California sun cup Eulobus californicus Onagraceae

Chia Salvia columbariae Lamiaceae

California dodder Cuscuta californica var. californica Convolvulaceae

California poppy Eschscholzia californica Papaveraceae [Named for Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz, 1793-1831]				California juniper Juniperus californica Cupressaceae

		Canterbury bells Phacelia minor Hydrophyllaceae

Coffee fern Pellaea andromedifolia Pteridaceae		Castor bean * Ricinus communis Euphorbaceae

Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum var. fasciculatum Rosaceae

Cobweb thistle Cirsium occidentale var. occidentale Asteraceae

Vasey's prickly-pear Opuntia vaseyi Cactaceae

Chaparral yucca, Our Lord's candle Hesperoyucca whipplei Agavaceae [Named for Amiel Weeks Whipple, 1817-1863]

Common deerweed Acmispon glaber var. glaber Fabaceae

California brickellbush Brickellia californica Asteraceae [Named for John Brickell, 1749-1809]

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