Southern California Wildflowers
Latin names M-N

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



Machaeranthera
    arida, see Arida arizonica
    asteroides var. asteroides, see Dieteria asteroides var. asteroides
    asteroides var. lagunensis, see Dieteria asteroides var. lagunensis
    canescens var. canescens, see Dieteria canescens var. canescens
    canescens var. leucanthemifolia, see Dieteria canescens var. leucanthemifolia
    canescens var. ziegleri, see Dieteria canescens var. ziegleri
    gracilis, see Xanthisma gracile
Madia
    elegans
(Common madia)
    exigua (Threadstem madia)
    glomerata
(Mountain madia)
    gracilis (Sticky madia)
    minima, see Hemizonella minima
Maianthemum
    racemosum
(False solomon's seal)
    stellatum (Star-flowered false solomon's seal)
Malacothamnus
    clementinus
(San Clemente Island bush mallow)
    davidsonii (Davidson's bush mallow)
    densiflorus (Yellow-stemmed bush mallow)
    enigmaticus (Enigmatic bush mallow)

    fasciculatus var. fasciculatus
(Bush mallow)
    fasciculatus var. nesioticus (Santa Cruz Island bush mallow)
    fremontii (Fremont's bush mallow)
    orbiculatus (Round-leaved bush mallow)
Malacothrix
    californica
(California 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)
Malephora crocea
(Red iceplant)*
Malosma laurina
(Laurel sumac)
Malperia tenuis (Brown turbans)
Malva
    assurgentiflora
(Island mallow)
    neglecta
(Common mallow)*
    nicaeensis
(Bull mallow)*
    parviflora (Cheeseweed)*
    pseudolavatera (Cretan mallow)*
Malvella leprosa
(Alkali mallow)
Mammillaria
    dioica
(Strawberry cactus)
    tetrancistra
(Fishhook cactus)

Marah
    fabacea
(California man-root)
    horrida (Sierra man-root)
    macrocarpa (Wild cucumber)
Marina
    orcuttii var. orcuttii
(California marina)
    parryi (Parry's marina)

Marrubium vulgare (Horehound)*
Marsilea vestita ssp. vestita (Clover fern)
Matelea parvifolia (Desert spearleaf)
Matricaria
    discoidea
(Pineapple weed)*

    matricarioides, see Matricaria discoidea
    occidentalis (Valley mayweed)
Matthiola incana (Garden stock)*
Maurandella antirrhiniflora
(Violet twining snapdragon)
Maurandya antirrhiniflora ssp. antirrhiniflora, see Maurandella antirrhiniflora
Meconella denticulata (Small-flowered meconella)
Medicago
    lupulina
(Black medick)*
    polymorpha (California bur-clover)*
    sativa (Alfalfa)*
Melica
    frutescens
(Tall melica)
    imperfecta
(Coast range melic)
    stricta (Rock melic)
Melilotus
    albus
(White sweetclover)*
    indicus (Sourclover)*
    officinalis
(Yellow sweetclover)*
Menodora
    scabra
(Rough menodora)
    spinescens
(Spiny menodora)

Mentha
    arvensis
(Field mint)*
    Xpiperita
(Bergamot mint)*
    spicata
(Spearmint)*
Mentzelia
    affinis
(Yellow comet)
    albicaulis (Whitestem blazing star)
    congesta (Clustered blazing star)
    dispersa (Bushy blazing star)
    hirsutissima
(Hairy blazing star)
    involucrata
(Sand blazing star)
    jonesii (Jones' blazing star)
    laevicaulis (Giant blazing star)
    lindleyi (Lindley's blazing star)
    longiloba
(Yerba amarilla)
    micrantha
(Stickleaf)
    montana
(Mountain blazing star)
    multiflora var. longiloba, see Mentzelia longiloba

