Southern California Wildflowers
Acanthaceae-Asteraceae

Brackets [ ] indicate taxa not necessarily recognized by the Jepson Manual but which I think are deserving of separate listings because they are so very different.

* Indicates introduced and naturalized species
** Indicates horticultural and garden escapes



Acanthaceae (Acanthus):

Justicia
    aurea
(Brazilian plume)**
    brandegeana
(Shrimp plant)**
    californica
(Chuparosa)
Thunbergia gregorii (Orange clock vine)**


Aceraceae (Maple):

Acer
    glabrum
(Mountain maple)
    macrophyllum
(Big leaf maple)
    negundo var. californicum
(Box elder)


Aizoaceae (Iceplant):

Aptenia cordifolia (Baby sun rose)*
Carpobrotus
    chilensis
(Sea fig)*
    edulis (Hottentot fig)*
Malephora crocea (Red iceplant)*
Mesembryanthemum
    crystallinum
(Crystalline iceplant)*
    nodiflorum (Slender-leaved iceplant)*
Tetragonia tetragonioides (New Zealand spinach)*
Trianthema portulacastrum
(Lowland purslane)


Alismataceae (Water-plantain):

Alisma plantago-aquatica (Water plantain)
Echinodoros berteroi
(Burhead)

Amaranthacea (Amaranth):

Amaranthus
    albus
(Pigweed amaranth)*
    blitoides
(Prostrate amaranth)
    californicus
(California amaranth)
    fimbriatus
(Fringed amaranth)
    torreyi
(Torrey's amaranth)
Tidestromia oblongifolia
(Honeysweet)


Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis):

Stenomesson incarnatum (Stenomesson)**


Anacardiaceae (Sumac):

Malosma laurina (Laurel sumac)
Rhus
    integrifolia
(Lemonade berry)
    ovata (Sugar bush)
    trilobata (Skunkbrush)
Schinus
    molle
(Peruvian pepper)*
    terebinthifolius (Brazilian pepper)*
Toxicodendron diversilobum (Western poison oak)


Apiaceae (Carrot):

Angelica
    lineariloba
(Soda straw)
    tomentosa (Woolly angelica)
Anthriscus caucalis (Bur-chervil)*
Apiastrum angustifolium (Wild celery)
Apium graveolens (Celery)*
Berula erecta (Water parsnip)
Bowlesia incana (Bowlesia)
Conium maculatum
(Poison hemlock)*
Cymopterus
    gilmanii
(Gilman's cymopterus)
    multinervatus
(Arizona springparsley)
Daucus pusillis
(American wild carrot)
Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii (San Diego button-celery)
Foeniculum vulgare (Sweet fennel)*
Heracleum lanatum (Cow parsnip)
Lomatium
    caruifolium var. caruifolium
(Caraway-leaved lomatium)
    dasycarpum ssp. dasycarpum
(Woolly lomatium)
    lucidum (Shiny lomatium)
    mohavense (Desert parsley)
    nevadense (Nevada lomatium)
    parryi (Parry's wild parsley)
    utriculatum (Hog fennel)
Oenanthe sarmentosa (Water-parsley)
Oreonana vestita (Woolly mountain parsley)
Osmorhiza
    brachypoda
(Sweet-cicely)
    chilensis (Mountain sweet-cicely)
Perideridia
    parishii ssp. latifolia
(Wide-leaved Parish's yampah)
    parishii ssp. parishii
(Parish's yampah)
Sanicula
    arguta
(Snakeroot)
    bipinnata (Poison sanicle)
    bipinnatifida
(Purple sanicle)
    crassicaulis
(Pacific sanicle)
    graveolens (Sierra sanicle)
    tuberosa
(Turkey pea)
Sphenosciadium capitellatum (Ranger's buttons)
Tauschia
    arguta
(Southern tauschia)
    parishii (Parish's tauschia)
Torilis
    arvensis
(Field hedge-parsley)*
    nodosa
(Hedge-parsley)*


