Coarsegold, California
Revised 1-11-14

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Abutilon theophrasti Indian Mallow Mallow Y
Agastache urticifolia Horse Mint Mint P
Aira caryophyllea Shiver Grass Grass G
Alfilaria Broadleaf Filaree, Redstem Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Alisma triviale Large Water Plantain Water Plantain G  W
Allium hyalinum Glassy Onion Lily P  W
Allophyllum divaricatum Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
Allophyllum gilioides Blue False Gilia Phlox B
Allseed, Four-Leaved Four-Leaved Allseed Pink G
Amaranth, Pigweed Tumbleweed Amaranth G
Amaranthus albus Tumbleweed Amaranth G
American Brooklime American Speedwell Figwort B
American Speedwell Veronica americana Figwort B
American Wild Carrot Rattlesnake Weed Parsley G  W
Amole Wavy-Leaved Soap Plant Lily W
Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Menzies' Fiddleneck Forget-Me-Not O  Y
Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel Primrose O
Anaphalis margaritacea Pearly Everlasting Sunflower W
Apple, Thorn Jimsonweed Nightshade W
Arboreus cellulitis ssp. YLP Cell Tree Verizon G
Arctostaphylos viscida Whiteleaf Manzanita Heath G  O  P
Arroyo Willow Salix lasiolepis Benth. Willow G
Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort Sunflower Y
Asclepias cordifolia Purple Milkweed Milkweed P
Asclepias cordifolia Purple Milkweed Milkweed P
Asclepias fascicularis Narrowleaf Milkweed Milkweed P  W
Asclepias vestita Woolly Milkweed Milkweed G  Y
Ash, California Foothill Ash Olive G
Ash, Flowering Foothill Ash Olive G
Ash, Foothill Foothill Ash Olive G
Ash, Two-Petal Foothill Ash Olive G
Aster, Chilean Common Aster Sunflower P
Aster chilensis Common Aster Sunflower P
Aster, Common Common Aster Sunflower P
Aster, Golden Telegraph Weed Sunflower Y
Athysanus pusillus Common Sandweed Mustard W
Avena sp. Wild Oats Grass G

 

Baby Blue-Eyes Nemophila menziesii Waterleaf B  W
Baby Stars, True True Baby Stars Phlox P
Bachelor's Button Centaurea cyanus Sunflower B  P  P
Bailey's Buckwheat Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi Buckwheat W
Basket, Wally's Grass Nut Lily B
Bay, California California Bay Laurel G  Y
Bedstraw, Common Common Bedstraw Madder W
Bedstraw, Tiny Tiny Bedstraw Madder W
Bedstraw, Yellow Wall Tiny Bedstraw Madder W
Bentham's Lupine Lupinus benthamii Pea B
Bermuda Buttercup Bermuda Sorrel Violet Y
Bermuda Grass Cynodon dactylon Grass G
Bermuda Sorrel Oxalis pes-caprae Violet Y
Bidens frondosa Bur Marigold Sunflower Y
Birdfoot Deervetch Bird's-Foot Trefoil Pea Y
Bird's-Eye Gilia Gilia tricolor Phlox B  P  W
Birdseye Speedwell Veronica persica Figwort B
Bird's-Foot Cliffbrake Bird's-Foot Fern Maidenhair Fern G
Bird's-Foot Fern Pellaea mucronata Maidenhair Fern G
Birdsfoot Lotus Bird's-Foot Trefoil Pea Y
Bird's-Foot Lotus Hill Lotus Pea Y
Bird's-Foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus Pea Y
Bitter Cherry Prunus emarginata Rose W
Bittercress, Western Western Bittercress Mustard W
Bitter Lettuce Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Blackberry, Himalayan Himalayan Blackberry Rose G  P  W
Black Oak, California California Black Oak Beech G
Black Willow, Western Pacific Willow Willow G
Bluecup, Large-Flowered Sierra Bluecup Bluebell B
Bluecup, Sierra Sierra Bluecup Bluebell B
Blue Curls Trichostema lanceolatum Mint B
Blue-Dick Dichelostemma capitatum Lily B  W
Blue Elderberry Sambucus mexicana Honeysuckle G  W
Blue-Eyes, Baby Baby Blue-Eyes Waterleaf B  W
Blue False Gilia Allophyllum gilioides Phlox B
Blue Field Gilia Foothill Gilia Phlox B
Blue Oak Quercus douglasii Beech G
Bolander's Monkeyflower Mimulus bolanderi Snapdragon P  P
Bolander's Woodland Star Smooth Woodland Star Saxifrage W
Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum Fern G
Brake Fern Bracken Fern Fern G
Brassica rapa Field Mustard Mustard Y
Broadleaf Filaree Erodium botrys Geranium G  P  P
Brodiaea, Common Blue-Dick Lily B
Brodiaea coronaria Elegant Brodiaea Lily B  P
Brodiaea, Elegant Elegant Brodiaea Lily B  P
Brodiaea, Harvest Elegant Brodiaea Lily B  P
Brodiaea, Twining Twining Brodiaea Lily P
Brome Grass Bromus sp. Grass G
Bromus sp. Brome Grass Grass G
Brooklime, American American Speedwell Figwort B
Buckbrush Ceanothus cuneatus Buckthorn G  W
Buckeye, California California Buckeye Buckeye G  W
Buckwheat, Bailey's Bailey's Buckwheat Buckwheat W
Buckwheat, California California Buckwheat Buckwheat G  P  W
Buffalo-Bur Solanum rostratum Nightshade Y
Bull Pine Digger Pine Pine G
Bur, Buffalo- Buffalo-Bur Nightshade Y
Burclover California Bur Clover Pea Y
Bur Clover, California California Bur Clover Pea Y
Bur Marigold Bidens frondosa Sunflower Y
Bur Medic California Bur Clover Pea Y
Bur-Nut, Ground Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Bush, Flannel Flannel Bush Cacao Y
Bush Senecio Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower G  Y
Buttercup, Bermuda Bermuda Sorrel Violet Y
Buttercup, Water Water Buttercup Buttercup W
Butterfly Mariposa Lily Calochortus venustum Lily W  P
Butterweed, Common Common Senecio Sunflower G  Y
Butterweed, Shrubby Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower G  Y
Button, Bachelor's Bachelor's Button Sunflower B  P  P
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Madder G  W

 