    obscura
(Pacific blazing star)
    oreophila
(Inyo blazing star)
    polita
(Polished blazing star)
    reflexa
(Reflexed blazing star)
    veatchiana
(Veatch's blazing star)
Mesembryanthemum
    crystallinum
(Crystalline iceplant)*
    nodiflorum (Slender-leaved iceplant)*
Micranthes californica
(California saxifrage)
Micropus californicus var. californicus
(Slender cottonweed)
Microseris douglasii ssp. douglasii (Douglas's microseris)
Microsteris gracilis (Slender phlox)
Mimetanthe pilosa (Downy monkeyflower)
Mimulus
    androsaceus, see Erythranthe androsaceus
    aridus, see Diplacus aridus
    aurantiacus var. puniceus, see Diplacus puniceus
    bigelovii var. bigelovii, see Diplacus bigelovii var. bigelovii
    bigelovii var. cuspidatus, see Diplacus bigelovii var. cuspidatus
    bolanderi, see Diplacus bolanderi
    brevipes, see Diplacus brevipes
    breweri, Erythranthe breweri
    cardinalis, see Erythranthe cardinalis
    clevelandii, see Diplacus clevelandii
    congdonii, see Diplacus congdonii
    constrictus, see Diplacus constrictus
    exiguus, see Erythranthe exigua
    flemingii, see Diplacus parviflorus
    floribundus, see Erythranthe floribunda
    fremontii, see Diplacus fremontii
    geniculatus, see Erythranthe geniculata
    guttatus, see Erythranthe guttata
    inconspicuus, see Erythranthe inconspicua
    johnstonii, see Diplacus johnstonii
    longiflorus, see Diplacus longiflorus
    longiflorus ssp. calycinus, see Diplacus calycinus
    moschatus, see Erythrina inodora
    palmeri, see Erythranthe palmeri
    parishii, see Erythranthe parishii
    pictus, see Diplacus pictus
    pilosa, Mimetanthe pilosa
    primuloides, see Diplacus primuloides
    purpureus, see Erythranthe purpurea
    rubellus, see Erythranthe rubella
    rupicola,
see Diplacus rupicola
    shevockii, see Erythranthe shevockii
    suksdorfii, see Erythranthe suksdorfii
    tilingii, see Erythranthe tilingii

Mirabilis
    albida (Dwarf four o'clock)
    bigelovii var. bigelovii, see Mirabilis laevis var. villosa
    bigelovii var. retrorsa, see Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa
    coccinea (Red four o'clock)
    jalapa var. jalapa (Cultivated four o'clock)*
    laevis var. crassifolia (Wishbone bush)
    laevis var. retrorsa (Retrorse desert four o'clock)
    laevis var. villosa (Desert wishbone bush)
    multiflora var. pubescens (Giant four o'clock)

    pumila, see Mirabilis albida
    tenuiloba (Slender-lobed four o'clock)
Mohavea
    breviflora, see Antirrhinum mohavea

    confertiflora, see Antirrhinum confertiflorum
Mollugo cerviana (Threadstem carpet-weed)*
Monanthochloe littoralis, see Distichlis littoralis
Monarda pectinata (Bee balm)
Monardella
    australis ssp. australis (Southern monardella)
    australis ssp. cinerea (Gray monardella)
    breweri ssp. breweri (Brewer's monardella)
    breweri ssp. lanceolata (Mustang mint)
    exilis (Desert pennyroyal)
    hypoleuca ssp. hypoleuca (White-leaf monardella)
    lanceolata, see Monardella breweri ssp. lanceolata
    linoides ssp. erecta
(Narrow-leaved monardella)
    linoides ssp. linoides (Flax-leaved monardella)
    linoides ssp. oblonga
(Tehachapi monardella)
    linoides ssp. viminea, see Monardella viminea
    macrantha ssp. hallii
(Red monardella)
    nana
(Little monardella)
    robisonii (Rock pennyroyal)
    viminea (Willowy monardella)

Monolepis nuttalliana (Nuttall's poverty weed)
Monolopia
    lanceolata
(Common hillside daisy)
    stricta (Crum's monolopia)