Apocynaceae (Dogbane):

Amsonia tomentosa (Woolly amsonia)
Apocynum
    androsaemifolium
(Spreading dogbane)
    cannabinum (Indian hemp)
Cycladenia humilis var. venusta (Showy cycladenia)
Nerium oleander
(Oleander)**
Vinca major (Periwinkle)*


Araliaceae (Ginseng):

Aralia californica (California aralia)
Hedera helix (English ivy)*


Arecaceae (Palm):

Washingtonia filifera (California fan palm)


Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed):

Asclepias
    albicans
(White-stemmed milkweed)
    californica
(California milkweed)
    eriocarpa (Indian milkweed)
    erosa
(Desert milkweed)
    fascicularis (Narrow-leaved milkweed)
    nyctaginifolia (Mojave milkweed)
    subulata (Rush milkweed)
    vestita (Woolly milkweed)
Matelea parvifolia (Spearleaf)
Sarcostemma
    cynanchoides ssp. hartwegii
(Climbing milkweed)
    hirtellum (Hairy milkweed)


Asteraceae (Sunflower):

Acamptopappus
    shockleyi (Shockley's goldenheads)
    sphaerocephalus
(Goldenheads)
Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)
Achyrachaena mollis (Blow wives)
Acourtia microcephala
(Perezia)
Acroptilon repens (Russian knapweed)*
Adenophyllum
    cooperi
(Cooper's dyssodia)
    porophylloides
(San Felipe dyssodia)
Ageratina adenophora (Thoroughwort)*
Agoseris
    grandiflora
(Mountain dandelion)
    retrorsa (Spearleaf mountain dandelion)
Amblyopappus pusillus (Coastweed)
Ambrosia
    acanthicarpa
(Annual bur-sage)
    chamissonis (Silver beach bur)
    chenopodiifolia (Goosefoot bur-sage)
    dumosa (Burrobush)
    eriocentra (Woolly bur-sage)
    psilostachya
(Western ragweed)
    pumila (San Diego ambrosia)
Amphipappus fremontii ssp. fremontii
(Chaffbush)
Anisocoma acaulis
(Scalebud)
Antennaria
    dimorpha
(Low pussytoes)
    rosea ssp. confinis (Rosy pussytoes)
Anthemis
    arvensis
(Corn chamomile)*
    cotula (Mayweed)*
Arnica
    chamissonis ssp. foliosa
(Meadow arnica)
    mollis
(Soft arnica)
Artemisia
    californica
(California sagebrush)
    douglasiana (Mugwort)
    dracunculus (Wild tarragon)
    ludoviciana ssp. incompta (Silver wormwood)
    nova (Black sagebrush)
    palmeri (Palmer's sagewort)
    rothrockii
(Rothrock's sagebrush)
    tridentata ssp. parishii (Parish's sagebrush)
    tridentata ssp. tridentata (Basin sagebrush)
    tridentata ssp. vaseyana (Mountain sagebrush)
Aster
    alpigenus var. andersonii
(Alpine aster)
    ascendens
(Long-leaved aster)
    bernardinus (San Bernardino aster)
    chilensis (Chile aster)
    greatae (Greata's aster)
    laneolatus ssp. hesperius (Western lanceleaf aster)
    occidentalis var. occidentalis
(Western mountain aster)
    subulatus var. ligulatus (Slim aster)
Atrichoseris platyphylla (Gravel ghost)
Baccharis
    douglasii
(Salt marsh baccharis)
    emoryi
(Emory baccharis)
    malibuensis
(Malibu baccharis)
    pilularis
(Coyote brush)
    plummerae ssp. plummerae (Plummer's baccharis)
    salicifolia (Mulefat)
    sarothroides (Broom baccharis)
    sergiloides
(Desert baccharis)
    vanessae (Encinitas baccharis)
Bahia dissecta (Ragged-leaf bahia)
Baileya
    multiradiata var. multiradiata
(Desert marigold)
    pauciradiata (Lax flower)
    pleniradiata (Woolly marigold)
Balsamorhiza deltoidea (Deltoid balsamroot)
Bebbia juncea var. aspera (Sweetbush)
Bellis perennis (English daisy)*
Bidens
    laevis
(Smooth beggar-ticks)
    pilosa var. pilosa (Common beggar-ticks)*
Blennosperma nanum var. nanum (Yellow carpet)
Brickellia
    arguta
(Spearleaf brickellbush)
    californica
(California brickellbush)
    desertorum (Desert brickellbush)
    frutescens
(Shrubby brickellbush)
    incana
(Woolly brickellbush)
    microphylla (Little-leaved brickellbush)
    multiflora
(Gum-leaved brickellbush)
    nevinii
(Nevin's brickellbush)
     oblongifolia var. linifolia (Narrow-leaved brickellbush)
Calycoseris
    parryi
(Yellow tackstem)
    wrightii (White tackstem)
Carduus pycnocephalus (Italian thistle)*
Carthamus tinctorius (Safflower)*
Centaurea
    maculosa
(Spotted knapweed)*
    melitensis (Tocalote)*
    solstitialis (Yellow star thistle)*
Chaenactis
    artemisiifolia
(White pincushion)
    carphoclinia var. carphoclinia
(Pebble pincushion)
    douglasii var. douglasii
(Dusty maiden)
    fremontii (Fremont's pincushion)
    glabriuscula var. glabriuscula (Yellow pincushion)
    macrantha (Large-flowered pincushion)
    santolinoides (Santolina pincushion)
    stevioides (Esteve pincushion)
    xantiana (Xantus pincushion)
Chaetadelpha wheeleri
(Dune broom)
Chaetopappa ericoides
(Rose heath)
Chloracantha spinosa var. spinosa (Spiny aster)
Chondrilla juncea (Skeleton weed)*
Chrysanthemum coronarium (Garland chrysanthemum)*
Chrysothamnus
    nauseosus ssp. bernardinus, see Ericameria nauseosa var. bernardina
    nauseosus ssp. ceruminosus, see Ericameria nauseosa var. ceruminosa
    nauseosus ssp. consimilis
(Threadleaf rubber rabbitbrush)
    nauseosus ssp. hololeucus, see Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca

    nauseosus ssp. mohavensis
(Mojave rubber rabbitbrush)
    paniculatus
(Black-banded rabbitbrush)
    parryi ssp. asper (Parry's rabbitbrush)
    viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus
(Sticky-leaved rabbitbrush)
Cichorium intybus (Chicory)*
Cirsium
    neomexicanum
(Desert thistle)
    nidulum
(Red thistle)
    occidentale var. californicum (California thistle)
    occidentale var. occidentale (Cobweb thistle)
    occidentale var. venustum (Venus thistle)
    scariosum (Elk thistle)
    vulgare (Bull thistle)*
Cnicus benedictus (Blessed thistle)*
Conyza
    bonariensis
(Small horseweed)*
    canadensis (Tall horseweed)
    coulteri (Coulter's horseweed)
    floribunda (Asthmaweed)*
Coreopsis
    bigelovii
(Bigelow's coreopsis)
    californica var. californica (California tickseed)
    gigantea (Giant coreopsis)
    maritima (Sea dahlia)
Cosmos bipinnatus (Mexican aster)*
Cotula
    australis
(Australian brass buttons)*
    coronopifolia (Brass-buttons)*
Crepis
    acuminata
(Tall hawksbeard)
    nana (Dwarf hawksbeard)
    occidentalis (Western hawksbeard)
Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon)*
Delairea odorata (Cape-ivy)*
Dicoria canescens (Desert dicoria)
Encelia
    actoni
(Acton encelia)
    californica (Bush sunflower)
    farinosa (Brittlebush)
    frutescens (Rayless encelia)
    virginensis (Green encelia)
Enceliopsis
    covillei
(Panamint daisy)
    nudicaulis
(Sunray)
Ericameria
    brachylepis
(Boundary goldenbush)
    cooperi var. cooperi
(Cooper's goldenbush)
    cuneata var. cuneata
(Rock goldenbush)
    cuneata var. spathulata (Wide-leaved rock goldenbush)
    ericoides (Mock heather)
    laricifolia (Turpentine bush)
    linearifolia (Interior goldenbush)
    nana (Dwarf goldenbush)
    nauseosa var. bernardina (San Bernardino rubber rabbitbrush)
    nauseosa var. ceruminosa (Sharp-bracted rubber rabbitbrush)
    nauseosa var. hololeuca (Ghostly rubber rabbitbrush)
    palmeri var. pachylepis (Palmer's goldenbush)
    parishii var. parishii (Parish's goldenbush)
    pinifolia (Pine goldenbush)
Erigeron
    aphanactis var. congestus
(Rayless fleabane)
    breweri var. breweri (Brewer's fleabane)
    breweri var. covillei
(Coville's fleabane)
    breweri var. jacinteus
(San Jacinto Mountains fleabane)
    compositus (Cutleaf daisy)
    concinnus
(Navajo fleabane)
    divergens
(Spreading fleabane)
    foliosus var. foliosus (Leafy daisy)
    glaucus (Seaside daisy)
    parishii (Parish's fleabane)
Eriophyllum
    ambiguum
(Yellow-frocks)
    confertiflorum ssp. confertiflorum (Golden yarrow)
    lanatum var. obovatum (Woolly sunflower)
    lanosum (White easter bonnets)
    nevinii (Nevin's woolly sunflower)
    pringlei (Pringle eriophyllum)
    wallacei (Woolly daisy)
Euthamia occidentalis (Western goldenrod)
Filago
    californica
(California filago)
    depressa (Dwarf filago)
    gallica (Narrow-leaf filago)*
Gaillardia sp. (Gaillardia)**
Gazania sp. (Gazania)**
Gerraea canescens (Desert sunflower)
Gnaphalium
    bicolor
(Two-tone everlasting)
    californicum (California everlasting)
    canescens ssp. beneolens (Fragrant everlasting)
    canescens ssp. microcephalum
(Feltleaf everlasting)
    canescens ssp. thermale (Slender everlasting)
    luteo-album
(Weedy cudweed)*
    palustre
(Lowland cudweed)
    purpureum (Purple everlasting)
    ramosissimum (Pink cudweed)
    stramineum (Cotton-batting plant)
Grindelia
    camporum var. bracteosum
(Bracted gumplant)
    camporum var. camporum (Gumplant)
    hirsutula var. hallii (San Diego gumplant)
    stricta var. platyphylla (Coastal gumplant)
Gutierrezia
    californica
(California matchweed)
    microcephala (Sticky snakeweed)
    sarothrae
(Broom snakeweed)
Hazardia
    brickellioides
(Holly-leaved hazardia)
    detonsa
(Island hazardia)
    squarrosa var. grindelioides
(Sawtooth goldenbush)