Calandrinia ciliata Red Maids Purslane P
California Ash Foothill Ash Olive G
California Bay Umbellularia californica Laurel G  Y
California Black Oak Quercus kelloggii Beech G
California Buckeye Aesculus californica Buckeye G  W
California Buckwheat Eriogonum fasciculatum Buckwheat G  P  W
California Bur Clover Medicago polymorpha Pea Y
California Dodder Cuscuta californica Morn Glory O  W
California Lilac Deerbrush Buckthorn B  W
California Manroot Wild Cucumber Cucumber W
California Poppy Eschscholzia californica Poppy O  W
California Redbud Western Redbud Legume G  P
California Sagewort Mugwort Sunflower Y
California Saxifrage Saxifraga californica Saxifrage W
California Thistle Cirsium occidentale Sunflower G  P
California White Oak Valley Oak Beech G
California Wild Grape Vitis californica Grape W
Calochortus amoenus Fairy Lantern Lily P
Calochortus venustum Butterfly Mariposa Lily Lily W  P
Caltrop Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Camissonia sierrae ssp. sierrae Sierra Suncup Eve Primrose Y
Campion Indian Pink Eve Primrose O
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense Sunflower G  P
Canchalagua Charming Centaury Gentium P  P
Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd's Purse Mustard W
Cardamine oligosperma Western Bittercress Mustard W
Carnation, Wild Wild Carnation Pink P
Carrot, American Wild Rattlesnake Weed Parsley G  W
Castilleja exserta Purple Owl's Clover Snapdragon P  P
Castilleja lineariloba Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Catchfly Indian Pink Pink O
Catchfly, Common Common Catchfly Pink P
Caterpillar Phacelia Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida Waterleaf W
Cat's Ear, Rough False Dandelion Sunflower Y
Cattail, Narrowleaf Narrowleaf Cattail Cattail G
Ceanothus cuneatus Buckbrush Buckthorn G  W
Ceanothus integerrimus Deerbrush Buckthorn B  W
Ceanothus, Wedgeleaf Buckbrush Buckthorn G  W
Cell Tree Arboreus cellulitis ssp. YLP Verizon G
Centaurea cyanus Bachelor's Button Sunflower B  P  P
Centaurea cyanus Bachelor's Button Sunflower B  P  P
Centaurea melitensis Tocolote Sunflower G  P  R  Y
Centaurium venustum Charming Centaury Gentium P  P
Centaury, Charming Charming Centaury Gentium P  P
Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Madder G  W
Cerastium glomeratum Sticky Mouse-Ear Chickweed Pink W
Cercis occidentalis Western Redbud Legume G  P
Chaenactis glabriuscula Yellow Pincushion Sunflower Y
Chamaesyce maculata Spotted Spurge Spurge P
Chamomilla suaveolens Pineapple Weed Sunflower Y
Chaparral Honeysuckle Lonicera interrupta Honeysuckle G  R  Y
Charlock Mustard Sinapis arvensis Mustard Y
Charming Centaury Centaurium venustum Gentium P  P
Cherry, Bitter Bitter Cherry Rose W
Chestnut, Horse California Buckeye Buckeye G  W
Chickweed, Common Common Chickweed Pink W
Chickweed, Sticky Mouse-Ear Sticky Mouse-Ear Chickweed Pink W
Chilean Aster Common Aster Sunflower P
Chinese Houses, Sticky Sticky Chinese Houses Figwort G  P  P  W
Chlorogalum pomeridianum Wavy-Leaved Soap Plant Lily W
Chorizanthe membranacea Clustered Spineflower Buckwheat P
Cirsium arvense Canada Thistle Sunflower G  P
Cirsium occidentale California Thistle Sunflower G  P
Clammy Clover Trifolium obtusiflorum Pea G  P  W
Clarkia cylindrica Speckled Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia, Deerhorn Pinkfairies Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia, Diamond Diamond Clarkia Eve Primrose P  W
Clarkia dudleyana Dudley's Clarkia Eve Primrose W  P 
Clarkia, Dudley's Dudley's Clarkia Eve Primrose W  P 
Clarkia elegans Elegant Clarkia Eve Primrose O  P  P  W
Clarkia, Elegant Elegant Clarkia Eve Primrose O  P  P  W
Clarkia, Fort Miller Williamson's Clarkia Eve Primrose P  P  W
California Laurel California Bay Laurel G  Y
Clarkia modesta Diamond Clarkia Eve Primrose P  W
Clarkia, Pinkfairies Pinkfairies Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia pulchella Pinkfairies Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia, Purple Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia purpurea Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia, Speckled Speckled Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia unguiculata Woodland Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia williamsonii Williamson's Clarkia Eve Primrose P  P  W
Clarkia, Williamson's Williamson's Clarkia Eve Primrose P  P  W
Clarkia, Winecup Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia, Winecup Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia, Woodland Woodland Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Clarkia, Woodland Woodland Clarkia Eve Primrose P  R
Clasping Henbit Lamium amplexicaule Mint P
Claytonia perfoliata Miner's Lettuce Purslane W
Cleavers Common Bedstraw Madder W
Cliffbrake, Bird's-Foot Bird's-Foot Fern Maidenhair Fern G
Clocks Broadleaf Filaree, Redstem Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Clover, California Bur California Bur Clover Pea Y
Clover, Clammy Clammy Clover Pea G  P  W
Clover, Creek Clammy Clover Pea G  P  W
Clover, Crimson Crimson Clover Pea R
Clover, Low Hop Low Hop Clover Pea Y
Clover, Pallid Owl's Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Clover, Purple Owl's Purple Owl's Clover Snapdragon P  P
Clover, Rabbit's-Foot Rabbit's-Foot Clover Pea P
Clover, Red Red Clover Pea P
Clover, Rose Rose Clover Pea P
Clover, Spanish Spanish Lotus Pea P  W
Clover, Sweet (Yellow) Yellow Sweet Clover Pea Y
Clover, Thin-Lobed Owl's Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Clover, Tomcat Tomcat Clover Pea P  P  W
Clover, White White Clover Pea G  W
Clover, White White Clover Pea W
Clover, White Sweet White Sweet Clover Pea W
Clover, White-Tipped White-Tipped Clover Pea P  P  W
Clover, White-Topped White-Tipped Clover Pea P  P  W
Clover, Yellow Sweet Yellow Sweet Clover Pea Y
Clustered Spineflower Chorizanthe membranacea Buckwheat P
Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium Buttercup G  W
Cockleburr, Rough Cocklebur Buttercup G  W
Coffeeberry, Hollyleaf Hollyleaf Redberry Buckthorn G  R
Collinsia heterophylla Sticky Chinese Houses Figwort G  P  P  W
Common Aster Aster chilensis Sunflower P
Common Bedstraw Galium aparine Madder W
Common Brodiaea Blue-Dick Lily B
Common Butterweed Common Senecio Sunflower G  Y
Common Catchfly Silene gallica Pink P
Common Chickweed Stellaria media Pink W
Common Dwarf Flax Threadstem Flax Flax W
Common Groundsel Common Senecio Sunflower G  Y
Common Horehound Horehound Mint W
Common Lomatium Lomatium utriculatum Carrot Y
Common Madia Madia elegans Sunflower Y
Common Monkeyflower Mimulus guttatus Figwort Y
Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus Figwort Y
Common Phacelia Phacelia distans Waterleaf B
Common Purslane Portulaca oleracea Purslane Y
Common Sandweed Athysanus pusillus Mustard W
Common Senecio Senecio vulgaris Sunflower G  Y
Common Vetch Vicia sativa ssp. nigra Pea P
Cornflower Bachelor's Button Sunflower B  P  P
Cotton Top Slender Cottonweed Sunflower W
Cottonweed, Slender Slender Cottonweed Sunflower W
Cottonwood, Fremont Fremont Cottonwood Willow G
Cranesbill Broadleaf Filaree, Redstem Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Cream Cup Platystemon californica Poppy W
Creek Clover Clammy Clover Pea G  P  W
Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalis Wood Sorrel Y
Crimson Clover Trifolium incarnatum Pea R
Crimson Monkeyflower Scarlet Monkeyflower Figwort R
Crowfoot, Water Water Buttercup Buttercup W
Cryptantha sp. Cryptantha sp. Sunflower W
Cucumber, Wild Wild Cucumber Cucumber G  W
Cup, Cream Cream Cup Poppy W
Curls, Blue Blue Curls Mint B
Curly Dock Rumex crispus Buckwheat G
Cuscuta californica California Dodder Morn Glory O  W
Cut-Leaved Geranium Geranium dissectum Geranium P
Cynodon dactylon Bermuda Grass Grass G
Cyperus strigosus Nutsedge Sedge G

 


 

