Coulter's Saltbush
Atriplex coulteri

Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH), Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Other common names: Coulter's orach.
Generic common name: SALTBUSH, ORACH.

Location: Malibu: coastal bluff, May 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Green, Red, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Estuary Sea-blite
Suaeda esteroa

Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH), Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED.

Location: Mugu Lagoon, coastal salt marsh, July 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Woolly Seablite
Suaeda taxifolia

Family: Amaranthaceae (AMARANTH), Chenopodiaceae (GOOSEFOOT).
Generic common name: SEA-BLITE, SEEPWEED.

Location: Mugu Lagoon: coastal salt marsh, May 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Malibu Baccharis
Baccharis malibuensis

TJM1: Not Listed.

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.

Location: Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space: chaparral, August 2006.

Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Plummer's Baccharis
Baccharis plummerae ssp. plummerae

Family: Asteraceae(discoid) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: FALSE WILLOW, BACCHARIS.

Location: Solstice Canyon: Solstice Canyon Trail, oak woodland, October 2007.

Characteristics: Native, White, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.3.

Southern Tarplant
Centromadia parryi

Other scientific names: Hemizonia australis.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: pappose tarweed, Parry's tarplant, Parry's false tarplant, Parry's tarweed, Parry's spikeweed.
Generic common name: SPIKEWEED, CENTROMADIA, FALSE TARPLANT.

Location: Saline vernal pool Northeast of the Bard Reservoir, Nov 2013.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer, Fall.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Santa Susana Tarweed
Deinandra minthornii

TJM1: Hemizonia minthornii.

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Santa Susana tarplant.
Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED.

Location: Backbone Trail just East of Corral Trailhead: sage scrub, Aug 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Hayfield Tarweed
Hemizonia congesta ssp. luzulifolia

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Generic common name: TARPLANT, TARWEED.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Coulter's Goldfields
Lasthenia glabrata ssp. coulteri

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: yellowray goldfields.
Generic common name: GOLDFIELDS.

Location: Ormond Beach: coastal saline flat, March 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1

Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Lyon's Pentachaeta
Pentachaeta lyonii

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: Lyon's pygmydaisy.
Generic common name: PYGMYDAISY.

Location: Triunfo Canyon Park: sage scrub, July 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

California Groundsel
Senecio aphanactis

Family: Asteraceae(radiate) (SUNFLOWER).
Other common names: chaparral ragwort, rayless ragwort.
Generic common name: GROUNDSEL, RAGWORT, BUTTERWEED.

Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 2B.2.

Nevin's Barberry
Berberis nevinii

Family: Berberidaceae (BARBERRY).
Generic common name: OREGON-GRAPE, BARBERRY.

Location: Thousand Oaks Landscaping, March 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Hubby's Phacelia
Phacelia hubbyi

TJM1: Phacelia cicutaria var. hubbyi.

Family: Boraginaceae (BORAGE), Hydrophyllaceae (WATERLEAF).
Other common names: caterpillar phacelia.
Generic common name: PHACELIA.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: Cheeseboro Ridge Trail, valley grassland, April 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Blue, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Coast Wallflower
Erysimum suffrutescens

TJM1: Erysimum insulare ssp. suffrutescens.

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: island wallflower, suffrutescent wallflower.
Generic common name: WALLFLOWER.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Thornhill Broome Beach, coastal strand, April 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Santa Cruz Island Fringepod
Thysanocarpus conchuliferus

Family: Brassicaceae (MUSTARD).
Other common names: cupped fringepod, SantaCruz Island lacepod.
Generic common name: LACEPOD, FRINGEPOD.

Location: Circle X Ranch, rocky slope, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Odd, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

South Coast Range Morning-Glory
Calystegia collina ssp. venusta

Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: hillside morning glory, coast range false bindweed.
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, FALSE BINDWEED.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: Crags Road, chaparral, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.3.

Small-Flowered Morning-Glory
Convolvulus simulans

Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Generic common name: MORNING-GLORY, BINDWEED.

Location: Wildwood Park: trailside, disturbed grassland, April 2010.

Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Western Dichondria
Dichondra occidentalis

Family: Convolvulaceae (MORNING-GLORY).
Other common names: western ponysfoot.
Generic common name: PONYSFOOT.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: Chumash Trail, coastal sage scrub, March 2009.

Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Blochman's Live-forever
Dudleya blochmaniae ssp. blochmaniae

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Blochman's Dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Zuma/Trancas Canyons: Lower Zuma, Ocean View Trail, sage scrub, June 2005.

Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Agoura Hills Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. agourensis

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: canyon liveforever, Santa Monica Mountains dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Sage scrub, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Marcescent Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. marcescens

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Santa Monica Mountains dudleya.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Circle X Ranch: oak woodland, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Santa Monica Mountains Dudleya
Dudleya cymosa ssp. ovatifolia

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Steep rock face, riparian, June 2011.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Many-stemmed Dudleya
Dudleya multicaulis

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Grown in a pot because natural specimens inaccessible, flowered April 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Conejo Dudleya
Dudleya parva

TJM1: Dudleya abramsii ssp. parva.

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, May 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Verity's Dudleya
Dudleya verityi

Family: Crassulaceae (STONECROP).
Other common names: Verity's liveforever.
Generic common name: DUDLEYA, LIVEFOREVER.

Location: Far west end of range: coastal sage scrub, May 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

Braunton's Rattle-weed
Astragalus brauntonii

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Other common names: Braunton's milkvetch.
Generic common name: LOCOWEED, MILKVETCH.

Location: 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:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Ventura Marsh Milkvetch
Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus

Family: Fabaceae (PEA, LEGUME).
Generic common name: LOCOWEED, MILKVETCH.

Location: coastal strand: Ventura, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Native, White, Yellow, Green, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1

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.

White-flowered Filaree
California macrophylla

TJM1: Erodium macrophyllum.

Family: Geraniaceae (GERANIUM).
Other common names: roundleaf stork's bill, large leaved filaree, California storksbill, California Filaree.
Generic common name: CALIFORNIA FILAREE.

Location: Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyons: disturbed grassland, April 2008.

Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

California Black Walnut
Juglans californica

Family: Juglandaceae (WALNUT).
Other common names: southern California walnut, southern California black walnut.
Generic common name: WALNUT.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, riparian woodland, March 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Pitcher Sage
Lepechinia fragrans

Family: Lamiaceae (MINT).
Other common names: fragrant pitcher sage, island pitchersage.
Generic common name: PITCHER SAGE.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, sage scrub, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Catalina Mariposa Lily
Calochortus catalinae

Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: Santa Catalina mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Grotto Trail, valley grassland, April 2004.

Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Plummer's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus plummerae

Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail, chaparral, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Weed's Mariposa Lily
Calochortus weedii var. intermedius

Family: Liliaceae (LILY), Calochortaceae (MARIPOSA LILY).
Other common names: intermediate mariposa lily.
Generic common name: MARIPOSA LILY.

Location: Dayton Canyon ridge line: open chaparral/coastal sage scrub, May 2010.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Red, Large, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2
See the note in the A N F about the ID of this plant.

Humboldt Lily
Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum

Family: Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: spotted Humboldt's lily, ocellated Humbolt lily, leopard lily.
Generic common name: LILY.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, June 2004.

Characteristics: Native, Red, Large, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Brewer's Red Maids
Calandrinia breweri

Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Generic common name: REDMAIDS.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Backbone Trail below Triunfo Peak, chaparral, April 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Seaside Calandrinia
Cistanthe maritima

TJM1: Calandrinia maritima.

Family: Montiaceae (MINER'S LETTUCE), Portulacaceae (PURSLANE).
Other common names: seaside pussypaws, seaside redmaids.
Generic common name: PUSSYPAWS.

Location: Point Mugu State Park: sandy slopes above the ocean, May 2014.

Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Red Sand Verbena
Abronia maritima

Family: Nyctaginaceae (FOUR O'CLOCK).
Other common names: sticky sand verbena.
Generic common name: SAND VERBENA.

Location: Leo Carrillo State Park: coastal strand, September 2007.

Characteristics: Native, Red, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Perennial, Early Spring, Late Spring, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Salt Marsh Bird's-Beak
Chloropyron maritimum ssp. maritimum

TJM1: Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus.

Family: Orobanchaceae (BROOMRAPE), Scrophulariaceae (FIGWORT).
Generic common name: SALTY BIRD'S-BEAK.

Location: Ormond Beach West, Coastal Salt Marsh, May 2013.

Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2
Photographed slightly out of range, but expected to occur in range.

Matilija Poppy
Romneya coulteri

Family: Papaveraceae (POPPY).
Other common names: Coulter's matilija poppy.
Generic common name: MATILIJA POPPY.

Location: Malibu Creek State Park: near Cistern Trail, chaparral, May 2005.

Characteristics: Native, White, Large, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Bobtail Barley
Hordeum intercedens

Family: Poaceae (GRASS).
Other common names: little barley, vernal barley.
Generic common name: BARLEY.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

Status:  C N P S  List 3.2
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Fish's Milkwort
Rhinotropis cornuta var. fishiae ^◊

TJM1: Polygala cornuta var. fishiae.
TJM2: Polygala cornuta var. fishiae.
A N F: Polygala cornuta var. fishiae.

Family: Polygalaceae (MILKWORT).
Other common names: Sierra milkwort.
Generic common name: MILKWORT, POLYGALA.

Location: Circle X Ranch: Mishe Mokwa Trail, oak woodland, May 2004.

Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Medium, Clusters, Odd, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.3.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.

San Fernando Valley Spineflower
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina

Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER.

Location: Ahmanson Ranch: burned valley grassland, May 2006.

Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Clusters, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.1.

Conejo Buckwheat
Eriogonum crocatum

Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Generic common name: WILD BUCKWHEAT, BUCKWHEAT.

Location: Wildwood Park: coastal sage scrub, March 2005.

Characteristics: Native, Yellow, Green, Small, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

California Chorizanthe
Mucronea californica

Family: Polygonaceae (BUCKWHEAT).
Other common names: California spineflower.
Generic common name: SPINEFLOWER.

Location: 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:  C N P S  List 4.2

Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

California Androsace
Androsace elongata ssp. acuta

TJM1: Androsace elongata ssp. acuta.
Other scientific names: Androsace acuta, Androsace occidentalis var. acuta.

Family: Primulaceae (PRIMROSE).
Other common names: California Rock-Jasmine, California Fairy Candelabra.
Generic common name: ROCK JASMINE, FAIRY CANDELABRA.

Location: Cornell Roadside: rocky outcrop in exposed grassland, April 2023.

Characteristics: Native, White, Small, Solitary, Simple, Herbaceous, Annual, Early Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Southern Mountain Misery
Chamaebatia australis

Family: Rosaceae (ROSE).
Other common names: Southern bearclover.
Generic common name: MOUNTAIN MISERY.

Location: Rocky Oaks: northwest end beyond the Rocky Oaks Loop Trail, chaparral, April 2012.

Characteristics: Native, White, Medium, Clusters, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2.

Santa Barbara Bedstraw
Galium cliftonsmithii

Family: Rubiaceae (BEDSTRAW).
Other common names: shrubby bedstraw.
Generic common name: BEDSTRAW, CLEAVERS.

Location: Not photographed yet.

Characteristics: Native.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.3
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Peninsular Nolina
Nolina cismontana

TJM1: Nolina parryi.

Family: Ruscaceae (BUTCHER'S-BROOM), Liliaceae (LILY).
Other common names: peninsular beargrass, nolina.
Generic common name: BEARGRASS.

Location: 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:  C N P S  List 1B.2.

California Desert Thorn
Lycium californicum

Family: Solanaceae (NIGHTSHADE, POTATO).
Other common names: California boxthorn.
Generic common name: BOX THORN.

Location: Cabrillo National Monument: coastal bluffs, Jan 2010.

Characteristics: Native, White, Red, Small, Solitary, Simple, Woody, Perennial, Winter, Early Spring, Late Spring.

Status:  C N P S  List 4.2
Photographed out of range.
If you see this in or near the SMM floristic region we'd like to know.

Sonoran Maiden Fern
Pelazoneuron puberulum var. sonorensis ^◊

TJM1: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.
TJM2: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.
F N A: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.
A N F: Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis.

Family: Thelypteridaceae (THELYPTERIS).
Generic common name: MAIDEN FERN, MARSH FERN.

Location: Encinal Creek: riparian woodland, Aug 2009.

Characteristics: Native.

Status:  C N P S  List 2B.2.

◊ This name is from the Jepson eFlora. It is more current than the TJM2 name.