Hecastocleis shockleyi (Shockley's prickleleaf)
Hedypnois cretica
(Crete weed)*
Helenium
    bigelovii
(Bigelow's sneezeweed)
    puberulum
(Sneezeweed)
Helianthus
    annuus
(Common sunflower)
    gracilentus (Slender-leaved sunflower)
    niveus ssp. canescens (Dune sunflower)
    niveus ssp. tephrodes
(Algodones Dunes sunflower)
Heliomeris multiflora var. nevadensis
(Nevada golden-eye)
Hemizonia
    arida
(Red Rock tarplant)
    clementina (Island tarplant)
    conjugens (Otay tarplant)
    fasciculata
(Slender tarplant)
    minthornii (Santa Susana tarplant)
    mohavensis (Mojave tarplant)
    paniculata (San Diego tarplant)
    pungens
(Spikeweed)
Heterotheca
    grandiflora
(Telegraph weed)
    sessiliflora ssp. echioides (Bristly golden-aster)
    sessiliflora ssp. fastigiata (Erect golden-aster)
Hieracium
    albiflorum
(White-flowered hawkweed)
    argutum (Hawkweed)
    horridum (Shaggy hawkweed)
Holocarpha
    heermannii
(Heermann's tarplant)
    virgata ssp. elongata
(Graceful tarplant)
Hulsea
    algida
(Alpine gold hulsea)
    californica (San Diego hulsea)
    heterochroma
(Red-rayed hulsea)
    vestita ssp. callicarpha
(Beautiful hulsea)
    vestita ssp. gabrielensis
(San Gabriel Mountains hulsea)
    vestita ssp. parryi (Parry's hulsea)
Hymenoclea salsola var. salsola (Cheesebush)
Hymenopappus filifolius var. lugens
(Columbia cutleaf)
Hymenothrix wrightii (Wright's thimblehead)
Hymenoxys acaulis var. arizonica (Arizona hymenoxys)
Hypochaeris
    glabra
(Smooth cat's ear)*
    radicata (Rough cat's ear)*
Isocoma
    acradenia var. acradenia
(Alkali goldenbush)
    acradenia var. eremophila (Alkali goldenbush)
    menziesii var. menziesii (Menzies' goldenbush)
    menziesii var. sedoides (Prostrate coast goldenbush)
    menziesii var. vernonioides (Coast goldenbush)
Iva
    axillaris ssp. robustior
(Poverty weed)
    hayesiana (Poor man's timothy)
Jaumea carnosa
(Marsh jaumea)
Lactuca
    saligna
(Willowleaf lettuce)*
    serriola
(Prickly lettuce)*
Lagophylla ramosissima ssp. ramosissima (Branched hareleaf)
Lasthenia
    californica
(Goldfields)
    coronaria (Royal goldfields)
    glaberrima (Rayless goldfields)
Layia
    glandulosa
(White tidy tips)
    platyglossa (Yellow tidy tips)
Lepidospartum
    latisquamum
(Nevada broomsage)
    squamatum
(Scalebroom)
Lessingia
    filaginifolia var. filaginifolia
(California aster)
    glandulifera var. glandulifera
(Sticky lessingia)
    glandulifera var. tomentosa
(Warner Springs lessingia)
    lemmonii var. lemmonii
(Lemmon's lessingia)
    leptoclada
(Sierra lessingia)
    tenuis
(Spring lessingia)
Leucanthemum vulgare