Dandelion, False False Dandelion Sunflower Y
Danny's Skullcap Scutellaria tuberosa Mint B
Datisca glomerata Durango Root Datisca W  Y
Datura meteloides Jimsonweed Nightshade W
Daucus pusillus Rattlesnake Weed Parsley G  W
Deerbrush Ceanothus integerrimus Buckthorn B  W
Deerhorn Clarkia Pinkfairies Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Deervetch, Birdfoot Bird's-Foot Trefoil Pea Y
Deervetch, Foothill Hill Lotus Pea Y
Delphinium sp. Larkspur sp. Buttercup P
Dense-Flowered Willowherb Spike Primrose Eve Primrose P
Devil's Beggartick Bur Marigold Sunflower Y
Diamond Clarkia Clarkia modesta Eve Primrose P  W
Diamond Fairyfan Diamond Clarkia Eve Primrose P  W
Dichelostemma capitatum Blue-Dick Lily B  W
Dichelostemma volubile Twining Brodiaea Lily P
Digger Pine Pinus sabiniana Pine G
Distant Phacelia Common Phacelia Waterleaf B
Dobie Pod Slender Keel Fruit Mustard Y
Dock, Curly Curly Dock Buckwheat G
Dodder, California California Dodder Morn Glory O  W
Dodecatheon hendersonii Foothill Shooting Star Primrose P  P
Douglas' Meadow-Foam Limnanthes douglasii False Mermaid W
Douglas' Sagewort Mugwort Sunflower Y
Douglas' Senecio Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower G  Y
Dove's-Foot Geranium Geranium molle Geranium P
Doveweed Turkey Mullein Croton W
Downy Navarretia Navarretia pubescens Phlox B 
Dudley's Clarkia Clarkia dudleyana Eve Primrose W
Dudley's Fairyfan Dudley's Clarkia Eve Primrose W
Durango Root Datisca glomerata Datisca W  Y
Dwarf Cliff Sedum Parvisedum pumilum Stonecrop Y


 

Elderberry, Blue Blue Elderberry Honeysuckle G  W
Elegant Brodiaea Brodiaea coronaria Lily B  P
Elegant Clarkia Clarkia elegans Eve Primrose O  P  P  W
Eleocharis macrostachya Spikerush Sedge W
English Plantain Narrow-Leaved Plantain Plantain W
Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum Glandular Willow-Herb Eve Primrose P
Epilobium densiflorum Spike Primrose Eve Primrose P
Epilobium pygmaeum Smooth Spike Primrose Eve Primrose P
Eremocarpus setigerus Turkey Mullein Croton W
Eriastrum, Many-Flowered Tehachapi Wool Star Phlox B
Eriastrum pluriflorum Tehachapi Wool Star Phlox B
Eriodictyon californicum Yerba Santa Waterleaf P
Eriogonum baileyi var. baileyi Bailey's Buckwheat Buckwheat W
Eriogonum fasciculatum California Buckwheat Buckwheat G  P  W
Eriophyllum confertiflorum Golden Yarrow Sunflower Y
Erodium botrys Broadleaf Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Eschscholzia californica California Poppy Poppy O  W
Eschscholzia caespitosa Tufted Poppy Poppy Y
Eschscholzia lobbii Frying Pans Poppy Y
Escobita Purple Owl's Clover Snapdragon P  P
Euphorbia helioscopia Sun Spurge Spurge Y
Evergreen Buckthorn Hollyleaf Redberry Buckthorn G  R
Everlasting, Pearly Pearly Everlasting Sunflower W

 

Face, Pretty Pretty Face Lily Y
Fairyfan, Diamond Diamond Clarkia Eve Primrose P  W
Fairyfan, Dudley's Dudley's Clarkia Eve Primrose W
Fairyfan, Winecup Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Fairy Lantern Calochortus amoenus Lily P
False Dandelion Hypochaeris radicata Sunflower Y
False Gilia, Blue Blue False Gilia Phlox B
False Gilia, Purple Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
False Gilyflower, Purple Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
Farewell-to-Spring Clarkia amoena Eve Primrose P  P  W
Fern, Bird's-Foot Bird's-Foot Fern Maidenhair Fern G
Fern, Bracken Bracken Fern Fern G
Fern, Brake Bracken Fern Fern G
Fiddleneck, Menzies' Menzies' Fiddleneck Forget-Me-Not O  Y
Field Gilia, Blue Foothill Gilia Phlox B
Field Mustard Brassica rapa Mustard Y
Fiesta Flower Pholistoma auritum Waterleaf B
Filaree, Broadleaf Broadleaf Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Filaree, Long-Beaked Broadleaf Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Filaree, Redstem Redstem Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Five Spot Nemophila maculata Waterleaf W
Flannel Bush Fremontodendron californicum Cacao Y
Flannel Mullein Common Mullein Figwort Y
Flatsedge, Strawcolored Nutsedge Sedge G
Flax, Common Dwarf Threadstem Flax Flax W
Flax, Small Flowered Dwarf Threadstem Flax Flax W
Flax, Small Flower Western Threadstem Flax Flax W
Flax, Wild Blue Wild Blue Flax Flax B
Flax, Threadstem Threadstem Flax Flax W
Flower, Fiesta Fiesta Flower Waterleaf B
Flowering Ash Foothill Ash Olive G
Flower, Popcorn Popcorn Flower Forget-Me-Not W
Foothill Ash Fraxinus dipetala Olive G
Foothill Deervetch Hill Lotus Pea Y
Foothill Gilia Gilia capitata Phlox B
Foothill Gilia Gilia capitata ssp. mediomontana Phlox W
Foothill Larkspur Delphinium hesperium Buttercup B
Foothill Poppy Tufted Poppy Poppy Y
Foothill Shooting Star Dodecatheon hendersonii Primrose P  P
Fort Miller Clarkia Williamson's Clarkia Eve Primrose P  P  W
Four-Leaved Allseed Polycarpon tetraphyllum Pink G
Four-Leaved Manyseed Four-Leaved Allseed Pink G
Four-Leaved Polycarp Four-Leaved Allseed Pink G
Fraxinus dipetala Foothill Ash Olive G
Fremont Cottonwood Populus fremontii Willow G
Fremontodendron californicum Flannel Bush Cacao Y
Fringed Willow-Herb Glandular Willow-Herb Eve Primrose P
Fringepod Lacepod Mustard G  W
Frying Pans Eschscholzia lobbii Poppy Y
Frying Pans Poppy Frying Pans Poppy Y

 

Gairdner's Yampa Yampa Carrot W
Galium aparine Common Bedstraw Madder W
Galium murale Tiny Bedstraw Madder W
Gambleweed Sanicula crassicaulis Carrot Y
Gaping Keckiella Gaping Penstemon Figwort W
Gaping Penstemon Keckiella breviflora var. breviflora Figwort W
Garden Vetch Common Vetch Pea P
Gay Penstemon Penstemon laetus Snapdragon B
Geranium, Cut-Leaved Cut-Leaved Geranium Geranium P
Geranium dissectum Cut-Leaved Geranium Geranium P
Geranium, Dove's-Foot Dove's-Foot Geranium Geranium P
Geranium molle Dove's-Foot Geranium Geranium P
Geranium, Wild Cut-Leaved Geranium Geranium P
Giant Hyssop, Horsemint Horse Mint Mint P
Giant Hyssop, Nettle Leaf Horse Mint Mint P
Gilia, Bird's-Eye Bird's-Eye Gilia Phlox B  P  W
Gilia, Blue False Blue False Gilia Phlox B
Gilia, Blue Field Foothill Gilia Phlox B
Gilia capitata ssp. mediomontana Foothill Gilia Phlox W
Gilia capitata Foothill Gilia Phlox B
Gilia, Foothill Foothill Gilia Phlox B  W
Gilia, Globe Foothill Gilia Phlox W
Gilia, Purple False Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
Gilia, Straggling Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
Gilia tricolor Bird's-Eye Gilia Phlox B  P  W
Gilyflower, Purple False Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
Girls, Golden Yellow Pincushion Sunflower Y
Githopsis pulchella ssp. campestris Sierra Bluecup Bluebell B
Glandular Willow-Herb Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum Eve Primrose P
Glassy Onion Allium hyalinum Lily P  W
Globe Lily, Rose Fairy Lantern Lily P
Globe Gilia Foothill Gilia Phlox W
Globemallow Sphaeralcea sp. Mallow O
Goat's Head Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Golden Aster Telegraph Weed Sunflower Y
Golden Girls Yellow Pincushion Sunflower Y
Goldenpoppy, Lobb's Frying Pans Poppy Y
Golden Yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum Sunflower Y
Goldfields Lasthenia californica Sunflower Y
Goosegrass Common Bedstraw Madder W
Grape, California Wild California Wild Grape Grape W
Grass Nut Triteleia laxa Lily B
Grass, Bermuda Bermuda Grass Grass G
Grass, Brome Brome Grass Grass G
Grass, Italian Rye Italian Rye Grass Grass G
Grass, Rabbitsfoot Rabbitsfoot Grass Grass G
Grass, Shiver Shiver Grass Grass G
Gray Pine Digger Pine Pine G
Gray's Lupine Sierra Lupine Pea B
Ground Bur-Nut Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Groundsel, Common Common Senecio Sunflower G  Y

