica Mountains dudleya. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Circle X Ranch: oak woodland, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Conejo Dudleya
Dudleya parva TJM1: Dudleya abramsii ssp. parva. Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, May 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Verity's Dudleya
Dudleya verityi Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP). Other common names: Verity's liveforever. Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER. Far west end of range: coastal sage scrub, May 2007. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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| Family Fabaceae |
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Brauton's Rattle-weed
Astragalus brauntonii Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Other common names: Braunton's milkvetch. Generic common name: MILKVETCH. Topanga State Park: Temescal Ridge Trail, coastal sage scrub, May 2005. Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Ventura Marsh Milkvetch
Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus Family: Fabaceae (PEA). Generic common name: MILKVETCH. coastal strand: Ventura, Aug 2009. Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer. Status: CNPS List 1B Photographed slightly out of range for SAMO, but an important species of interest. For decades it was presumed extinct until a small population was discovered in a Ventura oil field. There has been a significant effort to bring this unique species back from the brink of extinction. |
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| Family Liliaceae |
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Plummer's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus plummerae Family: Liliaceae (LILY). Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY. Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, June 2004. Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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| Family Polygonaceae |
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San Fernando Valley Spineflower
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT). Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER. Ahmanson Ranch: burned valley grassland, May 2006. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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Conejo Buckwheat
Eriogonum crocatum Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT). Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT. Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005. Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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California Chorizanthe
Mucronea californica Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT). Other common names: California spineflower. Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER. Cabrillo National Monument: sandy slopes on the ocean side of the peninsula, April 2009. Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring. Status: CNPS List 4.2 Photographed out of range near San Diego, where it is easier to find (but still rare.). |
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| Family Ruscaceae |
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Peninsular Nolina
Nolina cismontana TJM1: Nolina parryi. Family: Ruscaceae (RUSCACEAE), Liliaceae (LILY). Other common names: peninsular beargrass, nolina. Generic common name: BEARGRASS. Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: sage scrub, April 2004. Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring. Note: only recognized as a unique species since 1995, it was not seperated from N. parryi prior to that. Status: CNPS List 1B. |
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