(Ox-eye daisy)*
Machaeranthera
    arida
(Silver Lake daisy)
    canescens var. canescens
(Hoary aster)
    canescens var. leucanthemifolia (Desert hoary aster)
    canescens var. ziegleri (Ziegler's aster)
    gracilis (Slender goldenweed)
Madia
    elegans ssp. elegans
(Common madia)
    elegans ssp. wheeleri (Wheeler's common madia)
    exigua (Threadstem madia)
    glomerata
(Mountain madia)
    gracilis (Sticky madia or gumweed)
    minima (Pygmy madia)
Malacothrix
    clevelandii
(Annual malacothrix)
    coulteri (Snake's head)
    glabrata (Desert dandelion)
    incana (Dunedelion)
    saxatilis var. implicata (Cliff malacothrix)
    saxatilis var. tenuifolia (Short-leaved cliff aster)
    sonchoides (Yellow saucers)
Micropus californicus var. californicus
(Slender cottonweed)
Microseris douglasii ssp. douglasii (Douglas's microseris)
Monolopia lanceolata (Monolopia)
Monoptilon
    bellidiforme
(Daisy desertstar)
    bellioides (Desert stars)
Nicolletia occidentalis (Hole-in-the-sand plant)
Oncosiphon piluliferum (Globe chamomile)*
Osmadenia tenella
(Three-spot)
Osteospermum ecklonis (African daisy)*
Palafoxia
    arida var. arida
(Spanish needles)
    arida var. gigantea (Giant Spanish needles)
Pectis papposa var. papposa (Chinchweed)
Pentachaeta
    aurea
(Golden-rayed pentachaeta)
    lyonii
(Lyon's pentachaeta)
Perityle emoryi (Rock daisy)
Peucephyllum schottii (Desert-fir)
Picris echioides (Bristly ox-tongue)*
Pleurocoronis pluriseta (Arrowleaf)
Pluchea
    odorata
(Salt marsh fleabane)
    sericea (Arrowweed)
Porophyllum gracile (Slender poreleaf)
Prenanthella exigua (Bright white)
Psathyrotes
    annua
(Fan leaf)
    ramosissima (Turtleback)
Psilocarphus
    brevissimus var. brevissimus
(Dwarf woollyheads)
    tenellus var. tenellus (Slender woollyheads)
Psilostrophe cooperi (Paperflower)
Pulicaria paludosa (Pulicaria)*
Pyrrocoma uniflora var. gossypina (Bear Valley pyrrocoma)
Rafinesquia
    californica
(California chicory)
    neomexicana (Desert chicory)
Sanvitalia abertii (Abert's sanvitalia)
Schkuhria multiflora var. multiflora
(Many-flowered bahia)
Senecio
    bernardinus
(San Bernardino ragwort)
    californicus
(California groundsel)
    flaccidus var. douglasii
(Bush senecio)
    flaccidus var. monoensis (Mono groundsel)
    ionophyllus (Tehachapi ragwort)
    mohavensis (Mojave ragwort)
    multilobatus
(Basin butterweed)
    spartioides (Broom groundsel)
    triangularis (Arrowleaf butterweed)
    vulgaris (Common groundsel)*
Silybum marianum (Milk thistle)*
Solidago
    californica
(California goldenrod)
    confinis (Southern goldenrod)