 

Hairgrass, Silvery Shiver Grass Grass G
Hairy Vetch Winter Vetch Pea P
Hall's Mule Ears Wyethia elata Sunflower G  Y
Hall's Wyethia Hall's Mule Ears Sunflower G  Y
Harlequin Lupine Lupinus stiversii Pea P
Harvest Brodiaea Elegant Brodiaea Lily B  P
Head, Goat's Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Hedge Mustard, Indian Indian Hedge Mustard Mustard W
Hedge-Nettle, White Whitestem Hedge-Nettle Mint P  W
Hedge-Nettle, Whitestem Whitestem Hedge-Nettle Mint P  W
Hedge-Parsley Torilis arvensis Parsley G  W
Heermann's Tarweed Holocarpha heermanni Sunflower Y
Helianthus annuus Sunflower Sunflower G  Y
Heliotrope, Wild Common Phacelia Waterleaf B
Henbit, Clasping Clasping Henbit Mint P
Henderson's Shooting Star Foothill Shooting Star Primrose P  P
Herald-of-Summer Farewell-to-Spring Eve Primrose P  P  W
Hesperolinon micranthum Threadstem Flax Flax W
Heterotheca grandiflora Telegraph Weed Sunflower Y
Hill Lotus Lotus humistratus Pea Y
Himalayan Blackberry Rubus discolor Rose G  P  W
Hollyleaf Coffeeberry Hollyleaf Redberry Buckthorn G  R
Hollyleaf Redberry Rhamnus ilicifolia Buckthorn G  R
Holocarpha heermanni Heermann's Tarweed Sunflower Y
Honeysuckle, Chaparral Chaparral Honeysuckle Honeysuckle G  R  Y
Hop Clover, Low Low Hop Clover Pea Y
Horse Chestnut California Buckeye Buckeye G  W
Horehound Marrubium vulgare Mint W
Horehound, Common Horehound Mint W
Horehound, White Horehound Mint W
Horse Mint Agastache urticifolia Mint P
Horsemint Giant Hyssop Horse Mint Mint P
Houses, Sticky Chinese Sticky Chinese Houses Figwort G  P  P  W
Hypochaeris radicata False Dandelion Sunflower Y
Hyssop, Horsemint Giant Horse Mint Mint P
Hyssop Loosestrife Lythrum hyssopifolium Eve Primrose P
Hyssop, Nettle Leaf Giant Horse Mint Mint P

 

Indian Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium orientale Mustard W
Indian Lettuce Miner's Lettuce Purslane W
Indian Mallow Abutilon theophrasti Mallow Y
Indian Paintbrush, Sagebrush Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Indian Pink Silene californica Eve Primrose O
Indian Tobacco Nicotiana quadrivalvis Nightshade W
Indian Warrior Pedicularis densiflora Figwort R
Interior Live Oak Sierra Live Oak Beech G
Iron Oak Blue Oak Beech G
Italian Rye Grass Lolium multiflorum Grass G
Ithuriel's Spear Grass Nut Lily B

 

Jewelflower Shieldleaf Mustard Y
Jimsonweed Datura meteloides Nightshade W

 

Keckiella breviflora var. breviflora Gaping Penstemon Figwort W
Keckiella, Gaping Gaping Penstemon Figwort W
Keel Fruit, Slender Slender Keel Fruit Mustard Y

 

Lacepod Thysanocarpus curvipes Mustard G  W
Lactuca serriola Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Lamium amplexicaule Clasping Henbit Mint P
Lantern, Fairy Fairy Lantern Lily P
Large-Flowered Bluecup Sierra Bluecup Bluebell B
Large Water Plantain Alisma triviale Water Plantain G  W
Larkspur sp. Delphinium sp. Buttercup P
Larkspur, Foothill Foothill Larkspur Buttercup B
Larkspur, Western Foothill Larkspur Buttercup B
Lasthenia californica Goldfields Sunflower Y
Laurel, California California Bay Laurel G  Y
Layne's Monkeyflower Mimulus layneae Snapdragon P  P
Lettuce, Bitter Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Lettuce, Indian Miner's Lettuce Purslane W
Lettuce, Miner's Miner's Lettuce Purslane W
Lettuce, Opium Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Lettuce, Poison Wild Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Lettuce, Prickly Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Lettuce, Prickly Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Lettuce, Wild (Poison) Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Lichen     G
Lilac, California Deerbrush Buckthorn B  W
Lilac, Mountain Deerbrush Buckthorn B  W
Lily, Mariposa Butterfly Mariposa Lily Lily W
Lily, Rose Globe Fairy Lantern Lily P
Lily, Snake Twining Brodiaea Lily P
Limnanthes douglasii Douglas' Meadow-Foam False Mermaid W
Linanthus bicolor True Baby Stars Phlox P
Lindley's Silver Puffs Silver Puffs Sunflower G  Y
Linum perenne Wild Blue Flax Flax B
Lithophragma bolanderi Smooth Woodland Star Saxifrage W
Live Oak, Interior Sierra Live Oak Beech G
Live Oak, Sierra Sierra Live Oak Beech G
Lobb's Goldenpoppy Frying Pans Poppy Y
Lolium multiflorum Italian Rye Grass Grass G
Lomatium, Common Common Lomatium Carrot Y
Lomatium utriculatum Common Lomatium Carrot Y
Long-Beaked Filaree Broadleaf Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Lonicera interrupta Chaparral Honeysuckle Honeysuckle G  R  Y
Loosestrife, Hyssop Hyssop Loosestrife Eve Primrose P
Lotus, Birdsfoot Bird's-Foot Trefoil Pea Y
Lotus, Bird's-Foot Hill Lotus Pea Y
Lotus corniculatus Bird's-Foot Trefoil Pea Y
Lotus, Hill Hill Lotus Pea Y
Lotus humistratus Hill Lotus Pea Y
Lotus purshianus Spanish Lotus Pea P  W
Lotus, Spanish Spanish Lotus Pea P  W
Low Hop Clover Trifolium procumbens Pea Y
Lupine, Bentham's Bentham's Lupine Pea B
Lupine, Bush (Silver) Silver Bush Lupine Pea B
Lupine, Gray's Sierra Lupine Pea B
Lupine, Harlequin Harlequin Lupine Pea P
Lupine, Miniature Miniature Lupine Pea B
Lupine, Sierra Sierra Lupine Pea B
Lupine, Silver Bush Silver Bush Lupine Pea B
Lupine, Spider Bentham's Lupine Pea B
Lupine, Whitewhorl Whorled Lupine Pea G  W
Lupine, Whorled Whorled Lupine Pea G  W
Lupinus albifrons Silver Bush Lupine Pea B
Lupinus benthamii Bentham's Lupine Pea B
Lupinus bicolor Miniature Lupine Pea B
Lupinus densiflorus var. aureus Whorled Lupine Pea G  W
Lupinus grayi Sierra Lupine Pea B
Lupinus stiversii Harlequin Lupine Pea P
Lythrum hyssopifolium Hyssop Loosestrife Eve Primrose P