Monoptilon
    bellidiforme
(Daisy desertstar)
    bellioides (Desert star)
Montia
    chamissoi
(Toad lily)
    fontana (Water chickweed)

Morella californica (California wax-myrtle)
Mortonia utahensis (Mortonia)
Mucronea californica
(California spineflower)
Muhlenbergia
    filiformis
(Pullup muhly)
    porteri
(Bush muhly)
    richardsonis
(Mat muhly)
    rigens
(Deergrass)
Muilla
    clevelandii, see Bloomeria clevelandii
    coronata (Pink funnel lily)
    maritima
(Common muilla)
Munzothamnus blairii (Blair's munzothamnus)
Myosurus
    apetalus var. montanus
(Bristly mousetail)
    cupulatus (Desert mousetail)

Myrica californica, see Morella californica
Myriophyllum sibiricum
(Siberian water-milfoil)
Myriopteris
    clevelandii
(Cleveland's lip fern)
    cooperae
(Cooper's lip fern)
    covillei
(Coville's lip fern)
    gracilis
(Slender lip fern)
    newberryi
(Cotton fern)
    parryi
(Parry's lip fern)
    viscida
(Viscid lip fern)
    wootonii
(Wooton's lip fern)

Nama
    californica
(California fiddleleaf)
    demissa var. covillei
(Coville's purple mat)
    demissa var. demissa
(Purple mat)
    pusilla (Small-leaved nama)
    rothrockii
(Rothrock's nama)
    stenocarpa
(Mud nama)
Nassella
    cernua, see Stipa cernua
    lepida, see Stipa lepida
    pulchra, see Stipa pulchra

Nasturtium officinale
(Watercress)
Navarretia
    atractyloides
(Hollyleaf navarretia)
    breweri
(Brewer's navarretia)
    capillaris
(Miniature gilia)
    fossalis
(Spreading navarretia)
    hamata ssp. hamata
(Hooked navarretia)
    leptalea ssp. bicolor (Bridges' gilia)
    ojaiensis (Ojai navarretia)
    peninsularis (Baja navarretia)
    prostrata (Prostrate navarretia)

Nemacladus
    eastwoodiae (Eastwood's threadplant)
    glanduliferus (Glandular threadplant)
    glanduliferus var. glanduliferus, see Nemacladus glanduliferus
    glanduliferus var. orientalis, see Nemacladus orientalis
    longiflorus var. breviflorus (Desert short-flowered threadplant)
    longiflorus var. longiflorus (Long-flowered threadplant)
    orientalis (Eastern threadplant)
    parikhiae (Parikh's threadplant)
    pinnatifidus (Comb-leaved threadplant)
    ramosissimus (Smallflower threadplant)
    rubescens (Desert threadplant)
    sigmoideus
(Sigmoid threadplant)
    tenuis var. tenuis
(Slender threadplant)
    twisselmannii var. botanywomaniae (Botany woman's threadplant)

Nemophila
    maculata
(Fivespot)
    menziesii var. integrifolia (Small-flower baby blue eyes)
    menziesii var. menziesii
(Large-flower baby blue eyes)
    pedunculata (Meadow nemophila)
    pulchella var. pulchella (Eastwood's baby blue eyes)
    spatulata (Sierra nemophila)
Nepeta cataria
(Catnip)*
Nerium oleander (Common oleander)*
Nicolletia occidentalis
(Hole-in-the-sand plant)
Nicotiana
    attenuata
(Coyote tobacco)
    glauca (Tree tobacco)*
    obtusifolia
(Desert tobacco)
    quadrivalvis (Four-valved tobacco)
Nitrophila mohavensis (Amargosa nitrophila)
Nolina
    bigelovii
(Beargrass)
    cismontana
(Chaparral beargrass)
    interrata
(Dehesa nolina)
    parryi
(Parry's nolina)
Notholaena californica (California cloak fern)
Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. densiflorus (Tanbark oak)
Nuttallanthus texanus (Blue toadflax)


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