Sonchus
    asper ssp. asper
(Prickly sow-thistle)*
    oleraceus (Sow-thistle)*
Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa (Brown microseris)
Stephanomeria
    cichoriacea
(Chicory-leaved stephanomeria)
    diegensis (San Diego wreathplant)
    exigua ssp. coronaria (Whiteplume wirelettuce)
    exigua ssp. deanei (Deane's wirelettuce)
    exigua ssp. exigua
(Small wirelettuce)
    pauciflora var. pauciflora
(Desert straw)
    spinosa (Thorny skeleton-plant)
    virgata ssp. virgata (Twiggy wreathplant)
    virgata ssp. pleurocarpa (Wand wirelettuce)
Stylocline gnaphaloides (Everlasting neststraw)
Syntrichopappus fremontii
(Fremont's syntrichopappus)
Tagetes lemmonii (Mexican bush marigold)**
Tanacetum parthenium (Feverfew)*
Taraxacum
    californicum
(California dandelion)
    officinale (Dandelion)*
Tetradymia
    axillaris var. longispina
(Longspine horsebrush)
    canescens
(Spineless horsebrush)
    comosa (Cottonthorn)
    spinosa
(Spiny horsebrush)
    stenolepis (Mojave cottonthorn)
Thymophylla pentachaeta var. belenidium (Five-needled thymophylla)
Tragopogon
    dubius
(Yellow salsify)*
    porrifolius (Purple salsify)*
Trichoptilium incisum (Yellowheads)
Trixis californica var. californica (California trixis)
Uropappus lindleyi (Silver puffs)
Venegasia carpesioides (Canyon sunflower)
Viguiera
    laciniata
(San Diego County goldeneye)
    parishii (Parish's viguiera)
    reticulata (Mojave goldeneye)
Wyethia ovata (Mule's ears)
Xanthium
    spinosum
(Spiny cocklebur)
    strumarium (Cocklebur)
Xylorhiza
    cognata
(Mecca-aster)
    orcuttii (Orcutt's woody-aster)
    tortifolia var. tortifolia (Mojave-aster)
 

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