 

Madia, Common Common Madia Sunflower Y
Madia elegans Common Madia Sunflower Y
Maids, Red Red Maids Purslane P
Mallow, Indian Indian Mallow Mallow Y
Maltese Star Thistle Tocolote Sunflower G  P  R  Y
Manroot, California Wild Cucumber Cucumber W
Many-Flowered Eriastrum Tehachapi Wool Star Phlox B
Many-Flowered Tobacco Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora Nightshade W
Manyseed, Four-Leaved Four-Leaved Allseed Pink G
Manzanita, Whiteleaf Whiteleaf Manzanita Heath G  O  P
Marah fabaceus Wild Cucumber Cucumber G  W
Marigold, Bur Bur Marigold Sunflower Y
Mariposa Lily Butterfly Mariposa Lily Lily W  P
Mariposa Lily, Butterfly Butterfly Mariposa Lily Lily W  P
Marker, Pie Indian Mallow Mallow Y
Marrubium vulgare Horehound Mint W
Meadow-Foam, Douglas' Douglas' Meadow-Foam False Mermaid W
Meconella linearis Narrow-Leaved Meconella Poppy Y
Meconella, Narrow-Leaved Narrow-leaved Meconella Poppy Y
Medicago polymorpha California Bur Clover Pea Y
Medic, Bur California Bur Clover Pea Y
Melilotus alba White Sweet Clover Pea W
Melilotus officinalis Yellow Sweet Clover Pea Y
Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal Mint P
Menzies' Fiddleneck Amsinckia menziesii var. intermedia Forget-Me-Not O  Y
Microseris lindleyi Silver Puffs Sunflower G  Y
Micropus californicus Slender Cottonweed Sunflower W
Milkweed, Narrowleaf Narrowleaf Milkweed Milkweed P  W
Milkweed, Purple Purple Milkweed Milkweed PP
Milkweed, Woolly Woolly Milkweed Milkweed Y
Mimulus bolanderi Bolander's Monkeyflower Snapdragon P  P
Mimulus cardinalis Scarlet Monkeyflower Figwort R
Mimulus gracilipes Robinson Slenderstalk Monkeyflower Snapdragon P
Mimulus guttatus Common Monkeyflower Figwort Y
Mimulus layneae Layne's Monkeyflower Snapdragon P  P
Miner's Lettuce Claytonia perfoliata Purslane W
Miniature Lupine Lupinus bicolor Pea B
Mint, Horse Horse Mint Mint P
Monkeyflower, Bolander's Bolander's Monkeyflower Snapdragon P  P
Monkeyflower, Common Common Monkeyflower Figwort Y
Monkeyflower, Crimson Scarlet Monkeyflower Figwort R
Monkeyflower, Layne's Layne's Monkeyflower Snapdragon P  P
Monkeyflower, Scarlet Scarlet Monkeyflower Figwort R
Monkeyflower, Seep-Spring Common Monkeyflower Figwort Y
Monkeyflower, Slenderstalk Slenderstalk Monkeyflower Snapdragon P
Moth Mullein Verbascum blattaria Figwort Y
Mountain Lilac Deerbrush Buckthorn B  W
Mountain Violet Viola purpurea Violet Y
Mountain White Oak Blue Oak Beech G
Mugwort Artemisia douglasiana Sunflower Y
Mule Ears, Hall's Hall's Mule Ears Sunflower Y
Mullein, Common Common Mullein Figwort Y
Mullein, Flannel Common Mullein Figwort Y
Mullein, Moth Moth Mullein Figwort Y
Mullein, Turkey Turkey Mullein Croton W
Mullein, Woolly Common Mullein Figwort Y
Mushrooms     G
Mustard, Charlock Charlock Mustard Mustard Y
Mustard, Field Field Mustard Mustard Y
Mustard, Hedge (Indian) Indian Hedge Mustard Mustard W
Mustard, Hedge (Oriental) Indian Hedge Mustard Mustard W
Mustard, Indian Hedge Indian Hedge Mustard Mustard W
Myrtle, Oregon California Bay Laurel Y

 

Narrowleaf Cattail Typha latifolia Cattail G
Narrowleaf Milkweed Asclepias fascicularis Milkweed P  W
Narrow-Leaved Meconella Meconella linearis Poppy Y
Narrow-Leaved Plantain Plantago lanceolata Plantain W
Navarretia, Downy Downy Navarretia Phlox B
Navarretia pubescens Downy Navarretia Phlox B
Navarretia, Sticky Sticky Navarretia Phlox P
Navarretia viscidula Sticky Navarretia Phlox P
Nemophila maculata Five Spot Waterleaf W
Nemophila menziesii Baby Blue-Eyes Waterleaf B  W
Nettle Leaf ,Giant Hyssop Horse Mint Mint P
Nettle, Whitestem Hedge- Whitestem Hedge-Nettle Mint P  W
Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora Tobacco, Many-Flowered Nightshade W
Nicotiana quadrivalvis Indian Tobacco Nightshade W
Nightshade, Purple Purple Nightshade Nightshade P
Northern Water Plantain Large Water Plantain Water Plantain G  W
Nut, Grass Grass Nut Lily B
Nutsedge Cyperus strigosus Sedge G

 

Oak, Blue Blue Oak Beech G
Oak, California Black California Black Oak Beech G
Oak, California White Valley Oak Beech G
Oak, Interior Live Sierra Live Oak Beech G
Oak, Mountain White Blue Oak Beech G
Oak, Poison Poison Oak Sumac G  R  W
Oak, Sierra Live Sierra Live Oak Beech G
Oak, Valley Valley Oak Beech G
Oak, Valley White Valley Oak Beech G
Old Man of Spring Common Senecio Sunflower G  Y
Onion, Glassy Glassy Onion Lily P  W
Opium Lettuce Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Oregon Myrtle California Bay Laurel Y
Oriental Hedge Mustard Indian Hedge Mustard Mustard W
Owl's Clover, Purple Purple Owl's Clover Snapdragon P  P
Owl's Clover, Thin-Lobed Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Oxalis Oxalis corniculata Wood Sorrel Y
Oxalis corniculata Oxalis Wood Sorrel Y
Oxalis pes-caprae Bermuda Sorrel Violet Y

 

