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EL Segundo Dunes Native Plants
NATIVE PLANTS OF THE EL SEGUNDO DUNES & COASTAL PRAIRIE
Click on the underlined plant name for photos and other information about the plant. ************************************************************************ CARPETWEED FAMILY Lowland purslane or sea purslane (sesuvium verrucosum) CARROT FAMILY Wild celery or mock parsley (apiastrum angustifolium) San Diego button-celery, eryngium aristulatum parishii SUNFLOWER FAMILY Blow-wives, (Achyrachaena mollis) spiny-fruited ragweed (ambrosia acanthicarpa) western ragweed (ambrosia psilostachya, subspecies Californica) Southern annual saltmarsh Aster, (aster subulatus var. ligulatus) common blennosperma (blennosperma nanum) emory baccharis (baccharis emoryi) yellow pincushion (chaenactis glabriuscula, variety tenuifolia) bush aster (corethrogyne filaginifolia, variety: virgata) Macouns cudweed, Gnaphalium decurrens Lowland cudweed, Gnaphalium palustre Felt leaf everlasting, gnaphalium microcephalum, Gumplant, Grindelia camporum var. bracteosum fascicled or slender tarweed (hemizonia fasciculata or deinandra fasciculata) telegraph weed (heterotheca grandiflora Hairy goldenaster (heterotheca villosa or chrysopis villosa) cliff aster (malcothrix saxatilis) goldfields, Lasthenia californica, coulters goldfields, Lasthenia glabrata var. coulteri tidy-tips, layia platyglossa Slender cottonweed, Micropus californicus Woolly-heads, Psilocarphus brevissimus Woolly-heads, Psilocarphus tenellus California chicory (rafinesquia Californica) Butterweed, senecio douglasii Ragwort, senecio californicus Brown puffs or brown microseris, Stebbinsoseris heterocarpa (microseris heterocarpa) wand chicory or tall stephanomeria or twiggy wreathplant (stephanomeria virgata) small wreath plant (stephanomeria exigua) BORAGE FAMILY Seaside fiddleneck (amsinckia spectabilis) Large flowered popcorn flower or white forget-me-not (cryptantha intermedia) Pointed or prickly cryptantha, Cryptantha muricata seaside heliotrope or sand heliotrope (heliotropium curassavicum, variety oculatum) Sagebrush combseed, Pectocarya linearis ssp. Ferocula Valley popcorn flower, Plagiobothrys canescens Rusty popcorn flower, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus Popcorn flower, Plagiobothrys trachycarpus (allocarya trachycarpus) MUSTARD FAMILY dune wallflower (erysimum insulare or angustata) hutchinsia procumbens or hymenolobus procumbens alkali pepperweed, lepidium dictyotum or acutidens San Diego pepperweed, lepidium latipes Shining pepperweed, lepidium nitidum WATER-STARWORT FAMILY Water-starwort, callitriche marginata PINK FAMILY Sand mat, cardionema ramosissima Spreading pygmyleaf, Loeflingia squarrosa Polycarp, Polycarpon depressum Salt marsh sand spurrey, spergularia marina GOOSEFOOT FAMILY coastal or big saltbush or quailbush (atriplex lentiformis, subspecies breweri) MORNING GLORY FAMILY morning glory (calystegia macrostegia, variety cyclostegia) alkali weed (cressa truxillensis, subspecies vallicola) dodder (cuscuta Californica) STONECROP FAMILY pygmy weed or dwarf stonecrop (crassula erecta) GOURD FAMILY calabazilla or coyote melon (cucurbita foetidissima) WATERWORT FAMILY Waterwort, elatine brachysperma SPURGE FAMILY croton (croton Californicus) Rattlesnake weed, or white margin sandmat, prostrate spurge, Chamaesyce albomarginata or euphorbia albomarginata Doveweed or turkey mullein, Eremocarpus setigerus BEAN OR PEA FAMILY Two-seeded milkvetch, astragalus didymocarpus var. milesianus Coastal dunes milkvetch, astragalus