Pacific Sanicle Gambleweed Carrot Y
Pacific Snakeroot Gambleweed Carrot Y
Pacific Willow Salix lasiandra Willow G
Paintbrush, Sagebrush Indian Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Pallid Owl's Clover Castilleja lineariloba Snapdragon W
Pans, Frying Frying Pans Poppy Y
Parsley, Hedge- Hedge-Parsley Parsley G  W
Parvisedum pumilum Dwarf Cliff Sedum Stonecrop Y
Pearly Everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Sunflower W
Pebble Pincushion Yellow Pincushion Sunflower Y
Pedicularis densiflora Indian Warrior Figwort R
Pellaea mucronata Bird's-Foot Fern Maidenhair Fern G
Pennyroyal Mentha pulegium Mint P
Penstemon, Gaping Gaping Penstemon Figwort W
Penstemon, Gay Gay Penstemon Snapdragon B
Penstemon laetus Gay Penstemon Snapdragon B
Pepperwood California Bay Laurel Y
Perideridia gairdneri Yampa Carrot W
Petrorhagia dubia Wild Carnation Pink P
Phacelia, Caterpillar Caterpillar Phacelia Waterleaf W
Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida Caterpillar Phacelia Waterleaf W
Phacelia, Common Common Phacelia Waterleaf B
Phacelia distans Common Phacelia Waterleaf B
Phacelia, Distant Common Phacelia Waterleaf B
Phacelia heterophylla Vari-Leaf Phacelia Waterleaf W
Phacelia, Vari-Leaf Vari-Leaf Phacelia Waterleaf W
Phlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis Western Showy Phlox Phlox P  P
Phlox, Western Showy Western Showy Phlox Phlox P  P
Pholistoma auritum Fiesta Flower Waterleaf B
Pie Marker Indian Mallow Mallow Y
Pigweed Amaranth Tumbleweed Amaranth G
Pimpernel, Scarlet Scarlet Pimpernel Primrose O
Pincushion, Pebble Yellow Pincushion Sunflower Y
Pincushion, Yellow Yellow Pincushion Sunflower Y
Pineapple Weed Chamomilla suaveolens Sunflower Y
Pine, Bull Digger Pine Pine G
Pine, Digger Digger Pine Pine G
Pine, Gray Digger Pine Pine G
Pinkfairies Clarkia Clarkia pulchella Eve Primrose P
Pink, Indian Indian Pink Eve Primrose O
Pink, Windmill Common Catchfly Eve Primrose P
Pinus sabiniana Digger Pine Pine G
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus Popcorn Flower Forget-Me-Not W
Plantago lanceolata Narrow-Leaved Plantain Plantain W
Plantain, English Narrow-Leaved Plantain Plantain W
Plantain, Large Water Large Water Plantain Water Plantain G  W
Plantain, Narrow-Leaved Narrow-Leaved Plantain Plantain W
Plantain, Northern Water Large Water Plantain Water Plantain G  W
Platystemon californica Cream Cup Poppy W
Poison Oak Toxicodendron diversilobum Sumac G  R  W
Poison Wild Lettuce Prickly Lettuce Sunflower G  B  Y
Polycarp, Four-Leaved Four-Leaved Allseed Pink G
Polycarpon tetraphyllum Four-Leaved Allseed Pink G
Polypogon monspeliensis Rabbitsfoot Grass Grass G
Poor Man's Weatherglass Scarlet Pimpernel Primrose O
Popcorn Flower Plagiobothrys nothofulvus Forget-Me-Not W
Poppy, California California Poppy Poppy O  W
Poppy, Foothill Tufted Poppy Poppy Y
Poppy, Frying Pans Frying Pans Poppy Y
Poppy, Tufted Tufted Poppy Poppy Y
Populus fremontii Fremont Cottonwood Willow G
Portulaca oleracea Common Purslane Purslane Y
Pretty Face Triteleia ixioides Lily Y
Prickly Lettuce Lactuca serriola Sunflower G  B  Y
Primrose, Smooth Spike Smooth Spike Primrose Eve Primrose P
Primrose, Spike Spike Primrose Eve Primrose P
Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry Rose W
Pteridium aquilinum Bracken Fern Fern G
Puffs, Silver Silver Puffs Sunflower G  Y
Puncture Vine Tribulus terrestris Caltrop Y
Purple Clarkia Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Purple False Gilia Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
Purple False Gilyflower Allophyllum divaricatum Phlox P
Purple Milkweed Asclepias cordifolia Milkweed P
Purple Milkweed Asclepias cordifolia Milkweed P
Purple Nightshade Solanum xanthi Nightshade P
Purple Owl's Clover Castilleja exserta Snapdragon P  P
Purple Sanicle Sanicula bipinnatifida Carrot R
Purse, Shepherd's Shepherd's Purse Mustard W
Purslane, Common Common Purslane Purslane Y

 

Q-Tips Slender Cottonweed Sunflower W
Quercus douglasii Blue Oak Beech G
Quercus kelloggii California Black Oak Beech G
Quercus lobata Valley Oak Beech G
Quercus wislizenii Sierra Live Oak Beech G

 

Rabbit's-Foot Clover Trifolium arvense Pea P
Rabbitsfoot Grass Polypogon monspeliensis Grass G
Radish, Wild Wild Radish Mustard Y
Ragwort, Threadleaf Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower Y
Ranunculus aquatilis Water Buttercup Buttercup W
Raphanus sativas Wild Radish Mustard Y
Rattlesnake Weed Daucus pusillus Parsley G  W
Redberry, Hollyleaf Hollyleaf Redberry Buckthorn G  R
Redbud, California Western Redbud Legume G  P
Redbud, Western Western Redbud Legume G  P
Red Clover Trifolium pratense Pea P
Red Maids Calandrinia ciliata Purslane P
Redstem Filaree Erodium cicutarium Geranium G  P  P
Rhamnus ilicifolia Hollyleaf Redberry Buckthorn G  R
Rhus trilobata Squawbush Sumac G  O  R  W
Ribgrass Narrow-Leaved Plantain Plantain W
Root, Durango Durango Root Datisca W  Y
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Watercress Mustard W
Rose Clover Trifolium hirtum Pea P
Rose Globe Lily Fairy Lantern Lily P
Rough Cat's Ear False Dandelion Sunflower Y
Rough Cockleburr Cocklebur Buttercup G  W
Rubus discolor Himalayan Blackberry Rose G  P  W
Rumex crispus Curly Dock Buckwheat G
Rye Grass, Italian Italian Rye Grass Grass G

 

Sagebrush Indian Paintbrush Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Sagewort, California Mugwort Sunflower Y
Sagewort, Douglas' Mugwort Sunflower Y
Salix lasiandra Pacific Willow Willow G
Salix lasiolepis Benth. Arroyo Willow Willow G
Sambucus mexicana Blue Elderberry Honeysuckle G  W
Sandspurry, Sticky Sticky Sandspurry Pink P
Sandweed, Common Common Sandweed Mustard W
Sanicle, Pacific Gambleweed Carrot Y
Sanicle, Purple Purple Sanicle Carrot R
Sanicula bipinnatifida Purple Sanicle Carrot R
Sanicula crassicaulis Gambleweed Carrot Y
Saxifraga californica California Saxifrage Saxifrage W
Saxifrage, California California Saxifrage Saxifrage W
Scarlet Monkeyflower Mimulus cardinalis Figwort R
Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis arvensis Primrose O
Scutellaria tuberosa Danny's Skullcap Mint B
Seep-Spring Monkeyflower Common Monkeyflower Figwort Y
Senecio, Bush Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower Y
Senecio, Douglas' Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower Y
Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower Y
Shamrock, Wood Oxalis Wood Sorrel Y
Shepherd's Purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Mustard W
Shieldleaf Streptanthus tortuosus Mustard Y
Shining Willow Pacific Willow Willow G
Shiver Grass Aira caryophyllea Grass G
Shooting Star, Foothill Foothill Shooting Star Primrose P  P
Shooting Star, Henderson's Foothill Shooting Star Primrose P  P
Showy Phlox, Western Western Showy Phlox Phlox P  P
Shrubby Butterweed Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii Sunflower Y
Sierra Bluecup Githopsis pulchella ssp. campestris Bluebell B
Sierra Lupine Lupinus grayi Pea B
Silene californica Indian Pink Pink O
Silene gallica Windmill Pink Pink P
Silver Bush Lupine Lupinus albifrons Pea B
Silver Puffs Microseris lindleyi Sunflower G  Y
Sisymbrium orientale Indian Hedge Mustard Mustard W
Skullcap, Danny's Danny's Skullcap Mint B
Skunkbrush Squawbush Sumac G  O  R  W
Skunkbush Sumac Squawbush Sumac G  O  R  W
Slender Cottonweed Micropus californicus Sunflower W
Slender Keel Fruit Tropidocarpum gracile Mustard Y
Slenderstalk Monkeyflower Mimulus gracilipes Robinson Snapdragon P
Slender Willow-Herb Glandular Willow-Herb Eve Primrose P
Small Flowered Dwarf Flax Threadstem Flax Flax W
Small Flower Western Flax Threadstem Flax Flax W
Smooth Spike Primrose Epilobium pygmaeum Eve Primrose P
Smooth Woodland Star Lithophragma bolanderi Saxifrage W
Snake Lily Twining Brodiaea Lily P
Snakeroot Purple Sanicle Carrot R
Snakeroot, Pacific Gambleweed Carrot Y
Soap Plant, Wavy-Leaved Wavy-Leaved Soap Plant Lily W
Soaproot Wavy-Leaved Soap Plant Lily W
Solanum rostratum Buffalo-Bur Nightshade Y
Solanum xanthi Purple Nightshade Nightshade P
Sonchus asper ssp. asper Spiny Sowthistle Sunflower Y
Sorghum Sorghum bicolor Sorghum G
Sorghum bicolor Sorghum Sorghum G
Sorrel, Bermuda Bermuda Sorrel Violet Y
Sorrel, Creeping Wood Oxalis Wood Sorrel Y
Sourgrass Oxalis Wood Sorrel Y
Sowthistle, Spiny Spiny Sowthistle Sunflower Y
Spanish Clover Spanish Lotus Pea P  W
Spanish Lotus Lotus purshianus Pea P  W
Spear, Ithuriel's Grass Nut Lily B
Speckled Clarkia Clarkia cylindrica Eve Primrose P
Speedwell, Birdseye Veronica persica Figwort B
Speedwell, American American Speedwell Figwort B
Spergularia macrotheca Sticky Sandspurry Pink P
Sphaeralcea sp. Globemallow Mallow O
Spider Lupine Bentham's Lupine Pea B
Spike Primrose Epilobium densiflorum Eve Primrose P
Spike Primrose, Smooth Smooth Spike Primrose Eve Primrose P
Spikerush Eleocharis macrostachya Sedge W
Spineflower, Clustered Clustered Spineflower Buckwheat P
Spiny Sowthistle Sonchus asper ssp. asper Sunflower Y
Spotted Spurge Chamaesyce maculata Spurge P
Spring Beauty Miner's Lettuce Purslane W
Spring, Old Man of Common Senecio Sunflower Y
Spring Vetch Vicia sativa Pea P  P  R
Spurge, Spotted Spotted Spurge Spurge P
Spurge, Sun Sun Spurge Spurge Y
Squawbush Rhus trilobata Sumac G  O  R  W
Squawroot Yampa Carrot W
Stachys albens Whitestem Hedge-Nettle Mint P  W
Star, Bolander's Woodland Smooth Woodland Star Saxifrage W
Star, Foothill Shooting Foothill Shooting Star Primrose P  P
Star, Henderson's Shooting Foothill Shooting Star Primrose P  P
Star, Sierra Smooth Woodland Star Saxifrage W
Star, Smooth Woodland Smooth Woodland Star Saxifrage W
Stars, True Baby True Baby Stars Phlox P
Star, Tehachapi Wool Tehachapi Wool Star Phlox B
Star Thistle, Maltese Tocolote Sunflower G  P  R  Y
Stellaria media Common Chickweed Pink W
Sticktight Bur Marigold Sunflower Y
Sticky Chinese Houses Collinsia heterophylla Figwort G  P  P  W
Sticky Mouse-Ear Chickweed Cerastium glomeratum Pink W
Sticky Navarretia Navarretia viscidula Phlox P
Sticky Sandspurry Spergularia macrotheca Pink P
Storksbill Broadleaf Filaree, Redstem Filaree Geranium G  P  P
Straggling Gilia Purple False Gilyflower Phlox P
Strawcolored Flatsedge Nutsedge Sedge G
Streptanthus tortuosus Shieldleaf Mustard Y
Sumac, Skunkbush Squawbush Sumac G  O  R  W
Suncup, Sierra Sierra Suncup Eve Primrose Y
Sunflower Helianthus annuus Sunflower Y
Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia Spurge Y
Square Mariposa Tulip Butterfly Mariposa Lily Lily W  P
Sweet Clover, White White Sweet Clover Pea W
Sweet Clover, Yellow Yellow Sweet Clover Pea Y

 

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Tackweed Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Tarweed Common Madia Sunflower Y
Tarweed, Heermann's Heermann's Tarweed Sunflower Y
Tassels, Valley Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Tehachapi Wool Star Eriastrum pluriflorum Phlox B
Telegraph Weed Heterotheca grandiflora Sunflower Y
Thin-Lobed Owl's Clover Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Thistle, California California Thistle Sunflower G  P
Thistle, Canada Canada Thistle Sunflower G  P
Thistle, Maltese Star Tocolote Sunflower G  P  R  Y
Thistle, Star Tocolote Sunflower G  P  R  Y
Thorn Apple Jimsonweed Nightshade W
Threadleaf Ragwort Shrubby Butterweed Sunflower Y
Threadstem Flax Hesperolinon micranthum Flax W
Thysanocarpus curvipes Lacepod Mustard G  W
Tiny Bedstraw Galium murale Madder W
Tobacco, Indian Indian Tobacco Nightshade W
Tobacco, Many-Flowered Nicotiana acuminata var. multiflora Nightshade W
Tocolote Centaurea melitensis Sunflower Y
Tomcat Clover Trifolium tridentatum Pea P  P  W
Toothwort Western Bittercress Mustard W
Torilis arvensis Hedge-Parsley Parsley G  W
Toxicodendron diversilobum Poison Oak Sumac G  R  W
Tree, Cell Cell Tree Verizon G
Trefoil, Bird's-Foot Bird's-Foot Trefoil Pea Y
Tribulus terrestris Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Trichostema lanceolatum Blue Curls Mint B
Trifolium arvense Rabbit's-Foot Clover Pea P
Trifolium hirtum Rose Clover Pea P
Trifolium incarnatum Crimson Clover Pea R
Trifolium obtusiflorum Clammy Clover Pea G  P  W
Trifolium pratense Red Clover Pea P
Trifolium procumbens Low Hop Clover Pea Y
Trifolium repens White Clover Pea W
Trifolium tridentatum Tomcat Clover Pea P  P  W
Trifolium variegatum White-Tipped Clover Pea P  P  W
Triteleia ixioides Pretty Face Lily Y
Tropidocarpum gracile Slender Keel Fruit Mustard Y
True Baby Stars Linanthus bicolor Phlox P
Tulip, Square Mariposa Butterfly Mariposa Lily Lily W  P
Tufted Poppy Eschscholzia caespitosa Poppy Y
Tumbleweed Amaranthus albus Amaranth G
Turkey Mullein Eremocarpus setigerus Croton W
Twining Brodiaea Dichelostemma volubile Lily P
Two-Petal Ash Foothill Ash Olive G
Typha latifolia Narrowleaf Cattail Cattail G

 

 

Umbellularia californica California Bay Laurel G  Y
Uropappus lindleyi Silver Puffs Sunflower Y

 