tener titi Gray morro milkvetch or locoweed, Astragalus curtipes loco weed (astragalus trichopodus, subspecies leucopsis Spanish clover (lotus purshianus) Coastal birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus salsuginosus deerweed, lotus scoparius hairy or strigose lotus, lotus strigosus annual or dove lupine (lupinus bicolor subspecies microphyllus collar lupine, lupinus truncatus pinpoint Clover, trifolium gracilentum FRANKENIA FAMILY alkali heath or frankenia (frankenia salina or grandifolia) WATERLEAF FAMILY Fernleaf phacelia, Phacelia distans Brands phacelia, Phacelia stellaris or phacelia douglasii var. cryptantha IRIS FAMILY Blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium bellum MINT FAMILY Thistle sage, Salvia carduacea Chia, salvia columbariae Hedge nettle, stachys ajugoides MEADOWFOAM FAMILY Meadowfoam, limnanthes douglasii STICK-LEAF FAMILY Blazing star, mentzelia affinis LILY FAMILY Catalina mariposa lily, (calochortus catalinae) Common goldenstar, bloomeria crocea or aurea blue dicks (dichelostemma capitatum or brodiaea pulchella) MALLOW FAMILY alkali mallow (sida leprosa, variety hederacea) Checker mallow, sidalcea malviflora malviflora Sidalcea neomexicana or parviflora EVENING PRIMROSE FAMILY southern sun cup (camissonia bistorta) beach evening primrose (camissonia cheiranthifolia, subspecies suffrutescens) Lewis's primrose (camissonia lewisii) Small evening primrose (camissonia micrantha) Fireweed, epilobium pygmaeum, or boisduvalia glabella Hairy evening primrose (oenothera elata ssp. Hirsutissima) POPPY FAMILY California poppy (eschscholzia Californica) Cream cups, platystemon californicus PLANTAIN FAMILY Plantain, plantago elongate or bigelovii Dwarf plantain, plantago erecta or hookeriana PHLOX FAMILY Chaparral or angels or grassland gilia, Gilia angelensis Ball gilia, Gilia capitata abrotanifolia Ground pink or fringed dianthiflorus, Linanthis dianthiflorus Prostrate pincushion plant, Navarretia prostrata BUCKWHEAT FAMILY annual buckwheat (eriogonum gracile) dune buckwheat or sea cliff buckwheat (eriogonum parvifolium) California spineflower, mucronea californica, or chorizanthe californica var. suksdorfii, Wild-rhubarb, rumex hymenosepalus
PURSLANE FAMILY Red maids, calandrinia ciliata or caulescens or menziesii BUTTERCUP FAMILY Buttercup, ranunculus californicus ROSE FAMILY Wedgeleaf horkelia, Horkelia cuneata FIGWORT FAMILY Snapdragon, antirrhinum nuttallianum Blue toadflax, (linaria Canadensis texana) Owls clover, orthocarpus purpurascens Purslane speedwell, veronica peregrine POTATO FAMILY jimson weed or tolguacha (datura wrightii or datura meteloides) petunia (petunia parviflora) VERVAIN FAMILY Bigbract verbena, Verbena bracteata SEDGE FAMILY umbrella sedge or tall flatsedge (cyperus eragrostis) nut sedge or yellow nut grass (cyperus esculentus) Spikerush, eleocharis acicularis pale spike-rush (eleocharis-macrostachya) RUSH FAMILY Wire rush (juncus balticus) toad rush or small rush (juncus bufonius) mexican rush (juncus mexicanus) DUCKWEED FAMILY Duckweed, lemna gibba GRASS FAMILY Foxtail, alopecurus saccatus or howellii or californicus California brome, bromus carinatus Annual hairgrass, deschampsia danthonioides saltgrass (distichlis spicata) (festuca megalura) Barley, hordeum intercedens Junegrass, koeleria micrantha or cristata spangletop (leptochloa uninervia) Alkali ryegrass (leymus triticoides) California orcutt grass, orcuttia californica lemmons canarygrass, Phalaris lemmonii needlegrass (stipa cernua)
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