Valley Oak Quercus lobata Beech G
Valley Tassels Pallid Owl's Clover Snapdragon W
Valley White Oak Valley Oak Beech G
Vari-Leaf Phacelia Phacelia heterophylla Waterleaf W
Velvetleaf Indian Mallow Mallow Y
Verbascum blattaria Moth Mullein Figwort Y
Verbascum thapsus Common Mullein Figwort Y
Veronica persica Birdseye Speedwell Figwort B
Veronica americana American Speedwell Figwort B
Vetch, Common Common Vetch Pea P
Vetch, Garden Common Vetch Pea P
Vetch, Hairy Winter Vetch Pea P
Vetch, Spring Spring Vetch Pea P  P  R
Vetch, Winter Winter Vetch Pea P
Vicia sativa Spring Vetch Pea P  P  R
Vicia sativa ssp. nigra Common Vetch Pea P
Vicia villosa Winter Vetch Pea P
Vine, Puncture Puncture Vine Caltrop Y
Vinegar Weed Blue Curls Mint B
Viola purpurea Mountain Violet Violet Y
Violet, Mountain Mountain Violet Violet Y
Vitis californica California Wild Grape Grape W

 

Wally's Basket Grass Nut Lily B
Warrior, Indian Indian Warrior Figwort R
Wartweed Sun Spurge Spurge Y
Water Buttercup Ranunculus aquatilis Buttercup W
Watercress Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum Mustard W
Water Crowfoot Water Buttercup Buttercup W
Water Plantain, Large Large Water Plantain Water Plantain G  W
Water Plantain, Northern Large Water Plantain Water Plantain G  W
Wavy-Leaved Soap Plant Chlorogalum pomeridianum Lily W
Weatherglass, Poor Man's Scarlet Pimpernel Primrose O
Wedgeleaf Ceanothus Buckbrush Buckthorn G  W
Weed, Pineapple Pineapple Weed Sunflower Y
Weed, Rattlesnake Rattlesnake Weed Parsley G  W
Weed, Telegraph Telegraph Weed Sunflower Y
Western Bittercress Cardamine oligosperma Mustard W
Western Black Willow Pacific Willow Willow G
Western Larkspur Foothill Larkspur Buttercup B
Western Redbud Cercis occidentalis Legume G  P
Western Showy Phlox Phlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis Phlox P  P
White Clover Trifolium repens Pea W
White Hedge-Nettle Whitestem Hedge-Nettle Mint P  W
White Horehound Horehound Mint W
Whiteleaf Manzanita Arctostaphylos viscida Heath G  O  P
White Oak, California Valley Oak Beech G
White Oak, Mountain Blue Oak Beech G
White Oak, Valley Valley Oak Beech G
Whitestem Hedge-Nettle Stachys albens Mint P  W
White Sweet Clover Melilotus alba Pea W
White-Tipped Clover Trifolium variegatum Pea P  P  W
White-Topped Clover White-Tipped Clover Pea P  P  W
Whitewhorl Lupine Whorled Lupine Pea G  W
White Willow Arroyo Willow Willow G
Whorled Lupine Lupinus densiflorus var. aureus Pea G  W
Wild Blue Flax Linum perenne Flax B
Wild Carnation Petrorhagia dubia Pink P
Wild Cucumber Marah fabaceus Cucumber G  W
Wild Geranium Cut-Leaved Geranium Geranium P
Wild Heliotrope Common Phacelia Waterleaf B
Wild Oats Avena sp. Grass G
Wild Radish Raphanus sativas Mustard P  P  Y
Williamson's Clarkia Clarkia williamsonii Eve Primrose P  P  W
Willow, Arroyo Arroyo Willow Willow G
Willowherb, Dense-Flowered Spike Primrose Eve Primrose P
Willow-Herb, Fringed Glandular Willow-Herb Eve Primrose P
Willow-Herb, Glandular Glandular Willow-Herb Eve Primrose P
Willow-Herb, Slender Glandular Willow-Herb Eve Primrose P
Willow, Pacific Pacific Willow Willow G
Willow, Shining Pacific Willow Willow G
Willow, Western Black Pacific Willow Willow G
Willow, White Arroyo Willow Willow G
Willow, Yellow Pacific Willow Willow G
Windmill Pink Common Catchfly Pink P
Winecup Clarkia Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera Eve Primrose P
Winecup Clarkia Clarkia purpurea Eve Primrose P
Winecup Fairyfan Winecup Clarkia Eve Primrose P
Winter Vetch Vicia villosa Pea P
Woodland Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata Eve Primrose P  R
Woodland Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata Eve Primrose P
Woodland Star, Bolander's Smooth Woodland Star Saxifrage W
Woodland Star, Smooth Smooth Woodland Star Saxifrage W
Wood Shamrock Oxalis Wood Sorrel Y
Wood Sorrel, Creeping Oxalis Wood Sorrel Y
Woolly Milkweed Asclepias vestita Milkweed Y
Woolly Mullein Common Mullein Figwort Y
Wool Star, Tehachapi Tehachapi Wool Star Phlox B
Wyethia elata Hall's Mule Ears Sunflower Y
Wyethia, Hall's Hall's Mule Ears Sunflower Y

 

Xanthium strumarium Cocklebur Buttercup G  W

 

Yampa Perideridia gairdneri Carrot Y
Yampa, Gairdner's Yampa Carrot Y
Yarrow, Golden Golden Yarrow Sunflower Y
Yellow Pincushion Chaenactis glabriuscula Sunflower Y
Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis Pea Y
Yellow Wall Bedstraw Tiny Bedstraw Madder W
Yellow Willow Pacific Willow Willow G
Yerba Santa Eriodictyon californicum Waterleaf P

INFORMATION

Many flowers are difficult to organize by color, but that's where beginners usually like to begin. Novices don't know many flowers by common name, Latin name, or family (me included, although I'm learning). Therefore, my guide is categorized by color.

Even with color coding, where do you look for a pinkish-purple flower—in pink or purple? What about flowers with more than one color? My answer was to include such flowers on all appropriate color pages.

The Wildflower Index consists of four columns:

  1. The first is an alphabetical list of common and Latin names. Main entries are in boldface.
  2. The second column lists either the Latin name or the common name as given in the primary entry.
  3. The third column gives the family name.
  4. The fourth column shows the color pages on which the entry appears. Go to the matching color page by clicking on the colored letter.

Unidentified species have a sequential number within a color category, such as W03 (white section) or Pu01 (purple section). Gaps in the numbering indicate that some unidentified flowers have—hallelujah!—been identified.

The color page Green,Brown has various subcategories such as seeds, grasses, mushrooms, lichen, trees, and shrubs.

The quality (or lack thereof) of these photos must be balanced by the need for faster-loading pages for those on dial-up internet connections. Certain color categories have so many wildflower entries, though, that it would be far too time-consuming for dial-up.  I have the originals of most of these photos, and if anyone wishes to see a better version of a particular photo, email me. I have received a surprising number of requests for some of these photos, and I'm happy to share them.

Almost all of the species on these pages were photographed in Park Sierra's 120 acres or Oak Creek's natural areas in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Coarsegold, California. Most of the photos are mine, but a few (marked by an asterisk) were taken by Chuck Epperly in the great 1999 season that began this project 15 years ago.

The best part of the hours spent on forming this wildflower guide is meeting online folks who are kind enough to contribute to and correct my identifications. In return, I hope I've helped others. My skills are improving, but are far from perfect. If anyone can lend assistance in identifying mystery species, correcting errors, or suggesting improvements, please contact me.


 
 

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REFERENCE BOOKS

Some of these reference books are old, and the Latin names keep changing with the times and new discoveries. Often I find tremendous disagreement, but I've tried my best to sort them out.

 

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